Four-Star Badass: Difference between revisions

'''Patton:''' "Berlin. I'm going to personally shoot [[Adolf Hitler|that paper-hangin' sonofabitch]]!"|''[[Patton]]''}}

 

 

The [[Colonel Badass]] page explains that a Colonel is usually more [[Badass]] than a General because although a General has the higher rank (and may even be a certifiable [[Badass]] himself) they're usually relegated to desk duty and administrative tasks. This is also the reason why [[The Captain]] will always be the star of the show even if they don't have the same clout as a Commodore or Admiral.

However, some fiction writers don't subscribe to this notion. They believe that [[Asskicking Equals Authority|in order to have reached a four-star rank you had to have done some]] ''[[Asskicking Equals Authority|serious]]'' [[Asskicking Equals Authority|asskicking once upon a time]]. While some writers feel [[Badass|Badassery]] is a muscle that [[Badass Decay|grows weak]] with disuse, the writers who subscribe to this trope feel it's more like riding a bike; you never forget how to do it. Even after years of sitting behind a desk, filing reports, cashing fat checks, and being saluted by ''everybody''.

 

 

This happens in a number of ways

 

 

'''[[Awesome Moment of Crowning]], Business As Usual''' - [[The Captain]] or [[Colonel Badass]] gets promoted. But they're [[The Hero]] so they continue to be badass.