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* Oddly enough, Davan and some of the other main characters of ''[[Something Positive]]'' sometimes come across like this. They live in a [[Crapsack World]] and are completely aware of it, but they'll go to great lengths for each other.
* Oddly enough, Davan and some of the other main characters of ''[[Something Positive]]'' sometimes come across like this. They live in a [[Crapsack World]] and are completely aware of it, but they'll go to great lengths for each other.
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' has a few, including Major Murtaugh, introduced as a [[Hero Antagonist]] (it's very easy around Toughs) leading an unit of a [[By-The-Book Cop|By-The-Book Rent-A-Cop]] company, then {{spoiler|got kicked out of it (it's also fairly common around Toughs, and above average outcome of being caught between two factions of an intelligence service)}} and later re-appeared as {{spoiler|"a sullied paladin questing for redemption"}}, in the words of Karl Tagon.
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' has a few, including Major Murtaugh, introduced as a [[Hero Antagonist]] (it's very easy around Toughs) leading an unit of a [[By-The-Book Cop|By-The-Book Rent-A-Cop]] company, then {{spoiler|got kicked out of it (it's also fairly common around Toughs, and above average outcome of being caught between two factions of an intelligence service)}} and later re-appeared as {{spoiler|"a sullied paladin questing for redemption"}}, in the words of Karl Tagon.
** Later, [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-03-16 UNS General] Apala Bala-Amin, as competent as disillusioned. She ''immediately'' arranged {{spoiler|a covert scan of a strange ship}}, and when this was partially foiled, stuck them with a "cultural attache" she herself openly introduced as someone who "knows more about ship design than most shipwrights do". And when an admiral from intelligence branch of UNS [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-04-27 tried to] use her as a [[Fall Guy]], this quickly turned into an exercise in futility and [[Stealth Insult]]s.
** Later, [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-03-16 UNS General] Apala Bala-Amin, as competent as disillusioned. She ''immediately'' arranged {{spoiler|a covert scan of a strange ship}}, and when this was partially foiled, stuck them with a "cultural attache" she herself openly introduced as someone who "knows more about ship design than most shipwrights do". Fittingly, she can't stand the local [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] - Admiral of UNS military intelligence Manyara Emm. When the latter [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-04-27 tried to] use her as a [[Fall Guy]], this quickly turned into an exercise in futility and [[Stealth Insult]]s.
{{quote|We welcome our friends with open arms. And if they're not friends, well... We're big and our hugs can be a little suffocating.}}
{{quote|We welcome our friends with open arms. And if they're not friends, well... We're big and our hugs can be a little suffocating.}}