Obfuscating Insanity: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"Hide behind the mask of a fool, a drunk, or a madman to create confusion about your intentions and motivations. Lure your opponent into underestimating your ability until, overconfident, he drops his guard. Then you may attack."''|''Stratagem 27'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems Thirty-Six Stratagems]''}}

 

== Webcomics ==

* Lord Shojo, ruler of Azure City in ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'', deliberately pretends to be senile so that his enemies don't try and assassinate him. If he does what they want, they assume that they manipulated him, while if he doesn't do what they want, they assume that he is being manipulated by one of their enemies. He also uses this so that his paladins don't get suspicious if he takes actions that would break the Sapphire Guard's restrictive code of honor if people thought he was making them lucidly. His legal adviser, Mr. Scruffy, is [[Right-Hand-Cat|an ordinary housecat]].

** In the Stick Tale [[Hamlet|"The Tragedy of Greenhilt, Prince of Denmark"]], Prince Greenhilt (Hamlet, played by Roy) and Shojonius (Polonius, played by Shojo) both pretend to be crazy. Gets a big lampshade after Greenhilt kills Shojonius.

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