Refuge in Audacity/Literature: Difference between revisions

* Cohen qualifies, too. At one point, he explains to a group of soldiers that they aren't being as scary as they could be, and then reminds them of "the element of ''SURPRISE''!" before slaughtering them all in five seconds.

** Although Cohen's most famous plan involving [[Refuge in Audacity]] comes in ''[[Interesting Times]]'' where Cohen intends to steal {{spoiler|the entire Agatean Empire.}} To his credit, the idea is ''so'' audacious that nobody had ever put much effort into defending against such a direct plan and it works flawlessly.

* The presence of Dr Hix, a necromancer, at Unseen University, despite the fact that necromancy is outlawed. If he skulked around the premises and tried to hide what he does, he would almost certainly be drummed out. Instead, he is openly there -- they just renamed the position the "Department of Post-Mortem Communications." He actually has an ''animated skeleton advising him''. As a corollary, Dr Hix is ''contractually obligated'' to provide a modest and acceptable level of dissent and evil. At some point the whole thing is tipped over into [[Refuge in Audacity]] territory, much to the astonishment of visitors.

** This also explains the Librarian's presence, along with him being "the best Librarian we've ever had."

 

== Other works ==

* [[Older Than Feudalism]] examples in ''[[The Bible]]'':

** In Habakkuk 1:5 "Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told."

** Tyrion Lannister in general. At one point he outright threatens to kill one of the king's bodyguards, in the middle of court, ''in front of the king'', and gets away with it.

* [[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]] essentially says this trope by name: ''"The only hope now, I felt, was the possibility that we’d gone to such excess, with our gig, that nobody in a position to bring the hammer down on us could possibly believe it."'' All of Hunter's work in fact, audacity was his stylistic signature. Memorably in his coverage of the '74 presidential campaign he devotes a solid half page to his desire to mace and cattle prod the first available politician while running them nude down main street with a bell around their neck.

 

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