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Lale: Call me a Media Watchdog, but does the entry as written almost praise characters a little too much who do this, substituting "stupidity" with "dedication"?
Ununnilium: Eeeeeeeeh... I can see where you're coming from, but I don't think so. I think "some would say crazy" neatly encapsulates that aspect.
Lale: I know... Im Just Saying. (Hmmm- I could have sworn that was a trope.)
- * In Dune, Duke Leto is supplied with a fake tooth full of poison gas intended to assassinate Baron Harkonnen by breathing it in his face (and killing Leto in the process, of course). The plan is foiled by Harkonnen's anti-gravity repulsor field (in the book) or by Leto deliriously misidentifying Harkonnen's mentat De Vries (in the 1984 movie).
Seth: It's like strapping yourself with explosives. He was willing to die to make sure his enemy went with him.
Harpie Siren: Oh... Well, then, I guess that does fit.
Earnest: What about Mooks who do so out of fear? If failure means death, and they know their boss will kill them anyway and painfully...
Kizor: Pulled a note of the suicide dwarves in Discworld presumably getting an antidote if they return. As there's no proof one way or another, isn't it just that more bitchin' if there's no intention of making it a two-way mission?
