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# While there might be some use for it in the short term, anyone with a [[MakeMeWannaShout scream that can affect any given material element]] will be shot. TheHero has a habit of making ''really'' good use of sound-based power.

# If there is anyone with immense power and little clue about what they are or how to use them, or some heroes with their UniqueProtagonistAsset, be it a [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex little nun with silver hair]], a [[Videogame/GranblueFantasy bare feet girl with long blue hair]] or a [[LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon innocent and naive albino kid]]. I will leave them be and never go after such a person to extract or use their power to my advantage, as by the time my force are able to catch up to them, they will probably have a much better grasp on their power and have gathered a team of powerful companions that will be really unhappy if I tried to get him/her away from them. I will simply keep an eye on them.

# Regardless of the chance it affords to have a unique and menacing weapon, I will never have my name carved[=/=]embossed on my WeaponOfChoice. If I do that, I may as well include an address and P.O. Box to my hideout as well.

# If there is anyone with immersive power and little clue about what they are or how to use them, or some heroes with their UniqueProtagonistAsset, be it a [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex little nun with silver hair]], a [[Videogame/GranblueFantasy bare feet girl with long blue hair]] or a [[LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon innocent and naive albino kid]]. I will leave them be and never go after such a person to extract or use their power to my advantage, as by the time my force are able to catch up to them, they will probably have a much better grasp on their power and have gathered a team of powerful companions that will be really unhappy if I tried to him/her away from them. I will simply keep an eye on them.

# If the only way the hero can damage me if by reflecting the orbs of light I fire at him, I will simply omit that move from my move-set.

# [[BatmanArkhamKnight In addition, my most heavily armored units will have trajectory analysis where in the event of a guerilla attack, they will be able to analyze where it came from and swiftly return fire fast.]]

# I will prefer time travel devices that leave a copy of me in the present. If I am going back, it will keep the world in fine hands until my comeback, and if I amn't, the future for that timeline will be favorable. If I ''do'' go back, however, it will be assassinated.

# Similarly if I ever capture the hero's LoveInterest, a similar surgery will be conducted. Then, if he suceeds at rescuing her, I'll detonate the bomb the moment their distance becomes short enough.

# Across the entire continent hosting the hero's family and/or hometown [[DoomedHometown will be planted remote-controlled bombs in such a number that if they ever go off, whatever pieces of land remaining of said continent will sink into the ocean]]. The only dentonation condition will be my death. [[IHaveYourWife The hero will be notified of this.]]

# I will not design a secret passage that can be activated [[BookcasePassage by anyone with OCD simply rearranging the books on my shelf]].

# No matter how intimidating or motivational it could be, I will ''not'' equip any vehicles my henchmen use with a foghorn that blares a continuous loop of AwesomeMusic the moment the ignition is turned, or at least not to the outside of the vehicle. Lest [[SoMuchForStealth the heroes have a very obvious sonor cue to where my units are]].

# If I use drones, robots, or any autonomous units in my army, I will keep them all up to date with the latest, most powerful antivirus I can afford. Anything not protected is almost guaranteed to be [[TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild corrupted or hacked, and if in large enough numbers, will raze me to the ground, whether I am hero or villain.]]

#On the subject of prisons, I will make them be high up in the sky in some variation of a flying fortress. And do my best to have none of the heroes' or any other enemies I'll have noticed it (maybe even using illusion spells if it keeps up the illusion of a ground-based prison). If only to see them try to dig their way out and promptly go into a +1000 feat drop.
#On the subject of gardening, I shall set up various buildings to mimic the climates of areas that are different from mine, so that I can grow fruits and vegetables that require either cooler, or warmer, or wetter, or dryer, regions than the area I rule, as maybe I want to be able to have oranges and spinach nearby. At least, this is what my enemies will believe the main purpose of these buildings are for, and while they will be used for this, I shall use them to get my forces ready for the climates of the areas I plan to attack - won't those Russians be surprised when my forces are prepared for their extremely cold winters, and those oil-rich countries in the Middle East will find me knocking on their doors, and I'll march through the swamps of Florida to take over Disney World!
#Speaking of prisons, if space forces me to stick a pair of lovers in the same cell, the guard is not to personally look in the cell if he hears the sound of the lovers making out. Instead, he is to use a mirror to check to make sure that the pair are not setting up a trap, or some such thing. Alternatively, security cameras can be used to check on the occupants. The last thing I want is for my guards to be called Peeping Toms. The worst thing is for them to get stabbed in the eye, and potentially killed, by someone setting up a trap.
#If I invade an enemy's land, and I order my men to not harm villages/towns/cities that are filled with non-combatants, I expect it to be obeyed. I do not employ idiots after all, and I'll see to it that those who disobey are suitably punished. After all, how am I supposed to get tribute from my new subjects if they are dead, or wish me dead? Also, attacking non-combatants is a sure-fire way for all of my enemies, even those who hate each other, to come together and destroy me.
#If I am the leader of a group of killers and bandits in the Apocalypse, and I encounter a village of farmers, I shall not attack them. History and Fiction have plenty of graveyards filled with those who attacked peaceful farmers. Even if they do not kill me directly, they just might weaken me enough for someone else to do the job, or it might inspire someone to come after me for revenge.
#If the group of killers and bandits I am the leader of contains five people, including myself, I shall give my men certain instructions, and see about integrating them into the village of farmers, although to allay suspicion, I might have them admit to having done the things that were necessary to survive, such as killing those who tried to kill us, robbing the dead, and other such things, we just won't say we did it for fun. I shall see that I'm one of the Village Leader's advisers, place my men in key places, or at least key locations, such as a lookout, training the farmers to defend themselves, place one in a location near the armory/food storage. Then, when some idiot tries to attack, and the villagers fight back, I shall see to it that the village leader ends up dead, one way or another, use it as motivation to kill the enemy, and hopefully I'll be picked as the new leader.
#If the typical punishment for murder is to freeze me for thirty years, I shall not frame my foe for a similar crime as mine. After all, if in thirty years, I'm still physically thirty, and he's sixty, I might have the edge in getting my revenge, as he'd be going downhill physically while I'm still in my prime. Hopefully the future doesn't give him things that make him a Super-powered long-living badass grandfather.
#If I am the leader of a "Peaceful Utopia, save for that small band of scraps that live in the sewers who are disruptive but do no real harm", if I thaw out a criminal who has been enhanced, yet programmed to not kill me, if said thawed minion claims that he needs help in taking down his target, but doesn't want the help enhanced, I shall program the other minions to not be capable of killing me either, just in case my head minion decides to tell one of them to kill me.
#If I am the thawed minion who has been programmed to not cause the death of the above asshole who has taken away the right to be an asshole, I shall arrange for an accident to occur to him, such as accidentally shoving him off the edge of some stairs, so that he breaks his neck. Also, you'd be surprised at what you can live through.
#If I am unable to bury those infernal would-be assassins in my garden, or if their bodies prove to stink too much to disguise it with the scent of flowers, I'll bury them under the compost pile, which will be made up of manure, rotting food, and other such foul-smelling things, which will turn into that nice earthy-scented stuff that I can use around my plants, providing me with wonderful fruits and vegetables, and my beloved will be happy that her roses and other flowers always win those blue ribbons at the garden shows.
#If I end up in The Walking Dead universe, I will not mess with Rick Grimes, and I certainly will not attempt to harm his son. One-handed or not, he'll tear out my throat, gut me like a fish, break my leg, run me over with a car and, if I'm lucky, he'll kill me. If I'm unlucky, he'll leave me for the Walkers.
#If my ancestor, who was a murderous outlaw, got the property that is the basis for my family's Corrupt Corporate Empire, by killing his partner, if an old man comes to me claiming to have proof that he's descended of the murdered partner, and thus the rightful heir to the property, along with his granddaughter, whom he wishes to send to a high-end collage, I shall have the claim investigated, and if found to be true, I shall give the old man enough money to have a place at a fancy retirement home, enough money to send the granddaughter to a collage of her choosing, and give them a nice share of the business. While it might be tempting to have them killed and not give anything away, those pesky investigators would find me out anyways, and I'd lose all of my money, instead of just some. Besides, it would look good for the Press - "Descendant of Outlaw gives back to Descendants of Victims". Also, locate ancestor's other victims' descendants, and give them some money as well. All of that money that I give away adds up to a nice tax write-off.
#If I'm forced to recruit prisoners to be part of my military, I will avoid Arsonists, Murderers, Rapists and Lawyers, as they are too unpredictable to be reliable in any case, and have a tendency not to obey orders. If that's all I have, I'll just put them in front of my Armed Troops, and send them towards the enemy, where they will act as bullet shields for my more reliable forces, and they will not have any weapons given to them, for it would be foolish to arm them in the first place, and they can steal their own from the enemy. As for the others, once they have proven to not to be dangerous to my more reliable troops, I'll still put them in dangerous places with dangerous jobs, like clearing those fields strewn with landmines. That being said, I will not force P.O.W.s to serve me, as they'd probably sneak back to their forces the first chance they got, or send them intelligence, or something that wouldn't be good for me.
#If I end up in that Old West town called North Fork, I shall not cause trouble in the General Store, nor will I cause trouble with that aging Marshal, nor will I mess with a certain Sodbuster's son. With over a hundred notches on his customized Winchester, there's a reason Lucas McCain is called The Rifleman.
#Related to The Walking Dead and The Rifleman examples above, if my main enemy has a child, or is taking care of a child, I shall personally see to it that no harm comes to that child. After all, twenty of my minions can easily beat the crap out of the Hero, while the other thirty take their turns, while I keep an eye on the child. But, the moment that one of my more foolish minions decides to even look at that child in a funny way, that's always about the time that the Hero finds himself filled with the strength of a hundred men, and easily defeats all of my minions, tears me a new behind, and then takes the kid fishing, or something.