History OnlySaneMan / Literature

* In ''Literature/LegitOutOfOrder'' (a CapePunk story by Aaron Rosenberg), [[{{Flight}} Aces]] of the superhero team Legit is a contemplative and conscientious hero who focuses on maintaining a secret identity to minimize the risk of being targetted by villains or sued by property owners. His RagtagBunchOfMisfits teammates are Props (a MadScientist who has to be reminded to test his dangerous inventions), Word (a ShrinkingViolet RealityWarper with severe [=ADD=]), [[EyeBeams Lit]] (who is often condescending, hyperfocused, and makes ThoughtTheyKnewAlready assumptions at key moments) and BoisterousBruiser Epic can shoot laser beams from his eyes and do superhuman math equations. The cops, civilians, and villains of the city also show a lot less common sense than Aces. In the climax, when Aces asks why the villain (whose motive is rooted in an embarrassing name) didn't just legally change his name, both his teammates and the villain gape in shock at learning that's possible.

** Played with regarding Severus Snape. He acts the way a normal teacher would if they caught students up to the sorts of things the main cast get up to. He takes points when they are out after curfew and whatnot while the rest of the teachers allow students into dangerous situations and condone their poking their noses where they do not belong. On the other hand, he's a deeply disturbed man who has let childhood grudges consume him into adulthood, bullies his students during class, destroys the classwork of students he doesn't like and plays favorites. His petty vindictive behavior is only tolerated because he is a very competent wizard and Potions master (though WordOfGod says that Dumbledore may also keep him a teacher like him in order to teach students that you can't trust everyone in positions of authority.)

* In ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'', [=LaTasha=] is the only rookie who seems surprised by the violent nature of the magic school known as Myth/TheScholomance. When the elites tell the students they'll need to duel each other to improve their class rank, [=LaTasha=] attempts to clarify that they'll only be expected to 'spar' with each other, only to be informed that the fights are supposed to be much more brutal than that.

** Trillian, as the {{Foil}} to a flamboyant RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, is the only one aboard the Heart of Gold both sane and competent.

** In the ''Book of Genesis'', each of Noah and Lot.

** Several prophets in later books, most notably Jeremiah.

* Cthutlhu Mythos Nyarlathotep is this to the Outer Gods. Justified as he is their collective consciousness