Line #7 PlayingWith/AggressiveNegotiations


1	'''Basic Trope''': Characters show a lack of respect for the "don't kill people" rule of negotiations.
2	* '''Straight''': People are attacked during negotiations.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Negotiations fail spectacularly and result in an all-out war.
4	* '''Downplayed''': One AssInAmbassador tries to pick a fight, and harsh words are exchanged, but the meeting is otherwise peaceful.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** This universe's society looks down upon negotiation, making this trope extremely frequent.
7	** Shows of force play into negotiations as a way to put pressure on the negotiators' bosses.
8	** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Law_of_the_Jungle The law of the jungle]] is consistent.
9	* '''Inverted''':
10	** What starts out as a fight ends up into a peaceful negotiation.
11	** Two opposing armies decide to have a peaceful negotiation instead of a war.
12	* '''Subverted''': The meeting is extremely tense, with hands on weapons, but nothing ever happens.
13	* '''Double Subverted''': Just when it seems like a tense meeting is about to end without a hitch, a fight breaks out.
14	* '''Parodied''': The negotiation goes fine until one of the negotiators inadvertently farts. Both sides immediately begin exchanging gunfire.
15	* '''Zig Zagged''': The tense meeting almost completes without a fight, however, one breaks out at the last minute. Despite this, several people are able to keep their presence of mind long enough to coordinate a new meeting. The next meeting is quite tense...
16	* '''Averted''':
17	** Diplomacy is peaceful.
18	** No diplomacy is shown or mentioned.
19	* '''Enforced''': The writers advocate taking opponents head on and not showing any mercy, and disapprove of negotiation.
20	* '''Lampshaded''': "I thought this was supposed to be a PeaceConference, not a battle!"
21	* '''Invoked''': A leader intentionally sends a badass with a HairTriggerTemper, either to intimidate the other side, or in the hope that it all falls apart, the other side gets annihilated, and he can blame the negotiator.
22	* '''Exploited''': A character uses the fight as an excuse to murder the diplomat who banged his wife, saying it was self-defense even though absolutely no one attacked him.
23	* '''Defied''': A leader sends the best negotiation team he has, who have researched the other side and know exactly what they want and how to avoid offending them.
24	* '''Discussed''': "It is important to arrange the meet in such a way as to assure the negotiators that they will not be subject to physical attack."
25	* '''Conversed''': "Why do people in these shows expect villains to behave honorably during negotiations? It's not like they behave honorably at any other times."
26	* '''Deconstructed''': As a result of always becoming attacked, no messengers or diplomats of any kind exist.
27	* '''Reconstructed''': Due to regular backstabbing, all diplomats are [[NervesOfSteel brave souls]] with [[CrazyPrepared enough countermeasures to be fairly called "paranoid".]] In order to serve their country, they the face risk and danger.
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29	So, it's settled. We'll all to take this link back to--[[AggressiveNegotiations NO! Do you realize what you've DONE!?]] You...you foooool...thud.
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31	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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33	%%* '''Implied''': ???
34	%%* '''Untwisted''': ???
35	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
36	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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