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ITT: Books on how to be a magnificent bastard.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagnificentBastard

Machiavelli's The Prince
Sun Tzu's The Art of War

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Too obvious?

>> No.806478
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yes

but Machiavelli was describing something hardly magnificent.

>> No.806481

>>806478
Have you read the TV Tropes article?

>> No.806489

>TV Tropes

Haha, really?

>> No.806493

>>806489
TV Tropes is awesome.

>> No.806505

Before you even think to type FAG, this book is really just a general "how to be classy" guide for either gender. It's like Amy Banderbilt without being anal.

>> No.806510

>>806505
I am stupid and I forgot the link.
http://www.amazon.com/Freakin-Fabulous-Entertain-Decorate-Generally/dp/1416961496/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8
&s=books&qid=1276967980&sr=8-1

>> No.806515

>>806493

>THIS TROPER THINKS THAT

>THIS TROPER DISAGREES

>WELL IN THIS TROPER'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

>IN THIS TROPER'S FANFIC

>THIS TROPER THINKS THAT WAS TOTAL NIGHTMARE FUEL AND STILL GETS SHIVERS THINKING ABOUT IT!

>THIS TROPER THINKS THE TROPE NAME SHOULD BE CHANGED TO SOMETHING RELATED TO ANIME BECAUSE THIS IS TOO OBSCURE!

>THIS TROPER THINKS THIS CHARACTER SHOULD BE IN THIS LIST BECAUSE IT'S HIS FAVORITE CHARACTER!

>EPIC EPIC EPIC XD

>> No.806519

>>806515
I was talking about the actual articles and the list of examples, not the Troper Tales and the occasional bickering.

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>Look at almost any trope
>Anime section has infinitely more examples than literature
>Opening picture is almost always anime

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NO YOU FUCKS THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL /TV/ INVASION GET THE FUCK OUT

>> No.806531

The Art of War won't make you a magnificent bastard, because if you follow it properly, you'll never be in a situation where you can/must cleverly scheme your way out.

>> No.806533

>>806529
OP here. I'm sorry. I'm not even from /tv/. I'm from /co/, /x/, and here. I apologize for drawing them in by mentioning TV Tropes. It uses literary and other examples as well, so I didn't think it would matter.

>> No.806534

>>806531
You'll be in absolute control at all times. That's the epitome of magnificent bastardry.

>> No.806535

>>806529
Fuck you. I'm offended that you even think I'm from there. /tv/ is by far the worst board.

>> No.806536

>>806535
No, that's /a/.

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>>806533
>>806535
tooo easy

>> No.806538

I was from /tv/. When /lit/ opened I never went back.

>> No.806539

>>806537
Just like your sister, amirite?

>> No.806541

>>806534
>Unlike the Chessmaster, who seeks to control every single minute aspect of a situation, the Magnificent Bastard plays the odds and wins regularly.

Plays the odds... meaning he's a reckless fucktard who has magic plot armor.

Yeah, I said "plot armor".

>> No.806548

>>806541
No. It's statistics. He knows when to fold and when to play. He just has like a dozen games going at once, which increases his odds of having that one good hand. He folds in the eleven crappy hands and keeps the good one.

All war is based on deception. -Sun Tzu

He knows how to throw up a smokescreen, fake plots, and lead his opponents astray.

>> No.806550

>>806541
>plays the odds
>reckless
Someone's never seen a championship poker game.

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>>806539
she took me a day and a half