| rdfs:comment | - Our Hero has been captured. He's being asked questions, and has folded under Cold-Blooded Torture or Truth Serum. And then they ask what the plans are for something he doesn't know. Of course, they will believe he is somehow resisting, hiding that vital knowledge. So, the cruelty intensifies. Harshly ironic, since our hero is suffering a great deal because his captors refuse to believe that he doesn't know anything. No, they are certain that if they just push him a bit further, he will crack and give them what they want. Examples of Interrogated for Nothing include:
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| abstract | - Our Hero has been captured. He's being asked questions, and has folded under Cold-Blooded Torture or Truth Serum. And then they ask what the plans are for something he doesn't know. Of course, they will believe he is somehow resisting, hiding that vital knowledge. So, the cruelty intensifies. Harshly ironic, since our hero is suffering a great deal because his captors refuse to believe that he doesn't know anything. No, they are certain that if they just push him a bit further, he will crack and give them what they want. A frequent subversion, for Kick the Dog points, is for the captor to either realise or already know our hero doesn't have the information...and to keep going anyway. It should be noted that a problem with upping the torture is, if it works, the captured will tell his captors anything to make the torture stop, regardless of whether or not it's actually true. And some really, really inventive and plausible stories come out of them. A person who has nothing to spill, will desperately try and find something, or make it up. See also Torture Always Works. Examples of Interrogated for Nothing include:
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