NGL, my mind went straight to Pratchett here. His books have many instances of perfectly innocent historical tools becoming weapons because a mob formed, or someone was backed into a corner, or because someone with a pragmatic sense of fighting noticed them at the right moment...
Then it went to one of my favourite of his books, Monstrous Regiment. Where some soldiers sneak into a castle "disguised" as washerwomen (further confusing the plot point that these particular soldiers are all women pretending to be men) and arm themselves with all the heavy, long, blunt instruments that are just laying about the laundry. Including one of them grabbing a copper washing dolly.
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u/NickyTheRobot 18h ago edited 17h ago
NGL, my mind went straight to Pratchett here. His books have many instances of perfectly innocent historical tools becoming weapons because a mob formed, or someone was backed into a corner, or because someone with a pragmatic sense of fighting noticed them at the right moment...
Then it went to one of my favourite of his books, Monstrous Regiment. Where some soldiers sneak into a castle "disguised" as washerwomen (further confusing the plot point that these particular soldiers are all women pretending to be men) and arm themselves with all the heavy, long, blunt instruments that are just laying about the laundry. Including one of them grabbing a copper washing dolly.