Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Character Alignment Chart











Lawful Good: The reason why I choose Spock for this category is because in all the Star Trek films and shows, he always does the right things, but does not go gung-ho crazy as would Captain Kirk. Instead, Spock thinks of the best possible solutions with statistics and laws. Furthermore, Spock always listens to orders by Captain Kirk, showing his lawful side. He is down to Earth and is the logical one of the enterprise crew.   

Neutral Good: Mr. John Keating from Dead Poets Society would be viewed by his students as Lawful Good, but by his colleagues as Lawful Chaotic. The reason why I placed him there is because he does follow the rules set by the Welton Academy, however bends the rules by inspiring the boys to create the dead poets society, not to mention making them march around in a circle or kick balls into a goal.  Since Mr. john Keating does teach with all the rules as set standard by the school making it Lawful good, he teaches his class in his own way which could be viewed as not following orders, hence Chaotic. Mr. keating is neutral good because he could veer into both lawful and chaotic good if you view him at different angles.

Chaotic Good: The face of Gromit is known well by many of us. If you have seen all the specials and movies like I have, there is a logical reason why I put Gromit in Chaotic Good. In all the specials of Wallace and Gromit, Wallace goes on these crazy adventures and Gromit doesn’t follow Wallace’s plan. For instance, in the Wallace and Gromit special A Matter of Loaf or Death, you find Gromit sneaking into a murderer’s house to see if she is really the culprit. Of course Wallace did not tell him to do this, he went there on his own terms.  In the same special, right as Wallace is about to get “murdered”, Gromit comes to the rescue and saves Wallace’s life. Similar plots are found in all the specials. Gromit leaves Wallace, Wallace gets in trouble, and Gromit saves Wallace. According to the definition Mr. Holeman gave us, “He/She doesn’t follow orders, and shows up at the last moment”. That is exactly what Gromit does all the time.


Neutral Lawful: Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory is an iconic character for setting strict rules that range from roommate agreements to how to “properly” play rock, paper, and scissors. Sheldon would be described by most people (including his friends) and very strict with his rules. Sheldon of course would argue that the rules or laws are necessary to maintain a fluid lifestyle that would maintain optimum efficiency. However, when any of his friends come in real trouble, he will (slowly) forget about the rules and help his friends out. Since Sheldon both writes very exact rules and precise rules and sticks with them, thus being lawful, he also will pardon these rules in order to help a friend out, thus being Neutral to the rules.  

Neutral Neutral: The infamous parrot, Iago, is known well in the Aladdin movie series. Once a sidekick of Jafar, Iago moves around with different people in the movies. For this reason I decided to put him under the category of Neutral Neutral. Iago in the Beginning of Aladdin is with the villain Jafar, who stops at nothing to get the magical genie lamp. However, when Jafar is defeated, Iago works to get on Aladdin’s good side who then takes care of him. Iago is willing to work with anyone as long as he is able to survive, making him be universal to move to any area. When he was with Jafar, he could be looked upon as lawful evil, for doing whatever Jafar says no matter who gets hurt. But when he is with Aladdin, he becomes good neutral because he listens to Aladdin, but is not as eager to go into dangerous situations. Since he is like a wild card for the character alignment chart, I decided to put him in Neutral Neutral.

Neutral Chaotic: Han Solo is a famous character for not caring about anything but his ship and blowing stuff up. In the beginning. Han Solo acts like a scruffy rat and doesn’t care, but toward the end cares about Luke and the rest of the gang. Since the space of Chaotic Neutral has the ability to move to neutral good, that is a great place for Han Solo. He loves blowing things up in any way, shape or form but still cares about his friends (as long as they pay him).

Evil Lawful: The battle droids of Star Wars are known for taking orders, followed by a “Roger Roger” and slaughtering entire species. Battle droids do not care about life and species because they are robots. So, any order that they get, they follow through with. They cannot tell right from wrong.  Since they are following orders to the extent of killing several people with no subconscious thought, they are basically future “freedom” fighters, which also fits into the Lawful Evil section.

Evil Neutral: Grendel is a creature that is viewed upon the humans as a pure monster. Grendel is much like that. For example, he got pleasure out of throwing rocks and trees at a "stupid" mountain goat. Furthermore, he will go to the Meadhall and kill several people, including at the end eating people out of their beds. Just like a villain who would be found in the space Evil Neutral, Grendel is power hungry. This power hunger is not in the sense of ruling the people, but actually to just be equally powered and with them. Grendel wants to be equal with the humans, then when he doesn't get his way he kills people in spite.    


Evil Chaotic: The movie Saw is often known for its intense craziness from holding people hostage and forcing them to “escape” even though they will die in the end anyway. Jigsaw, who is the mastermind behind this is definitely Evil Chaotic because he sets up these elaborate mazes and traps to see people cut off their limbs and practically kill themselves. As an added bonus, he created a puppet that he puts on a t screen to scare people. He is like the Joker, but with less explosions. 

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