So, for those who have played D and D and for those who havn't I am discussing character alignment today. So a brief description: This is the basics of who your character is, the codes they follow, and who they associate with. there are nine different alignments good, neutral, and evil along one axis, and lawful, neutral, and chaotic along the other. Your character is any two of these and they are explained by many pictures like this: Batman Alignment Sheet though their true traits are hard to narrow down you get a pretty good idea of who someone is through their alignment.
Now in RPGs this works out great because often their main purpose is about the struggle between good and evil and whatnot, however when applied to real people it is less successful. People tend to associate with one more however its hard to fit perfectly into one of these categories. No one is the perfect goodie two shoes lawful good because of when good and law conflict, and its very hard to be true neutral on every subject.
Anyway, I bring this up because I want to talk about my own alignment. I have determined that I'm Lawful Neutral, meaning (according to wiki) A Lawful Neutral character typically believes strongly in Lawful concepts such as honor, order, rules and tradition, and often follows a personal code. Basically I follow the laws, not caring much if they are well reasoned or not. I feel anarchy is a poor option and there must be some sort of leader in any situation. Now, I tend to try to be the best person I can be in Good vs Evil however it is much less important to me than what is lawful. I know this may sound weird to some people but it makes perfect sense for me. It means I can do whatever I see as best for me instead of for the better cause as long as it isn't illegal. However it also means I dont go about trying to bend the rules to the best or worst cause.
I bring this up because I may or may not have been a assistant in the theft of a wet floor sign today, lol. Its really no big deal being a hunk of plastic that I'm sure the school has 50 more of but I still wasn't very happy about doing it, and ended up just sneaking it out to help my friends who couldn't hide it.
So what alignment do you think you are?
On a somewhat yet not entirely different note I have a question that I really cant contemplate an answer to. Why do some people have a problem with smoking but not drinking? especially on an under age level. Both are very harmful to your health, and both are also harmful to the people around you. I mean I can understand someone who doesn't have a problem with either, and I understand people like me who dislike both, I just don't get people who Hate one while participating in the other, can anyone explain this to me? thats all
I would say that I am a Chaotic Neutral. I'll do what I want but that gets to the point where my points of view aren't even understandable. I do what I want ALWAYS, and makes me argue with a lot of rules that I must follow.
ReplyDeleteI have a problem with both but I despise smoking more than drinking. This is because adults might drink a beer or two but they won't drink it all the time. If you start smoking, you can't quit unless you really struggle. They both cause destruction though so they are both placed in the same category there.