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Lordkill posted...

I'd like someone to explain to me wtf lawful evil is? Cause the two don't even sound right together...

This makes me want explain alignments with Comic characters, something I was thinking about the other day.
Lots of characters can fit in these categories but Im gonna do my best to just name a few while still fully explaining each alignment.

Lawful Evil:
Thanos (MCU version).
He has a code; he didnt simply want to destroy everything, even though he had the power to. He had a twisted idea that his actions were better for the universe as a whole.
Comic Thanos was more like Neutral Evil, his motivation was much more selfish.
A real world example of Lawful Evil could be Al Capone, or the Italian Mafia. They had their own code of laws, and didnt want disorder.

Neutral Evil:
Galactus.
Hes like a force of nature. He kills billions and literally eats entire worlds. He has no sense of law or morality but isnt chaotic; he has one goal, consume all.

Chaotic Evil:
The Joker.
He has no code, and isnt bound by any sense of morality. He isnt motivated by money, and will kill someone, sometimes even his own henchmen, just for kicks.
Simply put, he just wants to watch the world burn.

Lawful Good:
Batman. He operates with code and a strong sense of morality & justice. He will never kill anyone (in most adaptations), even if their deaths could prevent more crime. While vigilantism is technically illegal, Batmans code is rooted in a higher standard of morality than civil law.

Neutral Good:
Tony Stark (pre civil war).
He doesnt totally uphold the law, rather he does what he thinks is right in the moment. Hes been known to kill when he thinks its necessary, and also shows mercy where its due.
In Civil War Tony Stark and Steve Rogers kinda swapped alignments, Tony who was typically more neutral was ready to become lawful, and allow super-humans to be regulated.
Steve, who was typically Lawful, opposed the Super-Human Registration Act, as a violation of their identities and thus was more neutral.

Chaotic Good:
Wolverine.
Hes rough around the edges but still has good intentions. He doesnt kill innocents, and is seldom motivated by self-gain. However he will kill brutally and mercilessly even when the crime doesnt constitute a death sentence.
This is the alignment most Anti-Hero characters like Red Hood or The Punisher fit in. Their intentions are good but their morality is grey.

Lawful Neutral:
Living Tribunal.
This alignment is hard to isolate a comic character too because most characters seem to fit into a good/bad extreme, or are chaotic. The Living Tribunal however is truly morally neutral. The concept of good and evil as defined by mortals is irrelevant to him. That said the entity is lawful; Living Tribunal oversees the multiverse and prevents any character from achieving God like powers in the sense that they could change reality of the multiverse, whether for good intentions or bad.

Chaotic Neutral:
Deadpool or even Venom.
Deadpool is motivated by mostly selfish things, like money, revenge, love. He kills people to achieve his goals but doesnt kill innocents. And to be frank, he likes to fuck around.

True Neutral (neutral in regards to Law and ethical stance):
Catwoman.
This is a character who does not care to uphold the law, but isnt trying to create Anarchy either. She is usually motivated by selfishness but has also saved lives before. Shes been known to work with criminals for self gain and her role as a thief makes her bad but saving lives and helping Heros occasionally has made her good. In this sense she maintains a neutral stance.

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