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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8006573" data-attributes="member: 6779196">But even the Hoods who flaunt their outlaw status happily bend the knee to Richard when he returns. Regardless of how they feel about it, their actions prove that it is not the establishment itself they oppose but the specific person leading it. Once the legitimate ruler takes back his authority, they marry their respective Marians and live happily (and presumably law-abidingly) ever after. At most, these more roguish Robins are employing Chaotic means towards Lawful ends.Of course, this means/ends distinction is part of why I prefer to evaluate characters’ ideals and actions separately. Most incarnations of Robin Hood engage in Chaotic behavior quite regularly, but their ideals vary much more from one incarnation to the next. Costner and Crow hold Lawful ideals and the Chaotic actions they must take are a source of inner conflict. But Flynn and the Disney Robin Hood I would say are ideologically Neutral with regards to Law and Chaos. When the king is Evil, they behave Chaotically. When the Good king returns, they are content to behave Lawfully.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8006573, member: 6779196"] But even the Hoods who flaunt their outlaw status happily bend the knee to Richard when he returns. Regardless of how they feel about it, their actions prove that it is not the establishment itself they oppose but the specific person leading it. Once the legitimate ruler takes back his authority, they marry their respective Marians and live happily (and presumably law-abidingly) ever after. At most, these more roguish Robins are employing Chaotic means towards Lawful ends. Of course, this means/ends distinction is part of why I prefer to evaluate characters’ ideals and actions separately. Most incarnations of Robin Hood engage in Chaotic [I]behavior[/I] quite regularly, but their [I]ideals[/I] vary much more from one incarnation to the next. Costner and Crow hold Lawful ideals and the Chaotic actions they must take are a source of inner conflict. But Flynn and the Disney Robin Hood I would say are ideologically Neutral with regards to Law and Chaos. When the king is Evil, they behave Chaotically. When the Good king returns, they are content to behave Lawfully. [/QUOTE]

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