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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 4870659" data-attributes="member: 15538">I tend to prefer Chaotic characters. Many swords-and-sorcery protagonists are Chaotic, and by my standards, I am, too. More than anything else, Chaotic is the willingness to stand against the accepted order. Someone who is psychotic might be Chaotic, but so might celeberated eccentrics like Richard Feynman, Tim Burton, John Waters, Jackson Pollock, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Zen Buddhist monks might be Chaotic, defying all social conventions in their quest for enlightenment. A Chaotic marauder might risk his life challenging the leader of a barbarian horde, while a Chaotic healer might defy the quarantine of a local ruler. Chaotic Good types view life as a lesson to be learned, and are not afraid to confront others with puzzles and challenges. Chaotic Evil types view life as a challenge to be mastered, and view rules, situations, and other people as either obstacles or resources in their personal quests. Chaotic Neutral is a balanced view, that life can be interpreted but not ascribed a specific meaning, and recognizing that although they may place their own goals ahead of others, that it is ultimately limiting to try to dominate others. When a Chaotic person wants something done, the first thing they try to do is to do it themselves. When something needs to change, the first thing they try to change is themselves. When a Chaotic person asks for allegiance, they ask for allegiance to themselves and their personal goals, and when they give allegiance, they assign themselves personally. Chaotic resist the idea that interpretation is ever final. Being Chaotic does not mean denying constancy. Luke Skywalker, for instance, was loyal, determined, and dedicated to the Jedi Code, but approached problems in unexpected ways, relied on his intuition and experience more than precepts, and trusted his own moral purpose over the commands of his teachers.A few chaotics from fiction: Luke Skywalker, Conan, Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, Jack Sparrow, Westley (the Dread Pirate Roberts), Merlin (from Sword in the Stone).Real life possible CNs who do not fit the "impulsive" mold: - Lao Tzu, author of the Tao Te Ching, = "A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving."- Theodore Roosevelt, a vaunted trust-buster who also colluded with big business when he thought it was in the public interest. - "I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!"</blockquote>

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