CN archetypes

[Drowbane]

Oh - wait. Got a better one.... any cat.

Mine is C/N with cute tendencies. >.<

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Harry Flashman.

Chaotic Evil. He took active pleasure in causing harm to come to others, among his other traits.

Chaotic Evil can be charming.

 

[Terwox]

Oh - wait. Got a better one.... any cat.

Bah, they've got you suckered in too.

Every cat is chaotic evil. If it's "nice," it MIGHT have neutral tendencies.

That's neutral on the lawful scale, by the way.

 

[Hussar]

I should take a look at my Thieves World stories. I'm fairly sure I could find some archetypes in there.

 

[LostSoul]

I'd agree early Han Solo, but I'd say the change comes well before the carbonite. Turning the Falcon around to aid in the battle against the Death Star, after he was free and clear with his money, was not a CN act.

No way! It was after he slept with Leia during their stay in the space slug.

 

[delericho]

Jayne Cobb

(I would have pegged Darth Vader as LE and Gaius Baltar as NE, though.)

 

[Huw]

Rincewind
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Nearly any pop/rockstar (my CN sorceror is very loosely based on Freddie Mercury)

 

[Clueless]

I would have put Jayne as a little more on the NE or CE side of things. He's a small E or he wouldn't still be with the crew (evil comes in a range from little to KillItKillItNow)... but he's definately more selfish and treacherous than just plain old N.

 

[radferth]

Conan. At least before he was king.

 

[delericho]

(evil comes in a range from little to KillItKillItNow)...

This I agree with entirely.

In the case of Jayne, other than one betrayal of Simon and River, I'm hard pressed to think of anything he does that is actually Evil, though. True, he takes advantage of his fame in "Jaynestown", but he didn't ask for his fame, and seemed genuinely remorseful when that villager died for him.

I may well be overlooking something, but I don't quite see him as Evil. Unpleasant, certainly, but not truly Evil.