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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cthulhudrew" data-source="post: 3288104" data-attributes="member: 4090">Captain America is definitely Lawful Good. The only law(s) I have seen him breaking currently is the Superhuman Registration Act (which I'm not even positive has been ratified as a law in Civil War yet, has it?). In any case, the point is that he himself has stated time and again that he represents the ideal, the American dream and its people, and that is a concept that goes beyond the interests of any given administration and its current agenda. He quit being Captain America for a time when he disagreed with his government and what they wanted him to do, and now that his government has introduced legislation that goes at odds with his goals, he continues to fight on in the name of the larger issue. He still generally abides with the laws and system of the USA- which includes due process for criminals, etc. (As for Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic, I don't know. I think I'm too blinded by what I see as blatant mischaracterization and shoehorning characters to fit an editorially/creatively driven plot rather than allowing the plot to flow from the characters to really comment objectively)I will say that I see Spider-Man as more Lawful Good than Neutral Good. His whole credo is that "with great power comes great responsibility" and he- while being a vigilante- is always serving the cause of law and order. He leaves criminals for the police to arrest and prosecute, without taking justice into his own hands. If the rationale is that "law" and "chaos" can/do represent personal codes of honor as much or equally with actual recognition of societal laws, then Spider-Man fits in that category as well. I don't really see where he would be Neutral Good at all.Now someone like the Punisher I'm not really sure where to put alignment wise. On the one hand I could see him being Lawful Evil- in that he puts his own sense of morality/legality above that of the state, but it is a personal code he adheres to. At the same time, the fact that he considers himself judge, jury, and executioner puts him at odds with the government, which would make him Chaotic in their eyes at least. I personally consider him evil because of the methods he uses- regardless of the underlying notions of where his motivation stems from- but others might see him as being good, because his intentions are clearly in the interest of others (those he considers innocent).</blockquote>

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