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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 3290889" data-attributes="member: 8158">Mutants represent a disenfranchised segment of society, and very few people have a high regard for laws that oppress them. However, that doesn't exclude them from being lawful. A lawful character tends to work within the system if they think they can achieve their goals that way, but if they can't they will work to improve or replace the system. In the case of a lawful evil character, he might become a politician or judge, or he might try to subvert established authority by building his own order (with him firmly situated on top, of course). The latter is the path of LE villains like Magneto, Dr. Doom, and Kingpin.To my mind, that calls into question the chaoticness of Robin Hood. He subverts the rule of John because it's unjust and (to his mind) illegitmate, not because he loves commiting crimes and has a general objection to authority. In fact, his method of fighting back is to establish his own underground organization that provides relief for the oppressed peasantry. An amnesiac Superman does the same thing when trapped on Apokolyps, as does Captain America in several instances where he's faced with a corrupt system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felon, post: 3290889, member: 8158"] Mutants represent a disenfranchised segment of society, and very few people have a high regard for laws that oppress them. However, that doesn't exclude them from being lawful. A lawful character tends to work within the system if they think they can achieve their goals that way, but if they can't they will work to improve or replace the system. In the case of a lawful evil character, he might become a politician or judge, or he might try to subvert established authority by building his own order (with him firmly situated on top, of course). The latter is the path of LE villains like Magneto, Dr. Doom, and Kingpin. To my mind, that calls into question the chaoticness of Robin Hood. He subverts the rule of John because it's unjust and (to his mind) illegitmate, not because he loves commiting crimes and has a general objection to authority. In fact, his method of fighting back is to establish his own underground organization that provides relief for the oppressed peasantry. An amnesiac Superman does the same thing when trapped on Apokolyps, as does Captain America in several instances where he's faced with a corrupt system. [/QUOTE]

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