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<blockquote data-quote="GSHamster" data-source="post: 6335843" data-attributes="member: 20187">I think you could make a workable character. For the Ideal, it is not necessarily Evil. I don't know if you watch any shounen battle anime like Bleach or Hunter x Hunter, but this is common worldview for the heroes. The good characters seek power because power is necessary for them to protect their friends or accomplishes their goals.A common plot is &quot;Hero encounters bad guy. Bad guy is stronger and defeats good guy. Hero realized he must improve his personal strength/power to defeat the bad guy.&quot; That's perfectly compatible with the Ideal, and is perfect for the individualist Chaotic Good alignment.The harder one to reconcile is the Flaw with the Alignment. I'll go with Chaotic Good to heighten the contrast. The key here is that the Flaw contradicts the Alignment's natural instincts. But instead of declaring it a contradiction, let's ask ourselves, &quot;Why? Why does she act against or repress her natural instincts?&quot;A couple ideas:1. She is terrified of the punishment. Perhaps she broke the law in her youth, was caught, and was sent to prison. In prison she had a bad experience. Now she is terrified of going back to jail, and so forces herself to always obey the law. If she always obeys the law, she will never be sent back to prison.2. She doesn't trust herself. In the past, she ignored the rules to do what she thought was right, and something tragic happened. (&quot;If only you had obeyed the rules, your father would still be alive!&quot;) So now she substitutes the rules and laws for her own judgement. Again, this cuts against her natural instincts, but that's what makes it a Flaw.I would probably go with the prison option because it plays into the Ideal. In the prison, she saw that Might makes Right. The stronger prisoners ruled over and tormented the weaker prisoners. That has imbued her with the determination to never be in a position of weakness again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GSHamster, post: 6335843, member: 20187"] I think you could make a workable character. For the Ideal, it is not necessarily Evil. I don't know if you watch any shounen battle anime like Bleach or Hunter x Hunter, but this is common worldview for the heroes. The good characters seek power because power is necessary for them to protect their friends or accomplishes their goals. A common plot is "Hero encounters bad guy. Bad guy is stronger and defeats good guy. Hero realized he must improve his personal strength/power to defeat the bad guy." That's perfectly compatible with the Ideal, and is perfect for the individualist Chaotic Good alignment. The harder one to reconcile is the Flaw with the Alignment. I'll go with Chaotic Good to heighten the contrast. The key here is that the Flaw contradicts the Alignment's natural instincts. But instead of declaring it a contradiction, let's ask ourselves, "Why? Why does she act against or repress her natural instincts?" A couple ideas: 1. She is terrified of the punishment. Perhaps she broke the law in her youth, was caught, and was sent to prison. In prison she had a bad experience. Now she is terrified of going back to jail, and so forces herself to always obey the law. If she always obeys the law, she will never be sent back to prison. 2. She doesn't trust herself. In the past, she ignored the rules to do what she thought was right, and something tragic happened. ("If only you had obeyed the rules, your father would still be alive!") So now she substitutes the rules and laws for her own judgement. Again, this cuts against her natural instincts, but that's what makes it a Flaw. I would probably go with the prison option because it plays into the Ideal. In the prison, she saw that Might makes Right. The stronger prisoners ruled over and tormented the weaker prisoners. That has imbued her with the determination to never be in a position of weakness again. [/QUOTE]

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