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<blockquote data-quote="GSHamster" data-source="post: 4605011" data-attributes="member: 20187">I think Mal is Chaotic Neutral.&nbsp; Despite CN being considered the &quot;crazy person&quot; alignment in the community, I think it fits him best.First, on Law vs Chaos, Mal is definitely Chaos. Personal freedom is his big thing.On Good vs. Evil, Mal feels very &quot;fallen&quot; to me.&nbsp; In that at one time he was definitely Good, but then after the battle at Serenity Valley he became disillusioned, and stopped caring. He's not quite evil, but he's not quite good.&nbsp; So Neutral, and maybe with recent events in the show and his crew pulling him back towards the Good side.Put the two together, and you get Chaotic Neutral.Jayne is definitely Chaotic Evil. But he also illustrates another facet of CE: the strong rule the weak.&nbsp; And Mal is Jayne's alpha.&nbsp; So Jayne obeys him first, even he disagrees with Mal.I think Jayne illustrates the only way a Chaotic Evil PC is viable. A player wanting to play a CE character would have to be willing to be subordinate in the pack/group. If a CE bucks for Alpha, I think everything ends up going badly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GSHamster, post: 4605011, member: 20187"] I think Mal is Chaotic Neutral. Despite CN being considered the "crazy person" alignment in the community, I think it fits him best. First, on Law vs Chaos, Mal is definitely Chaos. Personal freedom is his big thing. On Good vs. Evil, Mal feels very "fallen" to me. In that at one time he was definitely Good, but then after the battle at Serenity Valley he became disillusioned, and stopped caring. He's not quite evil, but he's not quite good. So Neutral, and maybe with recent events in the show and his crew pulling him back towards the Good side. Put the two together, and you get Chaotic Neutral. Jayne is definitely Chaotic Evil. But he also illustrates another facet of CE: the strong rule the weak. And Mal is Jayne's alpha. So Jayne obeys him first, even he disagrees with Mal. I think Jayne illustrates the only way a Chaotic Evil PC is viable. A player wanting to play a CE character would have to be willing to be subordinate in the pack/group. If a CE bucks for Alpha, I think everything ends up going badly. [/QUOTE]

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