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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyarlathotep" data-source="post: 2830719" data-attributes="member: 1799">The thing with Jack Bauer is that he's put into a series of impossible* scenarios over the course of a very short time span. The D&D equivilent would be something along the lines of:An evil wizard is planning to open a gate to the Abyss in the kingdom's capitol by the end of the day. He's taken measures to ensure that he won't/can't divulge how to stop the gate from opening against his will by magical means and he won't break under torture. The only leverage against this wizard is his family, who he loves dearly. A paladin attempting to stop the gate from opening is confronted with the choice of either A) threatening (and maybe even hurting his family) to stop the gate from opening, or B) respecting the sanctity of other persons and letting a gate to the Abyss open, resulting in the deaths of thousands (or more).What's the paladin to do in a case like this?Personally, I'd say Jack is probably either LN or TN. In season 1 I think you could make the arguement that he's LG, perhaps even a paladin, but there is a definate "fall from grace". In season 2 he's much closer to LN (generally operating under orders from President Palmer), Season 3 - 5 is probably TN. He does feel remorse and guilt for his actions (example: in Season 2, when he fakes the execution of Sayid's family, he tells Sayid how much he despises him for making him do this), but will take whatever actions are necessary to ensure the safety of thousands, no matter the cost to himself. In any case I think he's a fascinating character/*In both the "that would never happen" sense and the "there is no right choice to be made here" sense.</blockquote>

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