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<blockquote data-quote="Nivenus" data-source="post: 4701652" data-attributes="member: 71756">Rorschach's alignment is really difficult to pin down, ultimately, as others have pointed out. On the one hand, he's actually probably the most moralistic of all the characters. And yet, on the other hand, he's clearly done very evil things - albeit not on the scale of some other characters and only generally to those who &quot;deserve&quot; it (though if we're going by D&amp;D alignments than that doesn't qualify as good, via the Book of Exalted Deeds where mercy and forgiveness are good virtues and cruelty, regardless of the target, is an evil vice).He's also, as others pointed out, got an uncompromising attitude - which seems lawful. As others have pointed out though, it's not really.My guess is that, if we're going by D&amp;D alignments rather than say, Utilitarianism, Objectivism, or any other &quot;real life&quot; moral philosophy that Rorschach.I would actually almost say that Rorscach is chaotic evil, though in a weird way that makes him admirable from a certain vandpoint. He's clearly chaotic because he cannot stand authority, is reckless, is driven by an internal sense of justice rather than an external one, and is essentially a free spirit. The reason I say he is evil is mostly due to his sociopathic tendencies to do atrocities nearly as cruel as those wreaked by his enemies, albeit to those very enemies rather than innocents (except, perhaps, the &quot;villain&quot; begging for a beating Nite Owl and Silk Spectre discussed). However, I wouldn't be too surprise to see Rorscach pegged as true neutral, neutral evil, or chaotic neutral either.It actually posits an interesting scenario if I'm correct since, at the end of the story, Rorscach is in some ways more sympathetic and morally sound than his &quot;good&quot; allies. It also puts his opposition to *spoilers* in an interesting light, reflecting the war between lawful and chaotic evil as well as good and evil.I think we can all agree, however, that Dr. Manhattan is true neutral <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nivenus, post: 4701652, member: 71756"] Rorschach's alignment is really difficult to pin down, ultimately, as others have pointed out. On the one hand, he's actually probably the most moralistic of all the characters. And yet, on the other hand, he's clearly done very evil things - albeit not on the scale of some other characters and only generally to those who "deserve" it (though if we're going by D&D alignments than that doesn't qualify as good, via the Book of Exalted Deeds where mercy and forgiveness are good virtues and cruelty, regardless of the target, is an evil vice). He's also, as others pointed out, got an uncompromising attitude - which [i]seems[/i] lawful. As others have pointed out though, it's not really. My guess is that, if we're going by D&D alignments rather than say, Utilitarianism, Objectivism, or any other "real life" moral philosophy that Rorschach. I would actually almost say that Rorscach is chaotic evil, though in a weird way that makes him admirable from a certain vandpoint. He's clearly chaotic because he cannot stand authority, is reckless, is driven by an internal sense of justice rather than an external one, and is essentially a free spirit. The reason I say he is evil is mostly due to his sociopathic tendencies to do atrocities nearly as cruel as those wreaked by his enemies, albeit to those very enemies rather than innocents (except, perhaps, the "villain" begging for a beating Nite Owl and Silk Spectre discussed). However, I wouldn't be too surprise to see Rorscach pegged as true neutral, neutral evil, or chaotic neutral either. It actually posits an interesting scenario if I'm correct since, at the end of the story, Rorscach is in some ways more sympathetic and morally sound than his "good" allies. It also puts his opposition to *spoilers* in an interesting light, reflecting the war between lawful and chaotic evil as well as good and evil. I think we can all agree, however, that Dr. Manhattan is true neutral ;). [/QUOTE]

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