Comments on: Dark Knight, now with criticizing! http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/08/05/dark-knight-now-with-criticizing/ Feminism, film, computers and cookies Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:27:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Random_Tangent http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/08/05/dark-knight-now-with-criticizing/#comment-26417 Random_Tangent Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:21:52 +0000 http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/08/05/dark-knight-now-with-criticizing/#comment-26417 Batman is Lawful Neutral. Joker is Chaotic Evil. Two Face is True Neutral with leanings towards Evil. Batman is Lawful Neutral.
Joker is Chaotic Evil.
Two Face is True Neutral with leanings towards Evil.

]]> By: Tory http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/08/05/dark-knight-now-with-criticizing/#comment-26418 Tory Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:48:52 +0000 http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/08/05/dark-knight-now-with-criticizing/#comment-26418 What. What. What. OK. Obviously ONE of us is a D&D master, and ONE of us had to Wikipedia alignment for a refresher course, but how can Batman be Lawful Neutral?! He acts above the law! And how can he be Neutral and not Good? BLARGH! Head asplode! What.

What.

What.

OK. Obviously ONE of us is a D&D master, and ONE of us had to Wikipedia alignment for a refresher course, but how can Batman be Lawful Neutral?! He acts above the law!

And how can he be Neutral and not Good?

BLARGH! Head asplode!

]]> By: Random_Tangent http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/08/05/dark-knight-now-with-criticizing/#comment-26419 Random_Tangent Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:10:13 +0000 http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/08/05/dark-knight-now-with-criticizing/#comment-26419 Batman circumvents law enforcement, but aside from the whole vigilantism, he acts within it. He's not good because a Lawful Good character would have to be charged with upholding the law and never take that power into his or her own hands (whether called by divine sources like paladins and clerics or something more mundane like the police. Batman strives for an order that he cannot be a part of. His methods and tactics reflect a more neutral stance on the good/evil slide. He'll scare and hurt people to get what he wants, but never wantonly. (Just ask that mob guy he threw off the building). Joker wants to smash order and disrupt the status quo. His methods are chaotic and his goals-- by the standards of the D&D lore of old-- are evil, the destruction of society. Two Face is true neutral (leaning towards neutral evil) because his actions are determined by chance. However, its his overriding desire for vengeance against perceived transgressions that pushes him towards evil. /Ubernerd Batman circumvents law enforcement, but aside from the whole vigilantism, he acts within it. He’s not good because a Lawful Good character would have to be charged with upholding the law and never take that power into his or her own hands (whether called by divine sources like paladins and clerics or something more mundane like the police.

Batman strives for an order that he cannot be a part of. His methods and tactics reflect a more neutral stance on the good/evil slide. He’ll scare and hurt people to get what he wants, but never wantonly. (Just ask that mob guy he threw off the building).

Joker wants to smash order and disrupt the status quo. His methods are chaotic and his goals– by the standards of the D&D lore of old– are evil, the destruction of society.

Two Face is true neutral (leaning towards neutral evil) because his actions are determined by chance. However, its his overriding desire for vengeance against perceived transgressions that pushes him towards evil.

/Ubernerd

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