Alexandra Quick is a 6th-level Magic-User/Thief

[inverarity]

Springing off of a comment on an earlier post, I had this extremely nerdy idea a while ago, so why not?



Way back in the day, I played Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Yes, yes, it's true. I even had the original blue box basic D&D set.

By high school I had left AD&D behind and have never really looked back (for many years I was more of a Champions and GURPS grognard), but let's face it, everyone who has ever played a roleplaying game, even if they sniff disdainfully at AD&D, is familiar with the tropes pioneered by that game.

So, for anyone nerdy enough to be familiar with them, here's an AD&D alignment poll for my AQ characters. (Here is a summary of alignments if you need a refresher/guide.)

We're going by the original AD&D alignment chart.



Blink Dogs. Seriously.

Or if you prefer one of a bajillion images online mapping various fictional characters to alignments:



It took me a while to find one I agreed with. Also, The Wire is fucking awesome.

So, without entering into an extensive debate on the validity/utility of AD&D alignments (I had those debates so many times in high school...), consider this "just for fun."

I will let the poll run for a while, and then eventually post my own Absolutely Correct and Inarguable Word of God interpretations. :P

I'm not including all the minor characters because it's a pain — LJ requires I manually enter the fields for every single character. But feel free to speculate in the comments if you like.



[Poll #1942893]

Comments

[kerneyhead.livejournal.com]

http://eminence.dkpsystem.com/viewthread.php?threadid=922&p=1#p5008

My favorite alignment chart. Looking at books and the divisions, the one thing I'm noticing is "Thorn's Revolt" seems to be more of a Law/Chaos divide than a good/evil thing.

The Confederation is on the evil side of the lawful side but there are good people like Mary Shirtcliffe on their side, who believe in the system and want to make it work.

Abraham Thorne tried to work in the system but has now turned against it. I think he started out Lawful good, then became Chaotic good at anger at the system, tried to fix it, and is now Chaotic Neutral.

The Ozarkers, and to a lesser extent the Chinese wizardling culture, follow their own 'laws'. Anna and the Pritchards are loyal to those 'laws'.

I can see both Constance and Anna heading toward neutral good. Anna because of the pull of her best friend, Constance because she and David are eventually be a couple and that will be a break from Ozarker custom.

Ultimately, Alexandra Quick as a series about lawful evil vs chaotic good in alignment terms, with Abraham being a warning about the fall into Chaotic Evil i.e. don't become a monster while opposing the monsterous.

Least that's how I see it.

[tealterror0.livejournal.com]

Huh. Come to think of it, Firefly really does have some almost-perfect exemplars of the alignments. I do disagree with some of that chart, though:

The Operative--I agree with the commenter who says he's Lawful Evil. Firebombing a civilian town leaves little doubt. Simon is probably a better fit for Lawful Neutral.

Saffron--She's not a psycho, she's just willing to do anything for her own personal profit, which is Neutral Evil in a nutshell. Besides, the Reapers Reavers are classic Chaotic Evil anyway.

[graeme sutton (from livejournal.com)]

I'm not sure if I'd count Shirtliffe in with the confederation, at least under the current regime. She's on record as saying her loyalty is to Lilith Grimm, who has given us ample reason to believe that she isn't the confederation's biggest fan, even if it's too risky to oppose it publically.
Also I'd be inclined to agree with TealTerror about Saffron except that it's been shown that she can't help herself: She screws people over even when it isn't in her interest to do so. She tells herself it's all about the money but she's actually just acting out whatever psych issues she has again and again, Early is the same way both of which say Chaotic Evil to me, though with a convincing mask of sanity. I'd say Jeyne is the best Neutral Evil character for firefly, though one who may be headed for redemption.
I'd say that Simon proved his good alignment when he risked blowing the Ariel operation because he couldn't resist saving the guy having a heart attack in front of him. His promising not to hurt Jeyne could be argued as Good or Lawful equally but overall I'm inclined to go for Neutral Good for Simon.
Also : http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m287/snake0/batman_alignment_chart_fullsize-1.jpg