more proof that I'm John Watson

[avawatson]

I took a D&D 3.x alignment test. It was arduous and outdated, I was frustrated with a lot of the choices, but this was my final result.




Yeah, okay. Like those real life folks aren't pretty damn problematic (well, maybe not the Dalai Lama), but more importantly?


I can live with this.

Comments

[indybaggins.livejournal.com]

True neutral. I guess that makes me Molly? *g*

[avawatson]

Hmm, that's an interesting read. In the alignment chart I linked, Mycroft is the true neutral and Molly is lawful good. But generally speaking, I think I can see Molly as close to neutral, rather than lawful. She does bend the rules for Sherlock and in general (office romance, all that). But I tend to think that she's good rather than neutral or evil.

Amoral characters are generally true neutral though I'm not quite positive that all true neutral characters are amoral; I feel like there may be corner cases out there that I'm not contemplating. And while I'm rather fine with the idea of Mycroft being amoral/true neutral, I'm less convinced of Molly...simply because I think she, like Sherlock, is on the side of the angels.

[indybaggins.livejournal.com]

You're totally right about Molly belonging mainly under good rather than neutral, I was defining it wrongly.

About Mycroft, he definitely is neutral, but I think you could make a case for lawful and chaotic as well as true neutral? (and maybe that's why he belongs in the middle). He certainly has a 'the end justifies the means' type of morality, enough emotional distance to sacrifice for the greater good, very comfortable with grey areas and all that.

But then lawful- he is working towards an end of lawful good? He is seeking to maintain a status quo of lawfulness too, supporting existing authority and working within its structure in order to maintain it?

And chaotic- he defies structure when necessary, he has his own flexible definitions of right and wrong, considers himself above others (and he is), which requires a vision and strive and a capacity/will for manipulating the existing order to serve his own good?

So in the end I think that he might want to be lawful neutral, he naturally (shamefully) tends towards chaotic neutral, and so he takes up a position in the middle as a true neutral?

Oh and I do agree with myself being a true neutral. So maybe that test was more accurate than I first thought ;)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that third question was ridiculous. Why wasn't "put on your big girl panties and go to someone else's house to watch your show" an option?

I'm lawful neutral, btw. At least I have been with every one of these quizzes I've done, and that's pretty much how I feel about myself, so...

[avawatson]

RIGHT. The TV question really irked me, but I had to remember that it was probably conceived of in a time when TV viewing wasn't the easy thing it is now? If you had to modernize that question, it'd be kind of ridiculous: you have no other TVs with a cablebox in the house, you have no DVR, you have no friends to watch this show with, you don't have internet and can stream it, you cannot torrent it, can't catch up with it on hulu the next day. SORRY BUD, THIS SHOW IS REALLY UNAVAILABLE TO YOU FOREVER UNTIL IT COMES OUT ON DVD. I mean, seriously? And even then........dude, I think at that point dad should pack up and go to the sports bar or a friend's. (Sports guys have other sports friends. This is not crazy.) Hell, buy him a beer so he gets out of the house and catches the game elsewhere. I mean, argh, why is resourcefulness not one of the options of alignment?? I guess then I'd be really tempted to be neutral McGuyver though.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I assume you've seen this alignment chart, yes?



I alternate between Heroic Vulgar and Lawful Grouchy.

[avawatson]

Not gonna lie, sadistic good really calls out to me.

[frodosweetstuff.livejournal.com]

I did this and ended up Lawful Good. Does that mean Greg in Sherlock verse? :D Eeeep.

[avawatson]

All three people who commented on this were three different alignments, this is fascinating. Ha, Greg's a good one, but did you feel like it was accurate? Lawful good is awfully good. I guess I think that because obviously I'm only neutral good though, heh.

[frodosweetstuff.livejournal.com]

So at least the results aren't rigged... :P

I think it is actually accurate. I don't think lawful good is awfully good - it's just a different kind of good, ie more conservative than neutral good, more faith in authorities and existing moral systems. So maybe when you look at it like that, it's probably not the best good there is, depending on the situation. Sometimes you need neutral good or even chaotic good to change things for the better.