Blindlord 3 yr. ago. This is the ultimate guide to famous Lawful Neutral fictional characters from anime and manga. Seriously, that's all he EVER thinks or talks about. That being said, they're arguably the best of heroes. Middle-Neutral is a character that simply just doesn't care that much about good or evil or law or chaos. The Jade Green Giant sometimes transitions into this, as after all "he just wants to be left alone". True Neutrals may still Default to Good, because often it's just blatant how nasty the evil side is. Usually settles into this. Neutral good characters follow the Golden Rule. Well known true neutral characters from film or literature include: The Watchers (Marvel Comics), Horace Slughorn (Harry Potter), and Tom Bombadil (Lord of the Rings). Thing is though, Cage found that his conscience more often than not didn't allow him to act that way and he ultimately became more Neutral Good/Chaotic Good, including as a member of the New Avengers. It goes on to explain that "Clearly, there are very few true neutral characters in the world". The neutral evil character will of course accept the altruistic generosity of others, and may even appear to return the favor on occasion. These characters can be some of the most puzzling, but also the most complex. Some Actual Pacifist characters. However, the brutality of his kills certainly don't fall under any "Good" category I care to think of, he claims "I don't work for justice, and I'm certainly not its bitch", and he has a habit of doing things his own way when the situation calls for it, violence was the only way to keep her from being separated from Natsuki, As long as you do NOT double-cross him, of course. Chaotic neutral characters feel that true neutral characters limit themselves by paying lip service to laws and customs that they do not necessarily support. Likewise, a true neutral religion may list the following as sins. Though she's a benign character in the movie adaptation, the original novel. 10. For me, I feel that a big part of his character arc is the journey from this alignment to Neutral Good. His actions may seem cruel or random, as he can be kind and helpful and then vindictive the next moment, or worse, acts in a manner that he considers kind but is horrifically amoral from the point of view of a human. Another possible example would be Lorne, who often seems to see himself as morally obliged to lend his powers to anyone who asks, even if they're very evil, on the grounds that he's just an instrument of fate. True Neutral characters are indifferent to Order Versus Chaos, and their only interest is in living their own lives. He wasn't evil or willing to take. But outside of sometimes uniting with Earthrealm's main defenders against a common enemy Kenshi's main goal is neither altruistic nor malevolent: it is simply revenge against Shang Tsung for blinding him. It depends on his mood. In fact, it is only because of his ongoing feud with Spider-Man that I'm listing him as this and not Chaotic Good. But it's not because they're malevolent: rather they are again animals trying to preserve themselves, and are largely incapable of telling right from wrong, at least in the original movies. One of the nine alignments from the best-known Character Alignment system. Perhaps they care little for the conflict and have their own goals, which are neither particularly good or evil. Thing is though, Cage found that his conscience more often than not didn't allow him to act that way and he ultimately became more Neutral Good/Chaotic Good, including as a member of the New Avengers. They simply live their lives, whether that means tearing down a code of laws, following a code of laws, creating an orderly society, causing the breakdown of some kinds of order, or staying away from society altogether. By and large MJ just wants a calm, peaceful, normal life and though not a fan of the supervillains regularly criticizes Peter for being a superhero and typically opposes his being Spider-Man. However, a true neutral being with a highly philosophical outlook may hold that law, chaos, good, and evil are all necessary forces in the universe. -M-NUva. After being freed from his malevolent programming and also Iago's influence he is content to just spend eternity with his mate alone and not interfere with anyone else's business before his mate convinces him to start acting like a true Gargolye again. That and he's also stressed as being kind of a blank slate who can choose to be either good or evil. A True Neutral character who follows the ideal of death similar to Raven Queen might not like to deal death but will recognize it as a part of the natural order. Characters of this alignment fit neither end of the Law-Chaos axis, hence "Neutral", but they land at the morally worse end of the other, Good-Evil axis. You shall aid those who aid you and harm those who harm you. Not so much that he is bad or evil by any means, but at the same time it does make me more inclined to list him as this, in contrast to Aladdin's being more Neutral Good. Most neutral characters exhibit a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality. Really he'd much rather prefer to just be simulating etiquette. Supports the law when advantageous to do so. In keeping with his being an animal character but besides that he is also noticeably more selfish than Aladdin. They are a primarily self-interested and largely loyal-less species that are not all that good or evil, instead being most concerned with turning a profit for themselves. Yes, he tries to kill Batmanafter Bats provokes and all but threatens him. He just wants to get back home and will fight anyone who gets in his way regardless of their moral alignment. One common misconception is thinking that true neutral characters seek a balance by deliberately following a certain alignment one day and an entirely different alignment the next. Same as Rocket, at least again, before Character Development sets in. During that period in her life when she was beginning to throw off Palpatine's influence but hadn't yet embraced the ways of the Jedi Order. By the time Anakin runs into him again in Attack of the Clones he's become this. Yeah, Roxas changes alignments a lot. They may behave in a good manner to those that they consider friends and allies, but will only act maliciously against those who have tried to injure them in some way. For the rest, they do not care. In Dungeons & Dragons, players use something called moral alignment to determine the character's identity. Thus, each aspect--evil and good, chaos and law--of things must be retained in balance to maintain the status quo; for things as they are cannot be improved upon except temporarily, and even then but superficially. Between that and his animal-level or near-animal level intelligence and I'd say he fits this pretty well. If an enemy is in need, they will ignore him or take advantage of his misfortune. Like Setsuka, Amy is pretty single-minded in her specific goal, and has no desire to be particularly good or evil outside of that goal. Well she IS a baby after all, if not also a surprisingly and deceptively intelligent one. It's only as the game progresses that he begins to transition more to Neutral Good and then to Chaotic Neutral. Though Mortal Kombat considers him to be a good character, as I said above neutral characters can and will side with good against evil if the occasion calls for it. So-called "good" is actually an idealistic and naive philosophy in their eyes. Muggles and Punch Clock Villains are often the "don't care" variety of True Neutral. Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. Her chipper nature and demeanor would normally put her more in the direction of good, but she did try to kill Spider-Man just because she was in love with one of his enemies, and when she accidentally shot her villainous boyfriend instead during his fight with Spidey, she came to hate the hero. They're out for. Like C-3PO and Strider Hiryu above, he's in-between this and Good and like his friend Han ultimately starts to inch more into Chaotic Good territory. In fact, since most humans are true neutral, it is the alignment of the majority of people encountered in day-to-day situations. 7. By and large MJ just wants a calm, peaceful, normal life and though not a fan of the supervillains regularly criticizes Peter for being a superhero and typically opposes his being Spider-Man. You have to admit, for all his being a "villain" Kronk is pretty nice and harmless all things considered. There will be no Real Life examples under any circumstances; it just invites an Edit War. "It's not breaking the rules if you don't get caught", gives the middle finger to the rules of Sburband, rescue the bad guys from jail after the good guys had won, Also, Sasaki from the same series. True neutral characters will behave altruistically when it comes to friends, relatives, and allies, but for the most part will return the kind of treatment they receive from others. Neutral evil characters have no such qualms about burning bridges if the reward is great enough. Not so much that he is bad or evil by any means, but at the same time it does make me more inclined to list him as this, in contrast to Aladdin's being more Neutral Good. Given that she's in a way an extension of Roxas their sharing an alignment (and similar alignment transition) is fitting. Just like Neutral Good and True Neutral characters, a Neutral Evil character strikes a balance between the extremes of Lawful and Chaotic, viewing each side as a resource to draw upon without getting too . A Neutral Good character is guided by their conscience and typically acts altruistically, without regard for or against Lawful precepts such as rules or tradition. Neutral Good characters are not actually "neutral". Trending pages True neutrals are offended by those who are opinionated or bigoted. However, this has the consequences of many eldar embracing the path of the ranger, leaving their craftworlds to seek adventure and freedom, putting many eldar in a chaotic light too. True Neutral Characters in Pop Culture. A.O. They could also embrace skepticism or suspend judgment on philosophical issues. Just a dumb kid who flew too close to the sun. Specifically the Blood Axe clan, who not only learned human-style tactics such as retreating and camouflage, but also do mercenary work as well. You shall not promote an extreme viewpoint. While he can at times be genuinely cruel, he has also had moments of decency and kindness and by and large just wants to be left alone and have Spongebob and Patrick not bother him. The neutral evil character does not believe that one good turn deserves another, however. His clone, who is barely interested in the rebellion anymore than he is in the Empire and is most concerned with finding Juno Eclipse and coming to better terms with who he is. The true neutral character would be willing to sacrifice his goals for others whereas Neutral Evil would view that as an unreasonable expectation. Lawful neutral characters follow laws not only for their own self-interest, but also because they believe that one should always follow the law, even laws that run counter to self-interest. In fact, it is only because of his ongoing feud with Spider-Man that I'm listing him as this and not Chaotic Good. 2. Seems to be this at least some of the time, as for all of her helping Spider-Man every so often she does also seem to often have her own personal and ambiguous agenda. The true neutral character wants to work within the law and will observe most customs and mores because it it in their best interest to do so. While most see them as villains and they can definitely qualify as such it should be remembered that the Xenomorphs are really just animals who are trying to keep their species alive, which just so happens to require killing people. These same reasons are among why they can easily refrain from taking any sides at all. I find it incredibly helpful to look at some iconic examples from pop culture. Mugenis an anti-hero who isn't afraid to get his hands dirty and kill when he deems it necessary - but he refuses to take down innocent people for no reason. A lot of people consider Galactus to be this, arguing that he's just doing what he needs to do to survive and is thus no more evil than a predator in the jungle. As the philosophical "average" of altruism and egoism, equitism holds that harm to others should be minimized when advancing the self and that harm to the self should be minimized when advancing others. Vanessa: Halfway, huh? Probably in-between this and Neutral Good in the end. Ferb: Well, sometimes if you love somebody, you have to meet them halfway. In Injustice Gods Among Us, where he doesn't care who his opponent is and has no stake in the Regime/Insurgency conflict. He just as easily makes friends with the, Goblins, who regard the main conflict in the series as "a wizard's war" and therefore not concerning them. But when he unexpectedlystarts to care about another person, he ends up willingly sacrificing himself to save them. They just want to clone, and research new ways to clone, and raise their clones, and and arguably did by manipulating her into waking up from the dream world and driving her insane, risking the balance of pretty much everything, Only Wants To Make The World A Better Place, Someone Who Only Wants To Screw People Over. 4 604 VOTES Hiei - Yu Yu Hakusho Photo: Sunrise movies, anime Initially he's pretty content to just do whatever the Organization tells him to do and doesn't really think for himself all that much. Both of these types will tend to return the treatment they receive from others. Chaotic neutral anime characters don't care about law and order - they'll either make their own rules and happily break them as necessary, or live without any kind of orderly system. Considering the rest of the race, this is what makes them neutral. Though his motivations never made much sense, hence the chaotic part. Each thing exists as a part of the whole, one as a check or balance to the other, with life necessary for death, happiness for suffering, good for evil, order for chaos, and vice versa. Some True Neutral characters subscribe to neutrality or "balance" as an active philosophy, which taken far enough is a form of Blue and Orange Morality (and Stupid Neutral). Most of the time, these characters are seen keeping bilance or simply not caring. A fairly independent warrior who respects martial prowess and strength of character, but is not as concerned with morality. A true neutral character may use poison as long as there is an overwhelming need. This is not very realistic, though, and usually Neutrals are just indifferent or uncommitted. They could be described as morally bland. They're not evil, since they are pretty much only focusing on their own survival in the galaxy. Cirno and other faeries are exemplars of Type 7-- being True Neutral by the non-virtue of being. True Neutral characters WILL pick a side if they are forced to, and usually side with good over evil (since the average person would rather have a good person looking after them than an evil one). The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. A lot of fiction doesn't pick up on this. Outside of that he prefers to keep to himself and be alone. George R.R. Luke tried to be this early in his career, fashioning himself as the "Hero for Hire" who would do good only if you paid him and would keep to himself otherwise. Still, she's not personally committed to upholding good in any abstract or universal way. Krusty tends to be depicted as being pretty crooked and sleazy, but is also not without a sympathetic side and compared to the actions of say, Mr. Burns, Sideshow Bob, Snake, and others, his criminal acts are pretty tame. Although the true neutral character does not believe that the law should be followed all of the time, neither do they believe that laws are completely useless. Refusing to kill when important to your survival. Trending pages It seems that whenever Druids show up in any traditional high-fantasy setting they're pretty much required to be this alignment, even though there are some examples of non-neutral Druids in fiction (Faldorn from Baldur's Gate for instance, who I'd judge to be Chaotic Evil). Published Apr 22, 2020. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO. 643 votes Do they embody chaotic neutral? If you can help us with this wiki please sign up and help us! Really, the Hulk's been several different alignments over the years. In Tolkein's mythos the Dwarves are depicted as a wary and secretive (not to mention often self-interested) race that tend to keep to themselves and are rarely seen in the company of Elves and Men. While he certainly has his heroic moments by and large C-3PO is very neurotic and not at all interested in involving himself in dangerous and chaotic conflicts. Going by his dialogue in the game proper, it seems that the only things in this lad's head are a lot of air and one word: food. In the Jump/Final Ending, Deadeus reveals itself to be this. After getting Nora back for Mr. Most true neutral characters will, throughout their lives, tend more or less toward one of the other alignments, dependent upon their perception of the state of the world and what force should be balanced. Most anime characters can also be sorted into this system. They're out for their own and do not like to get involved if at all possible with either good or evil, but again will usually side with the former if forced. This may because of the enemies they've also wiped out killing them when they show up at the door and claiming they want to swap. True Neutral are characters who don't fall into either extreme. Per being an incredibly powerful cosmic entity, Eternity generally prefers to stay out of the affairs of the rest of the universe altogether, and only gets involved in the absolute most dire of circumstances that he feels require his attention. Sometimes this, depending on the episode. But that's not because he changed, he still has the same goal, it's just that in the new universe the most straightforward way of achieving it looks friendlier. Dark Wizard: For your final test Slay this 'unaligned ant!'. He may attack an unarmed foe if he feels it necessary. TSR:1979. and Gygax, Gary. THE mobile suit manufacturer in the UC-verse, they sell their products to anybody willing to pay for them, and often end up supplying multiple opposing factions in the same conflict. They're out for their own and do not like to get involved if at all possible with either good or evil, but again will usually side with the former if forced. He is not without his moments of kindness though, and his victims aren't exactly sympathetic, so George R.R. Hermits like Ibara Kasen are usually staying away from the mundane affairs. Huh? In my DC Universe since he starts out the same as he did in mainstream continuity, namely as a self-interested attention-seeker whose only trying to be a superhero because he thinks and hopes that it will get him fame and fortune. Believes people deserve the treatment they are willing to endure. But the version of him in the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon I see as being more this due to just being so mellow and disinclined to make himself the center of attention. I'll sacrifice some to save my beloved! True Neutral makes a good 'transition' alignment if a Neutral Evil character is going through some serious Character Development, they may reach a point where they're not doing so much evil, but not consistently doing good just yet either, and similarly when they do have something they want done, have no particular preference on whether to do it by obeying rules or breaking them. During that period in her life when she was beginning to throw off Palpatine's influence but hadn't yet embraced the ways of the Jedi Order. Aaron Davis Aarti Kaushik Abdulla Abigail (Final Fight) Abigail Walker Abominable Greench Abominable Snow Monster Abominable Snowman (The Powerpuff Girls) Abomination (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Acromantula Acromantula Colony Ada Mason Adam "Kane" Marcus Adam Meiks Adam Murray Adam Stanheight An individual who is completely apathetic and ambivalent to the greater world and only gets involved because his girlfriend asked him to. He will never kill for pleasure, only in self-defense or in the defense of others. She doesn't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. From Yamaguchi to Daichi, here are all the members of Karasuno from Haikyuu!! Whether it's yakuza or law enforcement, no one gets in Mugen's way. It turns outs that it is on nobody's side, and that it just wanted everybody to let it destroy the world so that it could move on to other things. True Neutral is the base alignment of animals, which prompts Druids to be of the True Neutral alignment in RPGs, although this is only 'neutral' if you do not consider the animal world and nature elementals a side of their own. (2), True neutral is typically the most misunderstood of all alignments. Such a character thinks of good as better than evil-after all, she would rather have good neighbors and rulers than evil ones. While he remains largely self-interested, he also comes to care about Elizabeth to a degree and rarely if ever hurts innocent Columbia civilians, and is thus not completely without a conscience. Betraying an ally or friend, unless life is in danger. He's in-between law and chaos due to being a lawyer who is also a crimefighter that indulges in torture and excessive force on a regular basis. Another admittedly controversial call. As the Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes is often portrayed as a vengeful and bitter figure, who goes to somewhat ruthless lengths to achieve his revenge. Will not aid family members in need if personal discomfort is required. Despair is neutral (if not very pleasant for others) as she only cares about her work and hoping the family will be nice (although she is easily swayed by Desire). That said, he does frequently shift to Neutral Good throughout the series. A wandering lycanthrope with not as much to his character as some of the other party members in the series. If this happens, she'll be of the "Don't bother me and I won't bother you" variety. There are many ways to roleplay a Dungeons & Dragons character, from lawful to chaotic, and good to evil. Will provide for friends, and expects to be repaid in some manner. Well known true neutral characters from film or literature include: The Watchers (Marvel Comics), Horace Slughorn (Harry Potter), and Tom Bombadil (Lord of the Rings).
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