Clarke

I guess part of my criteria for determining "Good" in DnD Alignment is "Do you avoid doing actions that you think are "good" out of selfishness?" or "Do you try to do all good acts that you consider to be "good" according to definitions that you think are valid?". If you do acts that you think are "bad" by societal definitions, but you think that the societal definition is misguided (that it actually can't be considered "good"), I think that you can be classified as "Good" in the DnD alignment system.

I also think that you can be considered "Good" in the DnD Alignment system even if you don't constantly take "good" acts. From what I've read, there are types of Neutral Good or Chaotic Good that do "good" acts when they feel like it (or when they think it's appropriate). In my opinion, the difference between "Good" and "Neutral" in the morality part of the alignment deals with how much you're willing to sacrifice your time and resources for others that aren't connected to you (outside of a set of laws or duty-based principles), and what your expectations are for society.

I consider constantly helping others and trying to make them feel better an act of "good" to the extent that can be considered a "commitment" or a "sacrifice" of your time/resources. This is certainly something that I don't do.

Edit (1/31/23, 10:30 am GMT): Some people might counter this by saying that the forum members that I typed in DnD Alignment have Fi in the Ego block according to Model A, and therefore would naturally be Good according to my definition (they can't be otherwise). My response to that is "consider Bill Gates". Based on what other forum members have said, Bill Gates is probably not Good in DnD Alignment (he regularly, and apparently comfortably, takes selfish actions). However, I don't know much about Bill Gates.

Edit (1/31/23, 2:55 am GMT): I'd like to once again state that I believe "Good" refers to what you do for people who aren't connected to you. If you have a personal connection to someone and you help them, that's probably not relevant to "Good". It might be relevant to "Neutral" however (some definitions for "Evil" say that you only value your family for the benefit that they give you).

The definitions that I said in the posts written today (GMT) aren't completely precise.

I'm going to write another journal-type visitor message here despite it being a questionable idea according to logic and my understanding of forum culture. I'm doing this because I don't know of a thread where posting this would be appropriate.

Based on the Adam Strange posts that I encountered during my research into his disappearance, I would type him as Neutral Good in the DnD alignment system. As far as I can tell, he isn't clearly ordered or order-seeking but also doesn't prefer chaos. A few of his posts also show that he doesn't seem to like authoritarian systems, which might be an indicator of a non-Lawful alignment. My second choice for him would probably be a Good alignment.

For reference, I would type Adam Strange as the following according to his posts:
-ENTJ.
-Te-LIE-Cx.
-8w7.
-836. I agree with him on this one.
-Sx/So or Sp/Sx Decadent.
-xCxAI (appears SCxAI, the O/U is likely borderline).
-Sanguine-Choleric.
-2L in AP.

Some of his posts imply that he cares about self-motivation and goal-setting, which would imply something other than 4V. However, I don't have confidence in this assessment.

This part of this message was last edited on 1/31/23, 7:27 pm GMT.

Edit (1/31/23, 9:47 am GMT): I haven't done enough research to determine what others' alignments would be. If I guessed End's alignment, it would probably be Lawful Good. Some definitions would call him Lawful Evil, but I think it makes more sense for a Lawful Evil to use law or order as an excuse to be evil (selfish) rather than legitimately believe that they're morally good. Segments of society would think that End is "evil" because of his morality system/life philosophy, but I personally think the intent is more important than the actual moral system (or life philosophy).

You can easily see this by comparing End to a classically Lawful Evil character such as Darth Vader. Darth Vader's motivations in the Star Wars universe before he encounters his son are completely selfish. As far as I know, at no point does he ever really do anything for the benefit of others except to secure his own power. End, according to some people in society, isn't "good". However, as far as I know, he doesn't take actions out of pure selfishness.

My second guess for him is probably Lawful Neutral (applies if he's sometimes selfish at the cost of others, or sometimes comfortably violates his understanding of "good"). The main reason why I would type him Lawful Good is because he has an expectation that others should be "good" according to his philosophy. It's possible that I'm misunderstanding the DnD alignment system.

For reference, I don't like to violate my principles or my agreements, but I sometimes violate my understanding of "good" (which is internalized from society). However, I don't take that understanding completely seriously and I consider myself to be a "good" person (by common or societal definitions). I consider myself to be Lawful Neutral.

I used this area as a personal journal while I was on the forums. I came back here and the posts were kind of embarrassing to me, so I decided to delete most of the journal. I might also delete some of my other forum posts.

This message was last edited on 1/20/23, at 7:14 am GMT.

being straightforward/blunt is good and needed more I think..

No problem.

still though, I'm sorry because I kind of ~forced you to be EII .. (when i'm not even 100% sure I am one myself tbh.)

Lol. I mean we both have 5 So characteristics apparently. I also have w5. If I'm Sp/Sx and you're So/Sp, we're both contraflow.

yes that could be it.. *sobs*/jk

So welcome, I actually think we can't be identical. You seem to have a Si focus, and historically, I've just kind of ignored it for the most part. I'm the type of person who eats potato chips for breakfast sometimes. I used to stay up until 2 am on school nights.

Maybe we both use the visitor messages as a diary because we have other similar characteristics somehow. It could either be that we look similar for some other reason, or maybe we have the same type in a different system.

My sense of humor seems to use Ti, not Ni.