Geekgasm

[zonewombat]

I almost never use my LJ for full-out geeking...I mean, my family reads this thing! However, on another board I'm in a discussion of the D&D alignment system as it pertains to the Firefly crew, and I'm amused by it.

Now, standard disclaimer: I don't love the alignment system. I use percentile-based alignments rather than absolute, to get a wider spread. But that aside, with the classic 9 alignments:

Mal: CG
Zoe: LN
Jayne: NE
Wash: NG
Kaylee: NG
Book: NG
Inara: LN
Simon: NG
River: CN

Zoe's Lawfulness is all about Mal, which, since he's Chaotic, is a problem. Jayne is the very epitome of Neutral Evil. His quote from "Serenity" about "Hell, I'll kill a man in a fair fight...or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight..." should be in the next version of D&D as the NE quote. Book I think used to be True Neutral (because I think he was an Operative and I think Operatives are True Neutral), but started sliding into Good. Inara is in the process of becoming more Chaotic and more Good, but isn't there yet. Simon used to be LG. River may be NG, but she'll need a lot more drugs and therapy before we'll know for sure.

Next I think I'll slap these kids onto the Myers-Briggs chart.

Comments

[sail-aweigh.livejournal.com]

I'd put Book as CG, myself. If only because in War Stories he was more than willing to do a little violence for no more reason than to help Mal. Also, the fact that having switched sides and/or slipped down that slope, his actual orientation is always slightly in doubt. Particularly when you think of that episode where River is hearing everyone's internal thoughts (was that Objects in Space?) and Book is quite "I don't give a rat's ass...etc.) Sounds like he can be mighty unlawful to achieve his ends.

I guess I still wish we'd gotten more of Book's backstory. He always came across as the most complex character to me, even more so than River.