History PlayingWith / ChaoticStupid

* '''Deconstructed''': Mad Maxine acts this way because she wants attention. ''Any'' attention. She's also bored and wants to shake things up a little.

** Maxine is of a {{chaotic| neutral}} [[ChaoticGood moral]] [[ChaoticEvil alignment]] as well as a very focused, [[TheSpock intelligent, rational, and unimpulsive]] woman who makes clever schemes in the name of intellectual pursuits and rebels because she spent so much time deconstructing and analyzing rules that she sees right through them. So she, not only is she smart, but rebellious because of it.

** Maxine is of a {{chaotic| neutral}} [[ChaoticGood moral]] [[ChaoticEvil alignment]] as well as a very focused, [[TheSpock intelligent, rational, and unimpulsive]]woman who makes clever schemes in the name of intellectual pursuits and rebels because she spent so much time deconstructing and analyzing rules rules that she sees right through them. So she, not only is she smart, but rebellious because of it.

** Maxine is of a {{chaotic| neutral}} [[ChaoticGood moral]] [[ChaoticEvil alignment]] as well as a very [[TheSpock intelligent, rational, and unimpulsive]] woman who makes clever schemes in the name of intellectual pursuits.

* '''Justified''':
** Maxine has some kind of mental disorder or disability that prevents her from having the awareness or self-control necessary to control her impulses.

** Maxine is of a {{Chaotic| neutral}} [[ChaoticGood moral]] [[ChaoticEvil alignment]] as well as a very [[TheSpock intelligent, rational, and unimpulsive]] woman.

** Maxine paints the front of her hose purple one day for no reason. And then wears a yellow dress because it goes so well with the freshly painted purple house. She always asks her neighbors if she can paint there house purple, even the king at one point, because she loves painting and still has leftover paint.

* '''Inverted''': LawfulStupid.

* '''Downplayed''': Maxine paints the front of her hose purple one day for no reason. And then wears a yellow dress because it goes so well with the freshly painted purple house. She always asks her neighbors if she can paint there house purple, even the king at one point, because she loves painting and still has leftover paint.

* '''Exploited''': ???

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Enforced''':
** The player fails to understand that even ChaoticNeutral characters can (and should) curb their impulses.
** The DM has this campaign [[{{Railroading}} on the rails]] and the other players are a bunch of {{Munchkin}}s. [[TheLoonie Maxine's player]] has damn well had enough of this. She CAN play a more rational character, even a more rational ChaoticNeutral character, but when everyone else is [[StopHavingFunGuys so]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[{{Munchkin}} serious]], [[RuleOfFun where's the fun in being logical?]]

* '''Conversed''': It ''is'' possible to play a ChaoticNeutral character without being a moron. But it takes practice. And help from an experienced DM.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Played Straight''': Mad Maxine paints her dog purple just because she can. She is very impulsive.

** Mad Maxine can be impulsive and [[CloudCuckooLander wacky]], but is capable of controlling her impulses when the situation calls for it.

* '''Double Subverted''': Most of the time. This time, however, she took off her clothes in the middle of a battle and did cartwheels in front of the BigBad just because she felt like it.
* '''Parodied''': Mad Maxine's behavior gets her StuffedIntoTheFridge. Or PutOnABus. AndThereWasMuchRejoicing.
* '''Deconstructed''': Mad Maxine acts this way because she wants attention. ''Any'' attention. She's also bored and wants to shake things up a little.
* '''Reconstructed''': Maxine learns when it's OK to do crazy things, and when it's not. She might still exhibit impulsive behavior, but will stop if asked or reminded.

* '''Played For Laughs''': The creators of the show wants Maxine to be PluckyComicRelief, but really overdoes it. But it actually works, and everyone [[EnsembleDarkhorse loves Maxine]].

** Maxine has to learn to control herself. It's easier said than done, but she does her best.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': The creators of the show wants Maxine to be a ComicRelief, but really overdoes it. But it actually works, and everyone [[EnsembleDarkhorse loves Maxine]].

* '''Averted''':
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* '''Played For Laughs''': The person behind Maxine wants to introduce ComicRelief, but really overdoes it. But it actually works, and everyone [[EnsembleDarkhorse loves Maxine]]. Yes, even the DM.

** Maxine does not understand the proper behavior for this time and place. [[ValuesDissonance In her culture]], wearing purple body paint and cartwheeling naked in front of someone is a signal of intent to fight, or to join forces with them, not just loony behavior.
* '''Inverted''':
** LawfulStupid.
** Or TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight.

* '''Deconstructed''': Mad Maxine acts this way because she wants attention. ''Any'' attention. She's also bored and wants to shake things up a little. (Or, perhaps this isn't so much Maxine as the [[DungeonsAndDragons DnD]] player behind Maxine.)

** Maxine does not have "Chaotic" as part of her alignment.
** Maxine is "Chaotic," but she's ChaoticGood or ChaoticEvil.
** Maxine is played by someone who knows how to play ChaoticNeutral properly.

* '''Exaggerated''': Mad Maxine paints ''herself'' purple and cartwheels naked in front of the BigBad just because she can. She is very impulsive, and does not (or cannot) control her impulses.

* '''Justified''': Maxine has some kind of mental disorder or disability that prevents her from having the awareness or self-control necessary to control her impulses.

* '''Inverted''': LawfulStupid.

* '''Subverted''': Mad Maxine can be impulsive and [[CloudCuckooLander wacky]], but is capable of controlling her impulses when the situation calls for it.

* '''Averted''': Maxine does not have "Chaotic" as part of her alignment.

*** Maxine is played by someone who knows how to play ChaoticNeutral properly.
* '''Enforced''': The player fails to understand that even ChaoticNeutral characters can (and should) curb their impulses.

* '''Played For Drama''': Maxine has to learn to control herself. It's easier said than done, but she does her best.

** The DM has this campaign [[Railroading on the rails]] and the other players are a bunch of {{Munchkin}}s. [[TheLoonie Maxine's player]] has damn well had enough of this. She CAN play a more rational character, even a more rational ChaoticNeutral character, but when everyone else is [[StopHavingFunGuys so]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[{{Munchkin}} serious]], [[RuleOfFun where's the fun in being logical?]]

* '''Played For Laughs''': The person behind Maxine wants to introduce ComicRelief, but [[{{Understatement}} overdoes it.]]But it actually works, and everyone [[EnsembleDarkhorse loves Maxine]]. Yes, even the DM.

** Maxine's lack of impulse control is her StartofDarkness.

* '''Played Straight''': Mad Maxine paints the dog purple, just because she can. She is very impulsive.
* '''Exaggerated''': Mad Maxine paints ''herself'' purple and cartwheels naked in front of the BigBad, just because she can. She is very impulsive, and does not (or cannot) control her impulses.

** Maxines lack of impulse control is her StartofDarkness

** ChaoticNeutral is the alignment of lunatics and madmen...

** [[CultureShock Maxine does not understand the proper behavior for this time and place.]] In her culture, wearing purple body paint and cartwheeling naked in front of someone is a signal of intent to fight, or to join forces with them, not just loony behavior.

**Maxine does not understand the proper behavior for this time and place. In her culture, wearing purple body paint and cartwheeling naked in front of someone is a signal of intent to fight, or to join forces with them, not just loony behavior.