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ytsejam214
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11:46:12 AM Dec 7th 2010
Yesterday I added Jules from Pulp Fiction to this page because I've always considered him to be THE textbook example of a True Neutral character, but it has since been removed. Any reason?
DaibhidC
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06:46:27 AM Feb 12th 2011
edited by DaibhidC
From the Futurama section:

Isn't that just a very long way of saying "Amy"? And I'd say she was more Neutral Good as well.
DaibhidC
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06:54:49 AM Feb 12th 2011
While I'm thinking about it, how is Discworld Death (who literally cannot disobey the rules, and when he bends them, does it for the side of Good) "sometimes" True Neutral? And especially how is he Type 3: Animals?
DaibhidC
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07:09:50 AM Feb 12th 2011
Actually, I've been looking at the Types and it seems to me that there's too many. Aren't the following basically the same?

1. Cowards and compromisers; 6. Don't care about anything; 7. Fence-Riding Bastards; 9. Focused on own goals; 10. Trend-followers; and 12. Want to be left alone. All basically characters who think taking a side is more trouble than it's worth. (Possibly 13, although the description is a little confused: they "aren't dedicated to either side", but they "aren't neutral in the sense of not taking a side". In fact, 13 is probably Chaotic Neutral.)

2. Above Good And Evil; 5. Completely amoral force of nature.

3. Animals; 11. Robots. Characters who simply don't have the ability to make moral choices (possibly also 8. Characters with low intelligence, although I'm not sure it belongs here at all; a stupid character can want to do good [or evil] even if he doesn't know how.)

It seems to me that there's a different category for every reason to be True Neutral, rather than just every way True Neutral people might act.
StephanReiken
11:09:49 AM Mar 10th 2011
edited by StephanReiken
Adding onto this.

4. Is a Lawful Neutral opinion. They are trying to 'Balance' Good and Evil. Thats Lawful on a cosmic scale.
FoolsEditAccount
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08:14:20 AM Apr 10th 2011
How is this trope subjective? The other alignment tropes definitely are, but the way this is formatted seems pretty objective, especially since there are a number of types True Neutral characters can be narrowed down to.
SpellBlade
01:05:20 PM Apr 10th 2011
FoolsEditAccount
02:45:45 PM Apr 10th 2011
Ah, I see. I don't always keep up to date on the latest updates and decisions of the hivemind, my apologies.
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