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Unsung-Knight Since: Aug, 2015
Sep 20th 2015 at 2:03:12 PM •••

What is this from? Is it a fanfic?

ued199 Emperor of Acheron Since: Oct, 2009
Emperor of Acheron
Nov 6th 2013 at 11:31:37 PM •••

Should Loki be included here he's like deceived and manipulated almost everyone in the Marvel Universe.

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HotmanX32 Since: Oct, 2013
Nov 6th 2013 at 11:37:29 PM •••

....He is the Norse God of Mischief and Lies, so yes.

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CommitteeofEight Since: Mar, 2011
Nov 17th 2011 at 7:46:07 AM •••

Does Batman really belong here? He doesn't seem the type to put up with the Council's shenanigans.

KSonik Since: Jan, 2015
Dec 22nd 2010 at 2:39:06 PM •••

Okat I don't intent to go on an edit war on Ocelot's alignment. Still, I kinda doubt Ocelot is anything Neutral.

PS. doing many, many evil deeds still makes one under Dn D rules Evil even if you work towards a Good goal(and under these Dn D rules stealing when it is just convinnient is considered an entirely appropriate activity to do for Good aligned characters). Why else do you see Well Intentioned Extremists getting listed in the Lawful Evil page, hmmm? ;)

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SchizoTechnician Since: Nov, 2009
Dec 22nd 2010 at 5:19:11 PM •••

The problem is, Ocelot doesn't really fit into D&D alignment. He's chaotic in that he fights the established order and wants to increase freedom, but lawful in that he's the head of an organization that he leads as a traditional Evil Overlord type. He appears to betray a lot- but only because he's loyal to Big Boss, and was simply lying to everyone else, making him actually quite loyal and trustworthy, despite being a betrayal poster boy. He does a lot of evil acts, but rarely ever puts civilians in direct danger- that's usually the person he's in the process of "betraying", and focuses his attacks on Patriots patsies and bluffing, as he literally makes threats for the sole purpose of getting Solid Snake to thwart him- he'd probably be actually alarmed if one of his more malicious plans wasn't thwarted. He has so many layers upon layers of duplicity, honesty, malignancy and kindness that to categorize him as lawful belies his chaotic behavior, to categorize him as chaotic fails to match his singularity of purpose and obedience to the his own law and the law of Big Boss. To call him good fails to fit his terrorist actions, but to call him evil ignores the fact that the actions were bluffs and misdirection meant to minimize deaths and maximize aid to Snake. He's just too fucking xanatosy to classify properly.

KSonik Since: Jan, 2015
Dec 23rd 2010 at 8:13:25 AM •••

[[striketext: While I am not going to argue that Ocelot himself is evil anymore]], there does exist the concept of Evil aligned characters working towards a Good end, for example King Kaius(officially Lawful Evil) from Ebberon and Rary from Greyhawk(canonically Neutral Evil). Still there is no real relevance of talking about Ocelot's alignment.

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Inferno232 Since: Dec, 1969
Aug 11th 2010 at 11:15:11 PM •••

So, this is a council for MagnificentBastards and Crazy-Prepared characters? I thought it was a villain council until I saw Bats and Shikamaru...

Anyhow, I think his antics in Advent Children qualify Rufus Shinra for... Something. Maybe Corrupt Corporate Executive? Though, something else may fit him better...

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ExplodingFrogs Since: Nov, 2010
Aug 13th 2010 at 12:08:39 PM •••

The god in question has to exist elsewhere in the Pantheon, first. Also, Corrupt Corporate Executive is already taken—see Looten Plunder in the House of Commerce.

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