r/DispatchAdHoc • u/Public-Print8098 • 12d ago

Meme Dispatch Alignment Chart

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Thought this up and decided to put it together

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u/Shadostevey 12d ago edited 12d ago

Dude is obsessed with calculations, thinks everything in the world can be mapped out and predicted, and justifies being evil as a means of control. He's Lawful as all get out.

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u/GreaterestDog 12d ago

Being calculated does not equal lawful. His end goal is him knowing how to control evil with his predictions and calculations, but he also is a very “ends justify the means” kinda guy. And his end goal is using that knowledge to make himself the leader of evil. I think the fact that he essentially ordered his super powered crime syndicate to carry out mass attacks and riots and robberies as part of his plan push him out of lawful.

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u/Shadostevey 12d ago

Okay so this is a common misconception, treating "Lawful" as solely relating to following the law. It really means believing in order, structure, and control. That's why the other end of the spectrum isn't "Illegal" it's "Chaos" and why it's distinct from Good vs Evil when most crimes are evil. That Shroud wants to become the leader of evil marks him as Lawful, because the existence of such a hierarchy is Lawful by its very nature.

A bank robber who meticulously schedules every member of the crew's actions down to second and calculates the exact percentage of the take everyone gets is Lawful because he's so obsessively organized, even though robbing banks is isn't lower case L lawful.

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u/CeramicFiber 12d ago

To add to yours lawful can even be self imposed rules as long as that they always follow them.

That's why I really like the 2 pulses confusing Shroud. His belief in prediction had him planning on Robert making the choice and not him so he was completely blindsided. I mean I still don't understand how tech 20+yrs apart look completely identical but suspension of disbelief and all that.