Defining the pretty easily definable, the alignment of Rorschach, Scar, and Light (some spoilers) part 1 Rorschach

Don't try this at home..........however cool it might have been

Vigilantes are interesting.  They ignore the rules of law, and go fight evil, unhindered by petty concerns like the government, morality and basic decency.  America has a kinda hero worship of these people who go outside the law and hunt down and assault people they don’t like.  Personally, I dislike vigilantism, or the glorification of it, as in real life, it is almost always….well evil.  We always have people without professional training going out and causing massive damage to those around them, even if they are doing it for a good cause (Damnit John Brown).  And in fiction, we have these kinda disturbing glorification of these people, as the movie dramatizes there torturing people for information and murdering people who can’t fight back, see also Dirty Harry and anything by Frank Miller.  But here I’m going to do the alignments of the three vigilantes I like best, because the writers didn’t try to glorify there ideals while making them badass.  And I’m in a comic mood, so yeah, theme there.  But lets do the Watchman one first

"This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face.

The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown.:

The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save Us!"...:

...and I'll look down, and whisper, "No".:

 

“I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me”

“No.  Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon”

 

Right, going on with the Watchman theme, I’m going to briefly go with the alignment of my favorite character from the series, which says a lot to Alan Moore’s writing style considering that I am morally opposed to everything this psychotic believes in.  Rorschach is a moral absolutist, a radical right wing anti communist vigilante, who is determined to hunt down and destroy evil wherever he can find it.   He is basically  the personification of what real vigilantes are, and why our justice system is designed to prevent that from happing (see also, vigilantism is horrible).  Rorschach tortures people for information, innocent or not, murders anyone who he feels is in his way, and generally acts upon a very utilitarian ideal (a letter he writes as a child reveals that he supported Truman’s nuking of Japan, innocent civilians there be damned).  So why do I like him?  Because he is the most interesting character, and unlike many people who espouse utilitarian ideals , he honestly believes in it, and in a bit of a quintessential vigilante, considering his mask his “true face” and going so far as to not eat or bath, but just walks around New York killing crimes.  I like him because he is the only character who doesn’t compromise his beliefs, and is brave to the point of absurdity, but both of those come because he is a freaky psychopath but hey.  Anyways, alignment.  Now lets make this clear, he is evil.  Even before his “Transformation”, he tortures at least 20 innocent people before he tortures the right man to get information.  When he captures a serial killer, he chains him up and burns him alive as the man is burned alive.  Yes, you might say “But he is a serial killer” but as I’m a fan of Fitz Lang’s “M” even child murderers are people, and deserve a fair trial.  He tortures anybody who gets in his way, murders peoples people who are trying to beg for mercy (the midget) after his transformation.  So evil, certainly, but what kind?  Well, I’m going to assume the Chaotic Evil is not in there, as he certainly has a motive and a code he keeps too.  So its between NE and LE.  Now, I’d be tempted to say NE, because while he has a code, it isn’t a very clear one, I mean, as he will break any rule to accomplish his current mission, so it is kinda variable.  But based upon the way he generally acts, I’d say LE.  He is very orderl in how he handles himself, as seen by his mechanic, detail oriented manner of taking notes and talks to people, straight to the point, stating the facts in a very robotic manner.  He also has a very strict code, flexible his methods might be.  For example, his deal with the unlicensed gun, and not trying to deny murders he had committed.  Or for that matter, the strict life style he leads.  So I’d saw Lawful evil.

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