Neutral Good: Difference between revisions

* While often portrayed as [[Lawful Good]], [[Superman]] can sometimes be this, especially in recent comics. While he tries to maintain good relations with the Law, he isn't above going against the letter of the law if he feels it is the right thing to do. (The storyline "Last Son" comes to mind, where he rescues a Kryptonian boy... by smashing up an armoured government transport. He knew where the boy was by attacking a secure government location and ''making'' them tell him. See? [[Neutral Good]]). However, Superman was much more visibly Neutral Good back when he was first [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|created]]. At the time he was a borderline vigilante who often dealt with [[Lawful Evil|societal problems]] that the regular authorities could not or [[Lawful Stupid|would not]] touch.

* [[Batman|Tim Drake]] initially came off as this when he became the third Robin. Although he had lost his mother to a criminal (who also severely injured his father), revenge and punishment has never been his motivation. He became Robin because Batman ''needed'' a Robin to save him from his own darkness. Jason Todd had been dead for several years now, Dick Grayson was firmly established as [[Nightwing]], and he was the only one with the skills and motivation to fill the void. Tim is one of the few people who Batman feels will eventually surpass his teachings and actually improve on his crimefightng methods. The other is Dick Grayson himself, who also falls into this alignment.

* Boy Blue from ''[[Fables]]''. He generally lived by Fabletown's laws, but when he found out his lost love might be alive, he stole the most powerful magical artifacts in town and went off after her.

* This seems to be the default alignment for members of the [[Batman|Bat-Family]]. Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, and Tim Drake all potentially qualify, motivated most by a desire to help people. Some, though, tend to veer off elsewhere, as with [[Lawful Good]] Cassandra Cain, [[Chaotic Good]] Stephanie Brown, [[Chaotic Neutral]] post-[[Face Heel Turn]] Jason Todd, and [[True Neutral]] / [[Chaotic Neutral]] Damien Wayne, and these ones tend to be noticeably more arms-length (and, [[Unfortunate Implications|coincidentally,]] are all the offspring of villains). Bats himself swings all over the Alignment scale ([[Depending on the Writer]]), but is generally considered either [[Lawful Good]] or [[Chaotic Good]].