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Character Alignment

I was recently thinking about alignment charts (probably because I was rereading Order of the Stick), and thought that while I like Alignment Charts, it’s hard to classify characters that are on the borderline between two different alignments.

So I thought an alignment graph might be more helpful/descriptive:

I don’t know if this exists already, but here’s a quick template in case you want to use it yourself! You can tag it #alignment graph, maybe?

Here’s an an example I made with characters from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters:

While it’s pretty subjective, I think it’s helpful for showing more nuance in how you interpret a character, since it shows the range of their actions in canon/your fic/an RP.

For writers, it can help make sure your characters are spread out and more diverse in terms of their viewpoints. It can help show character growth, and could be a useful tool for tracking the development of a character as they grow a conscience or end up on a slippery slope to Evil™.

It’s also a good conversation-starter when discussing a character’s morality/ethics/attitude! You could even plot specific canon actions on the graph if you ever wanted to get SUPER SPECIFIC about where the character would be on the graph.

Anyways, I hope you find this fun and useful!  8)