Well... arguably. Tolkein stated that Sauron's "love of order" was his virtue, and the cause of his fall. Yet, this still led him to follow Melkor, who was the bringer of discord to the music of the Ainur, and who could not realistically be called Lawful.09philj said:
Lawful Good: Superman, Jim Gordon, Adrian Monk.
Neutral Good: Herakles.
Chaotic Good: Jesse Custer, Mr. Fox, Deadpool.
Lawful Neutral: I don't know... the librarian in Symphony of the Night?
True Neutral: Kamaji, No-Face.
Chaotic Neutral: Odysseus, Guts, Zeniba.
Lawful Evil: Voldemort, Sauron, Sheriff Cooley, Ganon, Bowser, Two-Face, Wallace Breen, Seth (of Egyptian Mythology), Yubaba, the Cigarette Smoking Man.
Neutral Evil: Deadshot, Deathstroke, the Witch of the Waste, the Man in Black (of Westworld).
Chaotic Evil: Melkor, Ungoliant, the Godhand (of Berserk), Nyarlathotep, Loki (of Norse Mythology, not Marvel), Randall Flagg.
I'm with Saelune on this, actually. Most heroes follow their own view of what's right, but far from all have codified a system of morals that they follow. That's the difference.Thaluikhain said:
Batman (as modern DC portrays him) has a codified moral system to which he adheres, for instance, so I could see how he would be Lawful Good. Booster Gold, on the other hand, is heroic, but is much more flexible in how he will respond to a situation, so I would call him Neutral Good. And Deadpool has nothing approaching a codified system, but will still be compelled towards the good-- hence, Chaotic Good.
Lawful in D&D terms isn't about legality, but codification. Otherwise, it would change once the character has crossed borders.