Job Alignment Chart

[Belhi]

I don't really think the traditional alignment system works for any of the classes. The classes are mainly power that can be either used for virtuous purposes or abused. White magic and Black magic are a perfect example. White magic is the power of creation vs Black as the power of Destruction. However White magic is powered by drawing strength from the world around it and if abused can damage the natural world it draws power from. Likewise BLM magic can be abused but likewise can be used to destroy dangerous threats.

Its the use of the power rather than the power itself that is good or evil. The power just is.

[RyuRoots]

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Pretty much this. The traditional alignment system is already useless for anything other than the absolute broadest of strokes to start with, but to apply it to styles of combat is not really possible if you want any sort of cohesion. Oboro is willing to self-sacrifice to save others, is loyal to his people, and is filled with many mixed emotions when even a traitor he was sent to kill dies. He's pretty far from "neutral evil." Similarly, the miqo'te in the Heavensward Monk quests was so cacklingly, cartoonishly evil that I can't even remember his name. Dark Knight being "Lawful Evil" is the one that really gets me since Sidurgu goes around slaying the law whenever he gets the chance, but like Fray, does care about protecting the weak. Paladin is the only one I'd say fits, but that's because a paladin as a concept outside of FF is intrinsically tied to the concept of "lawful good" even when ignoring such charts. I'm sure others would counter me by listing other traits of these characters or by saying that there are other characters of those classes that embody the listed alignments but that's exactly the point; that putting PEOPLE into such a grid is one thing, but putting fighting styles into one is...well, utterly ridiculous if one intends to take it seriously.

[azlewood]

Its the use of the power rather than the power itself that is good or evil. The power just is.

this and i have nothing to add to it. I long live Belhi the Great and the Wise!!!!!!!!