Quote Originally Posted by Ashkendor View Post
I mean, on one hand you say SMN are "summoning demons" but since they do it for the good of the party it makes them Neutral instead of Evil. Black Mages are channeling the power of the void for the good of the party. Why is that any different?
Well, the reason why they would be neutral as opposed to evil would be because they respect the lives of the primals. Rather than harnessing dark powers, they are purifying controversial bad powers into controlled good. However, they are still neutral as opposed to good because they use that power to get rid of enemies. By killing other beasts, it could be hypocritical, as they are purifying and taming one while killing the other.

BLM, on the other hand, do not purify the black magic. They control the devastations and use it for more destruction, which isn't necessarily bad, but evil in terms of the WoL alignment spectrum of what evil can be.