at long last, what you have all been waiting for

[Ben]

if in some twisted way i was forced to pick his alignment now that ive reviewed the relevant sources, it would be have to be lawful good. but theres no good answer, not even that one

you can look at him in two ways (and of course as i said many times in the episode, interpretations are all over the place): either he is a force for good, or he is a force against evil. if you see him as a force for good, then he is obviously good. if you see him as a force against evil, then he may be neutral in that way. i think that his actions stem from a desire to make the world better and so therefore he is "good" more so than neutral and certainly not evil

the fact that he is a vigilante kind of flies in the face of calling him lawful, but the fact that he sticks to his own principles always seems to mean that he is indeed lawful. what makes the law, then, is what is important here... in the classical sense of a knight or a paladin being lawful to their principles, he is undoubtedly lawful good. but the modern d&d definition of lawful talks about obedience to authority which sets off a big comical siren in my head

ultimately, i think in batman's mind there is a Paradise (not necessarily a religious one) where all humans belong because humans are positive and good. however, if you commit crime and prove yourself unworthy of belonging in that paradise he will stop you and hope things turn around for you. in his mind, the rules of belonging to this paradise do not match up with the rules of society's laws and as such he doesnt care for the human laws and instead aspires to the laws set out in his own Paradise. i think that someone who was better than bruce at fitting into this paradise would make him obedient to his or her authority, and as such he would be lawful to them. the only person that may fit that bill is his father, thomas wayne. of course the laws in the first place are all in his head

really what im saying is that, he is lawful but with high standards. so, first i say go fuck your chart and second i say lawful good