I think this was made for me. I always thought that D&D alignment system was a cool way of looking at humanity. It essentially offered two axes--morality and lawfulness. This chart is about right, though I think Pete is Lawful Neutral, and Peggy is actually True Neutral. I have yet to see a Neutral Good character on that show. Maybe Carla. That's about it.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, We Were Eight Years in Power, and The Water Dancer.