---INTRODUCTION---
Have you ever asked yourself which alignment each character would have, if they had the same interface Shepard has?Well, here is a way to answer this question.
Each character will have his/her/its own poll featuring "More Renegade", "More Paragon", "Neutral" and "Don't know/care" as options. The bars would be comparable to the Renegade/Paragon bars that describe Shepard's alignment throughout the trilogy.
UPDATE: The first survey trying to determine the Paragon-Renegade score of the characters in the following list has been finished. The polls are still opened, but considering the amount of overall votes and the decrease of recent activity in the polls, I am pretty sure that the percentages are not going to change anymore. That is why I have compiled a visually appealing summary of the result (see the ---RESULTS--- section).
It has been mentioned by several posters in this thread and in the comment section of the polls that the Paragon-Renegade score is not versatile enough to really determine the traits of the different characters. In this post FlyingSquirrel suggested to use a second axis in the polls and I am going to implement it now.
As shown in the link above, character traits of several individuals are shown best in a visually appealing manner. To get a more accurate result for each character, we have to add more dimensions to the polls. I tried to find traits that are indipendent from each other and are not necessarily reflected in the Paragon/Renegade-score. Of course their is always a little bit of interaction/overlap between characteristics.
For each character I added two new polls, the first one to determine how lawful/principled-pragmatic/expedient the characters are in their tactics/actions.
The second poll focuses more on the characters relationships and interaction featuring inclusive-unilateralistic behaviour.
A short summary of the different traits and their meaning:
Paragon: Tries to avoid collateral damage and is apt of persuation/charm.
Renegade: Gets the job done regardless of collateral damage and is apt of intimidation.
Principled: Follows a certain set of moral principles/laws and acts with integrity.
- (of a person or their behaviour) acting in accordance with morality and showing recognition of right and wrong:
a principled politician
Pragmatic: Shows a certain amount of moral flexibility.
- solving problems in a practical way rather than by having fixed ideas or theories:
a pragmatic approach to politics relating to philosophical or political pragmatism
Inclusive: Interacts with others, being it requesting for help/assistance or offering it to others. Generally looking to build some form of consensus.
- including a wide range of people, things, ideas, etc.
Unilateralist: Usually a loner, who interacts with others only when needed and does not look for their consent.
- (of an action or decision) performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of another or the others:
unilateral nuclear disarmament
I encourage everyone to vote on the polls!
---RESULTS---
I have obtained the resultsof the Paragon-Renegade polls and calculated the percentage of each
alignment for the various characters. In the image below, blue is
Paragon, gray is Neutral and red obviously Renegade. To determine the
ranking, I substracted the Renegade percentage from the Paragon
percentage. This difference was the nused to rank the various
characters, the highest number being on top.
Personally,
I am impressed by the results of Zaeed Massani, who had 0% Paragon
score (no other character has 0% on any alignment) and an astonishing
Renegade score of 97,9% beating Morinth, The Illusive Man and Saren
Arterius by far!
Please post your opinion about the results in this thread!
---POLLS---
Kaidan Alenko:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
David Anderson:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Saren Arterius:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
EDI:
Here is her Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is her Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is her Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Kasumi Goto:
Here is her Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is her Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is her Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Urdnot Grunt:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Jack Harper/The Illusive Man:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Jack:
Here is her Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is her Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is her Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Javik:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Thane Krios:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Miranda Lawson:
Here is her Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is her Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is her Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Legion:
Here is its Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is its Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is its Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Zaeed Massani:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Jeff Joker Moreau:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Morinth:
Here is her Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is her Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is her Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Samara:
Here is her Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is her Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is her Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Mordin Solus:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Jacob Taylor:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Aria T'Loak:
Here is her Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is her Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is her Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Liara T'Soni:
Here is her Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is her Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is her Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Garrus Vakarian:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
James Vega:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Ashley Williams:
Here is her Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is her Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is her Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Urdnot Wrex:
Here is his Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is his Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is his Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy:
Here is her Paragon-Renegade poll.
Here is her Principled-Pragmatic poll.
Here is her Inclusive-Unilateralist poll.
I hope you have fun discussing the different character's alignment, but please keep it civil. Do not turn this into another "Character Forum".
Modifié par Restrider, 11 novembre 2012 - 01:28 .
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