merliniscryingandalone:

• how is this true?

it’s pretty simple. “lawful evil” is categorized by adhering to laws in place and moral codes but only ones that benefit themselves

“A lawful evil villain methodically takes what he wants within the limits of his code of conduct without regard for whom it hurts. He cares about tradition, loyalty, and order but not about freedom, dignity, or life. He plays by the rules but without mercy or compassion. He is comfortable in a hierarchy and would like to rule, but is willing to serve. He condemns others not according to their actions but according to race, religion, homeland, or social rank. He is loath to break laws or promises.

This reluctance comes partly from his nature and partly because he depends on order to protect himself from those who oppose him on moral grounds. Some lawful evil villains have particular taboos, such as not killing in cold blood (but having underlings do it) or not letting children come to harm (if it can be helped). They imagine that these compunctions put them above unprincipled villains.

Some lawful evil people and creatures commit themselves to evil with a zeal like that of a crusader committed to good. Beyond being willing to hurt others for their own ends, they take pleasure in spreading evil as an end unto itself. They may also see doing evil as part of a duty to an evil deity or master.

Lawful evil creatures consider their alignment to be the best because it combines honor with a dedicated self-interest.

Lawful evil is the most dangerous alignment because it represents methodical, intentional, and frequently successful evil.”

let’s examine this all for a hot second……….

“…takes what [they want] within the limits of [their] code of conduct without regard for whom it hurts…”

thats pretty self explanatory! the people ive seen openly wishing death on people and suicidebaiting are antis. if you see someone telling a she*ith or otay*uri shipper, or has written anything they dont like to delete their blog or to “go die” you are seeing who we call an “anti”

anti = anti fandom/anti shipping. no it doesnt mean “anti pe*dophile” as much as they insist it is for all of their screeching about banning underage fic or art. being a p*dophile translates into having sexual attraction to actual children and going so far as to groom children/minor for a future sexual encounter. p*dophiles can exist in and out of fandom. they don’t need fandom to target a child/minor but they could use it! that’s true! antis are giving them a real good home to hide in plain sight while fingers are pointed in every other direction but theirs. it’s the “boy who cried wolf” except it’s real and there’s real consequences for the wolf getting what it wants, but i rarely see antis thinking critically

they want a rigid totalitarian structure in how fandom should function and create based on mainly personal opinions. it doesn’t include safety measures like tagging and blacklisting or age restricted fanfic sites or blogs but rather total erasure of any content they dislike. it stifles fandom creativity/increases mob mentality/hurts not only people who cope with fandom but also the survivors who want no part of the discourse. they want to read and write fanfic to help not focus on their trauma. some survivors use anti rhetoric as cathartic and to further their personal agenda by accusing people who are not their abusers as their abusers which frankly doesn’t help them or help who is being falsely accused 

“…cares about tradition, loyalty, and order but not about freedom, dignity, or life…”

“…plays by the rules but without mercy or compassion…”

here’a fun snippet:

“ …loath to break laws or promises. This reluctance comes partly from [their] nature and partly because [they depend] on order to protect [themselves] from those who oppose [them] on moral grounds

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raise your hand if you have seen antis threaten to report someone for a fanfic or fanart. they think they’re so morally right that they need to act on it by going up the order scale to someone higher than them (like staff)

“Some lawful evil villains have particular taboos, such as not killing in cold blood [just encouraging people to take their own lives] or not letting children come to harm (if it can be helped). They imagine that these compunctions put them above unprincipled villains.”

i especially love “not letting children come to harm (if it can be helped)” because for all of their screams of “PROTECT MINORS!!!! WE ARE PROTECTING KIDS!!!” if its a minor shipping something they don’t like that minor is now an Enemy and can also be harassed and bullied and to die

“Some lawful evil people and creatures commit themselves to evil with a zeal like that of a crusader committed to good.”

how many times have i seen things by antis be called Pure and Good…. 

“Beyond being willing to hurt others for their own ends, they take pleasure in spreading evil as an end unto itself.”

it’s called performative morality and it’s addicting

Lawful evil [considers] their alignment to be the best because it combines honor with a dedicated self-interest. [It is] the most dangerous alignment because it represents methodical, intentional, and frequently successful evil.”

which is what is happening to fandom as we speak

the fact of the matter is…………… if you aren’t an anti, it doesn’t mean you like kink/underage/mpreg/whatever and that you are a predator. or that you want predators to thrive in fandom. at least that’s what i hope for out of every person who participates in fandom.

what it does mean is you are pro fandom/fandom safe behavior and know how to use functions like blacklist/block to help everyone and are probably a decent human being who knows better than to tell someone you don’t know personally or what they do with their time to kill themselves

hi this is the most embarrassing post ive ever read idk what’s worse categorising human beings into a fucking dnd alignment or acting like there’s actually people out trying to abuse you because of your ships