When they blow the seasons budget on a full scale zombie movie or lotr battle and everyone says it ' s heads above the rest of the season even though the writing is exactly the same . <| sep |> First off , EVERONE ' S opinion on what alignment means is going to be different , because everyone has different standards of morality . Ever seen an alignment chart where every single example is Batman ? That ' s because everyone judges his actions through a different lens . That said , I will provide the explanation I use , as taught to me by TV tropes Good Altruistic , Evil PrickLawful plays by the rules , Chaotic does not play by the rulesBut what about neutral you ask ? Well if you ' re too in between on either the goodevil axis or the lawfulchaotic axis , then boom , neutral . For alignment is not binary like so many people assume . It is much more of a spectrum , as demonstrated by that tv tropes link .