Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-1820614-20140611000616

Looking at some of the character alignments of good, bad and neutral I cannot figure how what criteria is used for some of the characters. Some characters like Captain America fall easily into the black/white "good" category since Cap is polite, respectful of everyone, brave, selfless, etc...pretty much the ideal "good" character. Then you have the obvoiusly evil ones like Dormammu. Some of the neutral ones like Taskmaster I understand since he only does what he is paid to do and in a few stories show some morals.

But there are some I cannot figure out. Juggernaut has pretty much spent his career abusing his powers and hurting anyone who crosses him save a few "friends" like Black Tom Cassidy. IIRC, he was only on the Thunderbolts because it was better than prison and he was weakened to a point where nanomachines could control him. The only time he was "good" was a brief attempt at reform. Why is his alignment not "bad" since he has been a villain for most of his career and at least part of it only been a hero due to coercion?

Hulk is classified as "good" instead of neutral despite overall his goals of wanting to be left alone and only being a hero at times when a villain stupidly seeks him out.

So what decides alignment? Is it the latest writer's take on the character? An overall examination of their history? If the character is from another time or culture is that taken into account? 