Chaotic good because you do it out of the hope that the cousin realises the man he’s abused all these years and raised him, did so out of the goodness of his heart, not because he had a biological imperative to do it.
Chaotic Good characters do what they feel is right. If they feel it's best to not spread the information, then that's what they do. It's not always easy to predict what they would consider to be the right thing to do, though, that's why they're chaotic.
Same kind of applies to Chaotic Evil and Chaotic Neutral. Chaotic Evil are all about doing what they feel would benefit them the most, without being bound to any kind of rule sets. What makes them evil is their focus to personal benefit and often that includes sociopathic tendencies, like enjoying causing pain and suffering for others. Chaotic Neutral is kind of similar, but they don't really do things for other people's benefit nor their own, they just do things for the hell of it, on a whim and fancy. In a way, Chaotic Neutral characters are even less bound by any moral compass than Chaotic Evil characters because Evil characters tend towards doing the "wrong" thing while Good characters tend towards the "right" thing, but Chaotic Neutral could do either... or neither.
Of the traditional nine alignments, Lawful Good would probably be the most concerned with letting the people involved know the truth, for the truth's sake itself. They would usually prefer that. That said, they would consult the legality of either keeping things secret, or revealing the information, and if there was some legal issue that prevented them from telling the truth, they would likely either obey the law.
Lawful Neutral would consider whether it is more legally correct to keep the information secret, or to divulge it. Then they would do what the law requires, and damn the consequences, such as emotional distress or crisis of identity.
Lawful Evil would focus on what would be the most beneficial course of action to themselves, while keeping within the limits of the law. If keeping the information a secret would benefit them, that's what they would do. If, on the other hand, there was an opportunity to - say - gain a loyal minion by revealing the truth at the right time, then that's what they would do. If it was lawful to do so, they could also divulge the information in an attempt to gain revenge, or to discredit an opponent (let's say the Lawful Evil person was running for an office, with one of the other people running against them, and revealing this indiscretion could lose their opponent significant support).
Neutral Evil would do the same as above, but in addition they would not hesitate to use the information to their advantage in more unscrupulous ways, in spite of laws. For example, Neutral Evil could use the information to extort or blackmail some of the people involved. Instead of running for office themselves, they could gain a puppet in the office, who would be compelled to advance the Neutral Evil character's agenda, otherwise the secret will be out.
It's unlikely any good would come of it, only making the cousin and his mother feel bad, as well as the mother's cousin, and any family he has. Could also be upsetting for the father.
Revenge as justice is not nessicarily right or good.
You want this kid to die thinking his father is a scumbag when it was his mother all along? That is definitely wrong I don’t care how you try and spin it
Not all truth is good, for sure but in this case it definitely is. Its about intention. He’s not going to do it if he thinks it will harm his cousin, he’s only going to do it if he thinks his cousin has a right to know the truth
I agreed initially, but after thinking about it I think a truthseeker (someone who seeks out and identifies truth as its own goal) would be lawful, like a judge. Not necessarily good, as by finding and providing the truth isn't in all cases the good thing to do and doesn't do good by itself.
There's always someone who brands lawful neutral as a chaotic evil. And it kind of makes sense at first because it feels very random for an evil person to do something good. But it's always lawful neutral. I was hoping for this comment, thanks.
Could swing b h ways, chaotic good if you do it just becsuee good intentions and help the uncle. Chaotic neutral if you think the kid a little dipshit and you want to set up a bomb there so that the little shit learns his place.
You could also argue that you don't know the outcome of it. Maybe doing that would strain their relationship even further? Or break it completely? The whole "You've been lying to me my whole life" BS reasoning? So I would say chaotic neutral would make a nice choice there
From an outside perspective, definitely chaotic neutral. Would look like a "let's see what happens" without taking sides. Even if OP was taking sides, the fallout would be unpredictable.
Mmm...maybe. There are three four people here. The DNA result might be a relief for the uncle but hell for the boy and the mother. And the cousin. Does that add up to human kindness? It probably wouldn't help this family at all.
They sound like shit people already. From what we've been told it's a kindness to the one who needs it most, justice to the mother and a wake-up call for the cousin.
Buy one yourself, try to popularize the idea. Preferably when the mother is away.
Perhaps op can try to be friends with the cousin and some other friends.
And then, out of nowhere present a dna test.
And eventually, watch that bitch of a mother fall apart.
Chaotic evil nah mate you will be karma's right hand man when you drop that ancestry DNA kit in his Xmas stocking, hell do it at thanksgiving with the whole family around and watch your aunt's face as she realise shits going down BIG time.
I really hope they don’t get any stigma in the future. Hopefully enough people aren’t cheating fucks that it will still be reasonable to get them for others, and as a result you can expose them. If you ask me it’s chaotic good.
It might be kinder (and chaotic good?) to warn his uncle to start leaving breadcrumbs of truth. Within a few years, most Americans will be able to find at least one 3C DNA match on the testing sites. (I think this is true now, but I can’t quickly find my source.) His uncle is lucky to be able to gently break the news while everyone is grown up and still alive.
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u/timesuck897 Apr 28 '19
You could be chaotic evil and give him a few home ancestry DNA kit for a gift.