First off, I’m not even talking about the current storyline in Captain America: Steve Rogers or what is the basis for Secret Empire. I am looking at the character based on the whole of his history. Now, when you look up Lawful Good, the definition mentions things like morality and honor and duty and hating to allow lawbreakers go unpunished. But when you look at Chaotic Good, you see things like free thinker, follows his/her conscience, doesn’t care what society thinks. Ok, we have a few characteristics of each alignment and this isn’t our first rodeo – we know what the alignments stand for and what this is all about. 

So it is easy to see why many would say that Steve Rogers is Lawful Good. He is the living legend, the human embodiment of everything that we hold to be true as Americans. He is a good man beyond reproach. He continues to serve as a soldier of the United States military and fulfills his duty with pride. On many occasions he has stood in the way of danger for his fellow Avengers, SHIELD agents and citizenry, alike. He does so because it is who he is and it is the right thing to do. But what happens when the government that he has faithfully served for so long turns its back on him?

This is where we see the real Steve Rogers. On more than one occasion he was walked away from the shield and uniform only to emerge as someone else, be it as Nomad or The Captain. Steve knew that the law was wrong and refused to lie down. He is still a soldier and although he was a man without a country as Nomad and a soldier without a mission as The Captain, he found his place and fought for the people, regardless of what the government said. Steve Rogers followed his conscience and acted out of the best interest for the people.

In my opinion, he is ultimately Chaotic Good. As much as people what to paint him as a bastion who blindly follows the government, his true fans know the real story. Steve Rogers is a free thinker, a man with a conscience who acts freely. He understands that America is about the citizens and not the government, that the people in power have an agenda that is usually tied to whatever it is that they are trying to talk you into. The government is so far removed from the people. What do you think? Am I off?