Gygax Adventures: Tolkien Towns and Moorcock Dungeons

[Phil Masters]

Originally Posted by whswhs

DC Comics used that same opposition for some of their superheroes, though they tended to equate Law with goodness.

Leading to the moment in the original Books of Magic where John Constantine explained the law/chaos dichotomy, and Tim Hunter muttered that it sounded like the basis for a series of bad fantasy novels. I always did think that was a bit on the nose.

Gaiman did have some nice moments in Sandman where both Law and Chaos were depicted as manifestations of inhuman principles with no apparent moral element. A Lord of Chaos manifested as an annoying pre-teen girl, a Lord of Law manifested as a cardboard box, and Morpheus didn't seem overly impressed by either of them.