Can someone please explain to me why characters such as Ernst Stavro Blofeld (reboot series), Lyutsifer Safin, Albert Wesker (game series), Vladimir Makarov and Raúl Menendez are considered as Chaotic Evil instead of Neutral or Lawful Evil? While characters like Homelander (TV series), Hector and Lalo Salamanca are only Neutral Evil?
Blofeld and Safin are just power hungry megalomaniacs who want to rule the world through their own means and organizations.
Albert Wesker is hell-bent on creating a race of superhumans who will kill the weak and rule the planet as the dominant species.
Vladimir Makarov wants to restore Russia to it's former glory days of the Soviet Union.
Raúl Menendez wants to destroy American capitalism across the globe with Cordis Die, but I don't think that he wants to corrupt society as a whole.
These characters and goals kind of sound like someone who is Lawful Evil to me. Now let's go to characters who are considered as Neutral Evil:
Homelander is just a narcissistic sociopath who wants to literally do whatever he wants (insert his iconic qoute) without anyone controlling him.
Hector Salamanca is just driven by pure malice and hatred. The amount of insults and disgusting behaivor this guy showed is unspeakable. He even killed an innocent bystander out of some power flex. Any rule he follows is simply either out of pragmatism or fear of Eladio. The only rule follows is the one he taught to his nephews: La familia es todo.
Lalo Salamanca is highly unpredictable and has no regard for rules (much like his uncle), but plays the long game and only follows certain rules out of pragmatic reasons (I doubt that he actually fears Eladio). He killed Fred Whalen simply because he refused to give him what he wanted and killed Howard Hamlin just because he could. The only rule he seems to genuinely follow is tha Salamanca Family motto: La familia es todo.
These characters sound like Chaotic Evil to me.
Am I missing something? Can someone please explain why is this the way it is?
