Alignment
Alignment noun - The spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines.
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Shift
Shift noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.
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- Freudian Trio: Invoked with Sora, Terra and Aqua, with Sora initially filling Ven's role, but played with as their positions quickly shift away from what they were like in the actual games and Aqua and Terra slowly pretty much swapping their places in the alignment.
Source: Roleplay / The Paradox RP - Non-Supers example: Haley and Roy from The Order of the Stick have both caught on that Belkar is only faking his alignment shift away from Chaotic Evil, but have agreed not to call him out for it, preferring how he acts now.
Source: Secret Secret-Keeper - Installing a controlled and inefficient hereditary government that crippled its own economy (that latter tried to fix this by conquering their neighbours) allowed the Alignment to both shift the Haven's interests elsewhere, and ruin their previously stellar reputation.
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