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The whole Good vs. Evil conflict in PGtE is probably better framed, names aside, as Law vs. Chaos. The 'Gods Above' favor heavy-handed, direct intervention and guidance in the lives of mortals, always for their benefit of course. The 'Gods Below' prefer being hands-off and letting mortals shake things out for themselves.
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I'm not sure it is even that (I mean, Black and Cat are basically more or less the poster-children from Lawful Evil1 and the "good" side hates them for not being THEIR brand of "Lawful") or even "determinism verses free will;" it seems more like "control freaks" verses "impluse control issues" both coming from the Evil pool - or perhaps just "two crowds of asshats."
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Glyphstone does have a point with the Order/Good and Chaos/Evil associations. Black and Cat are indeed the poster children of LE, but they and Malicia are also really the only examples of LE Named, with everyone else being Neutral Evil, Chaotic Evil, or Stupid Evil. Conversely, Thief and Archer started off as definite heroes but shifted to Cat's side with a tentative alliance when they saw her as the lesser of multiple evils, and both are two facets of the Robin Hood unlawful-with-good-intentions CG archetype. Not coincidentally, both LE and CG are traditionally the alignments most likely to ally with the enemy, the former to further their own plans and the latter as allies of convenience to achieve a greater good.

So the gods set the Narrative up as basically LG vs. CE, with those trying to change the Narrative (or at least not follow their Roles to the letter) skewing LE and CG. Which makes sense with their goals, because as soon as you have more than one axis and different kinds of Good and Evil at odds with one another, you get nuance and philosophical differences and other things that are anathema to storytale logic, all the better for having a chance of undermining the Narrative and breaking the cycle.