>When this is what your char sees from someone all the time, it
>is not easy to continue to consider them evil. I put this to
>you...
>
>A fire giant acts good all the time, what happens? Imms
>change his alignment to good.
>
>Just before this happens, are you saying that my char should
>still be treating him as being as evil as any other fire
>giant? I would argue not, because his actions have shown
>otherwise. No reason a character closely involved with
>another won't spot this before an immortal makes the alignment
>change. It would be quite inconsistent to suddenly be best
>buddies just because the alignment has been toggled, whilst
>ignoring behavior.

You have to regard the matter from your character's point of view. Your character has to believe that the gods are omniscient and omnipresent. They're gods afterall. Therefore, your character has to believe that if the fire giant's acts are truly good then he would BE good, because the omnipresent and omniscient gods would make it so. Your character should be questioning his every action and wondering if the fire giant is just using acts of kindness to draw you into some sort of trap. The gods know better than your character and I would say that they absolutely have a better idea than your character does, regardless of how many good things your char has seen the fire giant do. I don't think suddenly becoming best buddies with the suddenly good fire giant would be inconsistent at all, because at that moment (when he becomes good) your character knows without question that the fire giant's actions were truly good and not some ploy.