#classpect talk

my wife made me do this (mod vriska)

Yukari Minamida - Witch of Rage , Prospit

Minami Minamida - Heir of Heart , Derse

Miho Sonoda - Maid of Rage , Derse

Koshi Tanaka - Mage of Life , Derse

Akira Tobitaka - Bard of Mind, Prospit

Tohru Kunikuda - Sylph of Doom , Derse

Satoru Wakabayashi - Page of Light , Prospit

Nao - Heir of Hope , Prospit

Michiru Watanabe - Seer of Void , Derse

Yukabayashi - Page of Rage , Prospit

Although two-dimensional, and I do mean that on the most x/y way possible, this model for the Classpects has sort of always managed to make me understand the conflicts on Homestuck, on a "Confirmation bias" kinda way. Just look at the classes that oppose each other diagonally.

(Also I love making these grids and charts on Word, totes dm me if u want one to be made)

The most Extreme exemples (Aside from Muse/Lord) are Sylph/Prince and Maid/Bard

(Plus on the book commentary Hussie points out how the only other character who gets as much enjoyment out of sheer destruction as Gamzee is Aradia, so yeah)

Then Knight/Rogue and Page/Thief

(And I sort of theorize that Davepeta’s drive to fight LE is because of how their classes balance each other out, a Passive Robber and an Active Protector)

And my favorite: Two girls, one talks to eldritch beings, is associated with Black Cats, Wands and Dark magic; The other has Crystal Globes, tarot cards, and frequently has Prophetic dreams. Who is the Witch and who is the Seer?

Oh there is the Heir/Mage who both have a thing for Aradia, that one is dumb and Mages are the least known about Class so eh.

So yeah, my vision of the classpects is heavily influenced by most works that used a 2d model for it, and it's just now even beginning to question that. But hey, I sure did point out some panels that are kinda similar, so I guess I can cling into it for a little bit more.

Happy 413 :) I’m still not fully back in the fandom but thought id answer atleast one ask since it’s the special day

Princes of blood are generally moody, but not for lack of reason. They end up so heavily paranoid about their relationships breaking, they end up breaking it themself in a self fulfilling prophecy that just confirms their fears. It’s a nasty cycle they need to break out of.

Knights of life would rather keep those more emotional aspects hidden. They would very much describe their life as “I do what I want when I want” even if they don’t truly feel that way. They’re actually very insecure about their ability to pull things off, but hide that fact to seem in control

Wuhoh. That's one mentally ill session.

I’ll start with a quick rundown of how the classpects would interact with each other

The prince of blood and witch of hope will be at consant odds, with the prince desprately self sabotaging their relationships and the witch drying desperately to hold everything together. I could see the witch getting especially upset at the prince while trying to self sabotage because the witch is trying so hard to hold everything together and this is the thanks they get? They won't have a fun time.

And all the mages. Oof mages are especially troubled, and will go through a lot throughout the session. The mage of time self isolating out of panic, and sprinkled with a high possibility of someone dying right in front of them or they themself dying.

The mage of life would likely be shoved into a leader role that they can not mentally handle, forced to make decisions they do not have the confidence to make.

The mage of mind would likely succumb to the witch of hope, forcing themself to grit their teeth and get through the session without a complaint. This won't last long, they'll break eventually.

The knight of heart would naturally hide behind themself, likely not knowing how to do anything else. They’d get along with the mind player as they would be going through similar things. I could see them having the closest relationship within the group.

Now, we know a session is not viable without a knight, a time player, and a space player, which we are missing the latter. However, I personally like to subscribe to session fuckery so let’s see how we can make this session alive.

The mage of time would know the session is already doomed, and would try to explain this, likely getting nowhere with the witch. The session would be an absolute mess until the witch of hope sucks up their pride and understands that the session is doomed.

If god tiered, the witch can go absolutely drunk on hope, making a universe tadpole, or at the very least a ghost imprint of one to be created.

The mage of life can bring the tadpole to life, leaving the knight to take care of it. I wouldn’t be surprised of the knight went to the time player for assistance as well.

Once met with the Ultimate Reward, the time player should be able to release the tadpole, making the new universe.

I do! These will be rare because they take more time but I looooove classpecting in general

WITCH OF HOPE

One who actively manipulates hope, faith, and choices

Basically, scary as fuck.

Witches of hope give off an extremly supportive energy, where they will have faith in whatever you need them to.

However, this also can lead to toxic positivity where they won’t let you back down, almost pressuring you down your current path without actively realizing. They’re desperately trying to make everything turn out to the optimal ending that everyone needs, but they can go overboard controlling everything and possibly hurting people in the process. They just want everyone to be okay, but that sentiment can get twisted easily.

They would be a very big asset to the team, if they drop everyone will too. A god tiered which of hope could even possibly stop a timeline from being doomed with sheer hope and faith.

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MAID OF LIFE

Maids of life, funnily enough start out with very little choice in what direction they want to go in life. Everything is very set for them, and they usually don’t see any reason they should stand up for themself/ do what they want.

One way or another, usually their friends have to drag them into doing what they need to do (make their own choices. We see this with Jane in the comic where Jake pushes her to her limit, and she finally releases everything she’s wanted to say to Jake all at once.

Obviously there are better ways for their friends to help guide them to their aspect, but this is what we see in canon.

From this point on they can handle themself and their aspect well (almost too well at times), they just need that first push into their aspect

MAGE OF HEART

Mages of heart… oh those poor sad meow meows. Mages as I like to say are beaten up and have their lunch money stolen by their aspect. Therefore, mages of heart are hurt by their own emotions and the people connected to them.

We can see this in canon with Meulin, she was deafened by kurloz, even if she acts like it doesn’t bother her, which actually leads into my next topic. She also has a problem with toxic positivity, not letting anyone around her or herself to feel bad.

Mages of heart definitely have a large issue with coming to terms with their emotions in general, wether they say how they feel and regret it later or they repress everything. Also yeah, a past lover hurting them is a high possibility.

in my TOTALLY professional and trustworthy opinion i think itd end well, and i dont mean that sarcastically. as long as a session has a time and space player itll most likely have a higher chance of succeeding since they wouldnt need to do eight consecutive springboards off the metaphysical diving board to manipulate the timeline as well as actually create the planet theyll inhabit, but since bards are a destructive class i guess that could start problems, but in all honesty it depends solely on the individuals themselves and if theyll finish their arc.