#mage of void

In Homestuck, Mages learn their aspect by experiencing it, usually by suffering from it. The Void aspect is associated with irrelevance, misfortune, solitude, lies, lack, and literal nothingness.

As with all classpects, there are many different ways to interpret this particular classpect, but I think Denji from Chainsaw Man fits this incredibly well.

Spoilers for Chainsaw Man and Homestuck

(And I just want to reiterate that I LOVED the last two fraymotifs. They fit perfectly!! Especially the full team attack- their whole thing is that they suck at cooperation cuz they suck at communication. What you made fits perfectly!!! Thank you!!!

Gosh, so sorry this took so long to answer! This got left in my drafts for a while but now I am In The Mood to do some Fraymotifing proper. How close people are generally doesn't factor into a Fraymotif (or at least the generalized ones that I make on this blog), unless the players involved are so far apart that they use their "allies" like ammunition, at which point I classify it as a partybreaker. That said, this is a great synergy, which I only briefly touched on in this post.

Ghost of Your Cantata

Thief of Heart [one who steals and steals through emotion, essence, and the self] + Mage of Void [one who understands and understands through uncertainty, emptiness, and absence]

Ghost (Ghost note; a note with a rhythmic value but no discernible pitch, primarily used to represent percussive pitches or spoken words. Also literal Ghosts as in a less-present impression of a person or memory) + Cantata (A choral work of some length that also uses solo voices, usually with instrumental accompaniment. The texts used may be sacred or secular.)

The Thief is gonna start out by stealing the Mage's sense of self. The Mage of Void thereby becomes emptier, allowing them to tap into their magical Void powers with greater potency. The key feature of Mages is that they possess a bone-deep comprehension of their Aspect from having the very concept fused to their psyche; The Mage's sense of self is going to be Voidy, and the Thief stealing it and bringing it into their own self is then going to grow more Voidy as well (this is supported by the fact that Void and Heart as Aspects are equally "Bloody" on the Breath-Blood axis) giving the two a fair bit of leeway in the Personal Subjectivity department. The Mage as the active guide role is going to use their own inherent well of Void Magic to channel through the partially Voided Thief like a lens to give the Thief some scary Grimdark Void Tendrils with which the Thief rips out the heart(s) of their Target(s), causing a Void to form where the Target's heart once was.

oooh.

one of my favorite classpects of all time is seer of void, and this is a very similar one. the understander of secrets as a concept has a lot of very potent potential for a character, especially with the negative relationships mages often have with their aspects. secrets, forbidden knowledge, and all the like already have a tendency to be perceived negatively already, and that would only build on top of that. but being able to understand the things in the future, and in life in general, that others just can't is a very powerful position to be in. though it would also be a bitter one, as being forced to be "the universe's secret keeper" (hs wiki) is likely not a position they would want to hold.

Question is: any hook kind ideas? Also, any good ideas for a mage of void strife specibus? (I like insects, bones and art if it helps)

Thank you in any case, have a good day!

Hookkind seems fine to me. So long as it's something you feel profficient in, or that you can imagine yourself using as a weapon in a pinch, anything can be a strife specibus!

Hookkind && Any Bone: Crochetassius Hooks

A crochet hook carved out of ivory - rather delicate, but with a certain prehistoric charm. It's unclear what animal's bones were used for this, and most people wouldn't want to know.

... || Bug collection: Hooked To The Glass

Mage of void.