#mageofhope

In this Next post I will be classpecting the Mage of Hope.

it will be like any one other of my classpecting posts. Each of them 300-700 words, I will say some obvious things, some less obvious things, some things we've heard a million times about classes, aspects in general. etc. etc. etc.

Based on the information provided, daydreaming and good imagination would make you a dead-ringer for a Hope-Bound. Alternatively, you could possibly be a Space-bound given the fact you have a particular knack for world-building. Assuming you’re a Knight, you’d be a Knight of Hope: one who serves Hope or serves through Hope. A Knight of Hope would be best suited towards literally giving others hope, and could use their imagination to serve others. Perhaps this could explain why you may struggle with writing a plot of your own; maybe you’re just geared towards helping others come up with their own ideas. From a meta-textual perspective, Hope represents the plot coherence of a story (Essentially, what makes a story “work” in a coherent and meaningful way). As a writer, being a Knight of Hope would make you excellent at helping provide plot coherence for others. If someone is writing a story that doesn’t quite make sense or have a clear meaning, you’d be very effective at helping make their story make sense, or providing a sense of coherence and order if their story is a jumble of plot points and scattered ideas.

If I had to give you another class based on this description, it’d probably be a Mage or a Page. Mages have a unique intimate struggle with and understanding of their Aspect, which could explain your clear understanding of how Hope could apply to you. You use Hope (daydreaming) to cope with stress, which is where the whole “intimate experience/struggle” with your Aspect could come into play. If by the off-change you’re a Page, that could be an alternate explanation for your daydreaming; serving yourself through Hope (daydreaming). If you’re only interested in writing world-building, if you are a Page of Hope that could be framed as you serving yourself Hope (imagination and ideas) but only for what you find personally enjoyable; not necessarily for making a story that others could read. In this case, becoming a fully realized Page could involve you learning to write all parts of a story well, becoming incredibly proficient at making imaginative, coherent stories. 

As always with these, this Classpect Diagnosis™ is based on the information you’ve given me. Your Classpect and my Diagnosis of said Classpect should always be taken with a grain of salt: hopefully, my thoughts give you some ideas if you continue to self-reflect on your Classpect. The best way to find your Classpect is to discern which descriptions fit you best. 

~aesthetic for a Mage of Hope who's struggling to help others

Sorry for the wait everybody.

The roadmap that I do for this title will be the same four course meal I suspect I will give to all titles I analyze, which will be:

Class --> then aspect --> leading into the title --> and we'll finish off with a large desert! which will be powers, land elaboration, recommended weaponry, Life advice, etc. 

So, without further ado, we're finally doing this!

Mage

The Mage is known as the Active Knowledge class, They are the Understanding class, the Comprehension class. Where other classes may have no idea what their class is or even how it works, we have an intuition or innate understanding of how our class is, how cruel it can be, how good it can be, it's failings and it's importance in the lives of every person for themselves... Their challenge is to share their understanding with others, and do something about it. Talk the talk and walk the walk. Doing so will bring even greater understanding. We must advocate for the aspect we reside in, give a defense for how all of us throughout space and time how to treat their aspect, how it should be used and protected in others. It's as if every aspect is a tool. Meant to be used for recreation, and not war. though... All aspects may be used to hurt others... It is for this reason why Mages exist. 

To tell people how to use their aspect, how it should be treated, and how it can be used to help others. Making this world a better place, comes first through Knowledge.

Hope

Faith, belief, imagination, truth, sincerity, authenticity, optimism, moving forward even in the worst of circumstances, for some it's the feeling of unconditional love... even for your worst enemies.

That's the good side of Hope.

Blind faith, false belief, hypocrisy, naivety, overzealous, "Being a bit much"

That's also Hope.

It's the feeling that there's more to the world than just us. It's the thought aliens exist, its you looking at the end of the street toward home waiting for your ride to arrive, it's the reason why you go to the casino and blow your last paycheck. Hope drives us to theorize, to fill in the gaps, take risks, sail seas.

It leads people to join cults, or join different faiths.

It even leads people to Philosophy.

It's knowing something is true so hard that you felt as if you just believed in it hard enough it WOULD become true. 

What if something was true, that everyone thinks its wrong, fake, a phony. Hope will believe through the madness.

  Which leads me to talk about the very reason as to why we're all here. 

Mage of Hope 

 "What if something was true, that everyone thinks its wrong, fake, a phony. Hope will believe through the madness."

Now what if that person not only believed that something was true, but knew that it was so?

Like, nobody merely believes in gravity, they know it's woven into the very fabric of the universe, from the sun to black holes. From Jupiter to planet Earth and the soil we tread upon we know life exists because Gravity is not just possible but it's here "It's already here." (You could theorize that a Lord is the reason as to why an aspect exists in the first place, but I digress)

A Mage of Hope is that person, the one who believes not just because they're obligated, or incited. They wouldn't ever believe in a god just if someone was talking about said god... a Mage could study that god their whole lives, know every last joint of knowledge. And would never really, truly believe. Because to the Mage of Hope, belief doesn't change the world. and a god is meant to change the world. This Mage doesn't have to see to believe, they don't have to hear, they wouldn't have to taste, smell, or even touch... When they begin to hope in something is when that thing becomes undeniable, to them. You can't deny gravity, haha I mean, one can sure try. But it's still ever presently gonna pull you closer to the earth

One of the biggest milestones in a Mage of Hope's journey is to find that authenticity. That authentic thing, be it gravity, a philosophy, a person, place or thing.

It's going to take a lot of rifling through this mess we call planet earth to really find that spark, to find that thing. And ever if that thing fails you? It would sway them so definitely, because to them at that point? That perfect philosophy they have always followed, has proven to have a notch, a kink, or maybe a big giant hole in that faith would put an equally sized hole in their hope for that thing they thought was so authentic.

THAT'S where a deep depression happens everyone.

But that's the journey of a Mage in general isn't it? We must suffer in order to know. And on top of that, we suffer from within our own selves. Our own hope, be it naivety, useless optimism, or otherwise. Though we may be the last person to join a cult (or at least sniff it out eventually)... The reason for that is that we hate hypocrisy so damn much it's insane, but most often we fear so in ourselves. For the thought of not being authentic, or sincere? Is so maddening that we could never hope to bear lying to save our own skin if it hurt somebody else.

Mages of Hope, are very honest people when the moment calls upon us to be.

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Powers

Know - When they know something is true, they can imitate it within themselves. Any aspect, any class, any classpect. But be it only if that Mage believes in them. It's like instead of Jake bringing brain ghost Dirk into reality? they would become Brain Ghost Dirk. And fight just as well, maybe even better...

Believe - A joint power with the power of knowing, and it works the same way but more as an amplifier than anything different. If a Mage of Hope has a heightened opinion about someone? And they Know them so well they can choose to even become them? The opinion will rule. If a Mage of Hope thinks the world of lets say, another classpect, and they were in danger. They will fight worlds for that person

Choose your Battles - Rather than Active, they choose to be Passive. Not unlike Taoism. They are neither ever a hero, nor a villain. So, say Jack Noir faces a Mage of Hope? Kills them. They would not fight. Because why should they? Why would they? A Mage of Hope, though powerful, can hardly face against the GREEN SUN. So? They would just get stabbed, as many times as it takes. For you see the tick tock on the clock. When you fight only for yourself, It cannot be a Just death nor a Heroic death. That is, Just as long as you've not done anything you haven't atoned for. Then the clock will know it isn't your time to die yet. You will keep resurrecting no matter how many times he kills you. And all you have to do is sit there.  Just hope he gets bored.

Battle of YOUR Choice - No More Holding Back. All of the times of choosing your battles is over. You would rather Justly die than to see the one you know get hurt. You. Will. WRECK! It would never be on par with a Page of Hope's final flash, but you best believe it will be the most gnarly fight. Your weapon will swing faster, You yourself will move faster. You will strike with the force and fury of all your hope manifested in each swing. 

Weaponry

Any Mage of Hope will likely choose their weapon based on the qualities of what they Hope most in. They may even choose no weapon if what they hope is evidently pacifism. 

Sure! 

Mage of Hope

Mage

Type: Know

Role: Active

Task: Inform party on matters pertaining to your aspect

Downsides: The knowledge comes at the price of harm from or to your aspect 

Hope

Faith, optimism, belief, and angels

Side Effects: N/A

The Mage of Hope would know next to everything pertaining to Hope. They would understand the actions that would bring the most Hope and they would understand how Hope works. As a downside they may have had some crisis of faith at one point in their life leaving them cynical, and maybe even angry. They would know ALL the ins and outs of a given faith, and would understand them completely. 

The Mage of Hope would also understand the frightful angels that tend to inhabit their lands though those same angels are likely to harass and maybe even hinder the Mage. This could be a problem, but with the help of his allies and some friendly chat they may become deadly allies.

The Mage would be great at  seeing what inspires people and know how to use that to their advantage. Telling the Knight that God was with them? Drop a quote from their religious text as the Page looses hope at growing? They can do that, though their words do tend to fall on deaf ears.

All in all it’s good but could be better. Still wouldn’t argue if one joined the group though if I were you!

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