thoughts/mini analysis on maid of blood? sorry if it's already been asked and I missed it!!
YEAH NP COMING RIGHT UP. LOVE DOING LOOSE THOUGHTS COMPILATIONS MEANS I CAN EXCUSE NOT PROOFREADING
MAIDS... ARE DEFINITELY A CLASS I HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO. THEIR ROLE IS TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY AND STABILITY OF THEIR ASPECT- AND AS SUCH, A MAID OF BLOOD IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT BEST THING TO A MARRIAGE COUNCILLOR AS THEIR ROLE IS MAINTAINING THE BONDS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM.
MAIDS TEND TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ASPECT PLACED ON THEIR SHOULDERS- PORRIM WAS DESTINED TO TEND THE MOTHER GRUB, JANE HAD A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR COMPANY TO INHERIT, ETC. SO A MAID OF BLOOD WOULD HAVE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES PUT ON THEIR SHOULDERS- MAYBE THEYRE A DIPLOMAT’S CHILD HAVING TO KEEP THEIR FAMILY IN GOOD GRACES, OR THE SECOND-ELDEST SIBLING OF A TUMULTUOUS HOUSEHOLD AND HAS TO KEEP THEIR SIBLINGS FROM KILLING EACHOTHER.
SOMETHING OF NOTE THOUGH IS THE MAID WONT HAVE THE FULL WEIGHT OF THOSE TASKS SHOVED ON THEM AT ONCE- AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR JOURNEY THEY’LL BE DAMN NEAR INCAPABLE OF HANDLING IT ON THEIR OWN, AND WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF CHAPERONE OVERSEEING THEIR EFFORTS AND STEPPING IN WHERE THEY’RE INADEQUATE. MAYBE THIS IS COMFORTING, BUT ITS MORE LIKELY TO MAKE THE MAID FEEL STIFLED AND USELESS- ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO BLOOD. HAVING TO HAVE SOMEONE START THEIR FRIENDSHIPS FOR THEM, OR BEING UNABLE TO FULFILL ONES OBLIGATIONS WITHOUT BEING BABIED FEELS PRETTY BAD, AND WILL MAKE THE MAID OF BLOOD FURTHER LOSE FAITH IN THEMSELVES.
ULTIMATELY, THE MAID NEEDS TO FIND THEIR OWN SOURCE OF BLOOD, ONE THAT’S DOESN’T STEM FROM BONDS THEY DIDN’T CHOOSE THEMSELVES. THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO INVOLVE A LOT OF SCRUTINIZING THEIR CURRENT RELATIONSHIPS- WHICH ONES ARE THEY STICKING TO OUT OF OBLIGATION? WHICH ONES ARE THEY JUST MAINTAINING BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD TO? A MAID OF BLOOD WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THAT PRUNING WILL BE A LOT BETTER OFF AND COMFORTABLE IN THEIR ASPECT
POWER WISE THEY’D HAVE A LOT OF BOOSTING-RELATED MOVES. INTENSIFYING SYNCHRONIZED ATTACKS, RALLYING CALLS, FORTIFYING THE BLOOD ASPECT IN OTHERS... BUT I WOULD ALSO EXPECT THE MAID TO BE ABLE TO FORTIFY THEMSELVES, DIGGING THEIR HEELS IN AND STEELING THEIR BODIES TO FIND ENOUGH STRENGTH TO FINISH OFF A TASK NO MATTER HOW HARD IT MAY BE. MAYBE NOT THE MOST SHOWOFF SKILLSET, BUT I THINK ITS BETTER TO BE ABLE TO JUST NOT. FUCKING. DIE. THAN TO HAVE A SHINY GUN OR WHATEVER.
