may I have an analysis done on a page of heart please, and I hope you have a lovely day fellow heart player
Page of Heart, for @witheringvaporware and an anonymous
Page is the passive application class, who invite application of or through their aspect. Like Maids and Bards, they often begin with a lack of their aspect, which they then attempt to compensate for (and fail). Until they go through their development (which is often hindered by intervention), they start out weak in their aspect, often relying on others for it. They are the passive counterpart to Knights and the inversion of Thieves.
Heart is the aspect of individuality, souls, emotion, instinct, and the inner self. It is considered to cover the concept of emotion as a whole, where Hope and Rage cover the extremely positive and extremely negative ends of the emotional spectrum. Heart players often conceal their identity in some way, through Nepeta’s roleplaying, or Dirk’s splinters. The two troll players of Heart have some connection with shipping, though that could be more connected to Alternia’s requirement to have both a matesprit and kismesis at a certain age, and Meulin living in the dream bubbles without much to do for however long. It is the opposite aspect of Mind. All Heart players thus far have been Derse dreamers, but it is unknown whether or not Heart as an aspect is connected to one dream moon over the other.
Pages, similarly to Maids and Bards, begin with a sort of disconnect, or lack of their aspect. Often, they try to emulate their aspect, failing because they try to seem more knowledgeable than they are. For a Page of Heart, this could translate to really not being the best with, say, emotions, and being overdramatic to compensate.
A Page of Heart would at first have difficulty with their identity and what makes them special, or they may not quite grasp the concepts of emotion, impulse, identity, or something else. They may be overly sensitive or stone-cold. If there was ever a Heart player to have self-esteem issues, barring a Rogue or Mage, it’s a Page. They would try to make up for this by acting ‘random’ in place of not understanding impulse or instinct, using an overly confident, nearly narcissistic facade if they don’t understand identity, being overly sensitive or stone cold because they don’t understand emotions, or being nosy and helping others only for their own gains if they don’t understand empathy, for some examples. If there is a Sylph (especially of Light, Life, or Mind) in a session with them, it may be wise to separate them- Pages need to grow, and a Sylph interfering (with a Page of Heart especially) could be quite detrimental.
They may have to go through a soul-shattering event to truly understand what they cannot at first- a death or natural disaster, some sort of test that requires them to discover who they really are, or something similar, a lot could happen. If I may say so, the class itself, and this combination specifically, reminds me of the astrological Plutonian energy, of change and transformation. That aside, something would happen, and they would have to soul search quite a bit, but that is when their true potential is unleashed. Once they can understand and acknowledge their Heart, they will be extremely powerful. Their development will be tough, but in the end, it will all be worthwhile.
In-game, the Page class and Heart aspect do have something in common. Pages need to develop, to grow into themselves, and Heart is the aspect of the self. This combination can be rather hard-hitting, or more of a challenge to develop, but a worthwhile title. They do mix in terms of what a Page needs to do, and Heart embodying what they need to become. Before their development, however, as Mind (the aspect they are possibly more connected to), seems more the opposite. As Mind is the aspect of facades, the collective, the outer self, a Page of Heart aspiring to be a Mind player could face many challenges. If Pages rely on others entirely for their development, which Mind would imply, it may never reach their full potential.
After going god tier, a Page of Heart would likely already have grown into themself- or, if not, will upon their god tiering. They could, perhaps, unconsciously weaponize their previous misunderstanding of themself to create a sort of shadow clone of themself or another to fight alongside them. They would definitely be able to use their emotions to empower others’ fighting, and could perhaps use or make a weapon that amplifies its power depending on how strong its user is feeling (apathy would count too). They could be more able to manifest it from their literal soul. Along those lines, the strength of their powers could also be partially dependent (in a detrimental way at first, but one that slowly becomes beneficial) on the strength of the Page’s, or others’ emotions.In less of a power way, they are likely very empathetic, and even a bit overly sensitive. They can be quite charismatic, and may make a good co-leader of a team, being the emotional support (perhaps a Heart-Mind or Heart-Blood team would be effective), once they grow into their role. They likely wouldn’t be good at leading alone.
This Page will have a large effect on a session after their development. As they have to literally grow into the aspect of self, while perhaps the most slow growing, a Page of Heart can be a wonderful leader and fighter once they understand themself and what they can do.
