#Maid of Life

[starlit1daydream]

Maids & Sylphs: Maintenance & Generation

There's no need to justify the meaningless destruction~...

Yeah, I love that song.

This is a little bit of a contentious one, since there's an extant debate about the Class pairings with these two; but Maid:Sylph works best for me, so that's what I'm going for.

The Maid:Sylph class dichotomy embodies maintenance, generation and responsibility. They operate alongside their Aspect to ensure it functions correctly, a caretaker for it; being able to both generate it freely and keep it from going awry after their arc is done.

They're also defined by quite an interesting and consistent character arc in two parts - that I'll go over in the narrative section. It involves a lot of denial of their Aspect.

Canonical Maid players are Jane Crocker (Maid of Life), Aradia Megido (Maid of Time) and Porrim Maryam (Maid of Space).

Canonical Sylph players are Kanaya Maryam (Sylph of Space) and Aranea Serket (Sylph of Light).

So, let's get to Point A - the Maid's narrative function.

The Maid is defined by an overworking at the hands of their Aspect; they are, simply put, made to use it and work with it tirelessly without ever being able to have it.

Their relationship with it is exclusively defined by others, with no opportunities being given for them to forge their own stance on their Aspect; it's alien to them, all they know of it is what they're made to use it for.

Jane Crocker, the Maid of Life, indoctrinated and kept in the dark thanks to an oppressive regime that would see her stripped of agency; her life under constant threat of assassination as she denies any and all conspiracies under her nose.

Aradia Megido, the Maid of Time, puppeteered by the deceased and the forces of death themselves, tossed around throughout states of mortality whilst forced to shelve her own intrigue in archaeology. No interest in the past is granted on her own merits.

Porrim Maryam, the Maid of Space, denied an intuitive chance to make her own way with femininity because of Beforus' oppressive patriarchy; her opinions left unheard as she slaves away in the jadeblood caverns. Her own gender and curation of the Space around her, inaccessible.

This is followed by a stage of personal growth wherein the Maid sheds the shackles and works with their Aspect independently. They awaken into a new power with their Aspect as their steward and responsibility; and now they work for it because they want to.

Jane Crocker ends the story having inherited control of her own Life; she's CEO of CrockerCorp and has no oppression left to control her and regulate her agency.

Aradia Megido ends the story having become a caretaker of the afterlife, Maid of Time taking responsibility to keep the deceased in check and fondly regard extermination.

Porrim Maryam ends her story having become a garrulous and opinionated advocate whose sexual freedom and comfort in her own gender identity goes hand in hand with her views on feminism and patriarchy. (she's also trans, but you didn't hear that from me)

Point B - the practical function of the Maid.

This one's fairly simple, given we have two whole examples to work with and they both have their own moments of badassery.

Jane can create Life. Though she expresses that, uh... questionably, with her rather clear-cut wishes towards Jake in Trickster Mode; she also expresses it literally. The overload of her Life powers leads her to turn the desolate and barren LOCAH into a thriving wilderness, teeming with Life. What's more, she can give Life to those who have lost it.

Aradia can create Time. We see her freeze Jack Noir in temporal stasis, using her Aspect and generating Time for her cohorts both literally and metaphorically after the fact.

Porrim, speculatively, could create Space. Think Jade, but less overpowered.

The creation of their Aspect leads directly to their maintenance of it, one does not just make something new and then leave it to rot; you have to take care of it, allow it to grow and keep to the right path.

Point C, the narrative function of the Sylph.

Like most other passive Classes, we're flipping the active counterpart on its head for this one.

Whereas a Maid is defined by a working relationship with an Aspect they never get to know, the Sylph is an opposite. They hold such a breadth of knowledge and desire to help with their Aspect, but nobody lets them.

Kanaya is desperate to curate the Space around her and meddle with it, through her fashion expression to her interest in gardening, and keeping her friends in check, but nobody allows her to. She's shunned merely as the auspistic 'vvillage twwo wwheel devvice' and decried as a meddler 'til she starts putting her foot down and sawing incels in half.

Aranea is desperate to be seen, to be given Light; she merely wants attention and acknowledgement from her friends - because she literally just fucking wants to talk about the things that interest her for more than five minutes. She keeps repositories of knowledge, adores giving exposition, and is pushed into ignorance and oblivion 'til she resorts to throwing planets with her brain.

This is not to say that the Sylphs are... completely justified; because their growth comes in the form of acknowledging that their Aspect needn't always be meddled with. The Maid allows their Aspect to grow on its own, but the Sylph is compelled to interfere and change it because 'they know best'.

Kanaya meddles even when it's condescending, unaware of her own shortcomings in that regard; making glaring errors in her curation of Space that lead to the termination of relationships (Vriska) that she refuses to even give an explanation for.

Aranea heals Light even when she shouldn't, intruding on personal boundaries and consent through her Aspect. She freely shares information about her cohorts that really should be left in the shadows, sometimes, and breaches both Jake & Terezi's wishes by 'fixing' their disabilities, per se.

...She was totally justified in throwing planets, though.

Point D, therein, is the practical function!

This is interesting, because Homestuck equates passive creation with healing. The Sylph less actively generates their Aspect and moreso fixes it, making them a sort of Anti-Prince in a sense.

Kanaya, we have less material to work with given her lack of a God Tier status; but it sounds to me like healing Space seems inherently tied to her awakening as a rainbow drinker (repairing her own role in the narrative after her death) and the curation of Space through removing things that could harm it.

Aranea, however, is clear-cut. She heals Light by healing any disabilities that would impair someone's desire to see or understand truth; Terezi's blindness leaves her unable to see, and Jake's brain injuries leave him unable to understand; in Aranea's eyes, anyways. (I'd argue she's a very reductive and possibly passively ableist viewpoint, but I digress).

It's a form of creation, for sure; but it's directed towards others just as a Passive player does. I find them really interesting, especially just because of the limited material we've got; I would've loved to see a God-Tiered Kanaya. Alas...

Anyway, by now, I'm sure you all know what's coming for you next week. I'll be on schedule this Time, so clear out some Space in your schedule.

(Oh, Lord, that was cheap. At least it was probably aMuseing to a few of you, hell if I know).

[cgtg]

LIFE PLAYERZ ONLY

as with the prev polls: if you consider multiple, i suggest going for the one u feel aligned with currently/most often, which one u wanna represent in a poll like this, whichever has the most compelling role/narrative, whatever works for U. classpecting is very subjective, and fluid for a lot of people.

i actively encourage discussion in the notes or my inbox of what your class and aspect mean to u. simple or lengthy, i wanna hear it :J

excluding master classes bc no space for em, sorry.

for those who cant vote: i’d appreciate u passing the poll along. also, i’ll post updates throughout the week on how it’s going so everyone can have a peek inside. thank u

[sparklygummybear]

i suck at composition but uhhh made fantrolls into like hero mode type pictures/panels or whatever. decided to change my trollsona's horns because honestly the last ones were a pain in the ass to draw and make symmetrical and yeah.

[brownievampx3]

Istg being a maid(homestuck class) is so annoying like I'm just trying to find silly tumblr posts of my classpect not your malewife in a maid outfit.

[kurohaai]

life.

[m0rb1dspade]

my second piece for the crockerbert bloodlines zine @bloodlineszine

They chatting about the team dramas

[nekromeowncer]

The maids, featuring my outfit redesign :)

[voidofparadoxfansession]

first designs of human characters !!! probably going to give them an updated design today,, hopefully

[our-fav-hs-char]

Which is the cooler aspect?

[kyriakfromspace]

Τζέιν Κρόκερ φαναρτ :3

[krevetkacraig]

:B

[yourfaveisclasspected]

FLUTTERSHY is a MAID of LIFE!

Requested by anonymous!

[queerjaneweek]

I am here to announce the inaugural Queer Jane Week!

It is an entire week to showcase your 2SLGBTQA+ headcanons about the one and only Jane Crocker. There are seven days with themes for you to create art, fanfics, edits, etc.

It takes place between July 30th - August 5th.

The specifics are listed under the read more:

July 30th: Pride: Display Jane’s pride through the flags, symbols and colours of your headcanons.

July 31st: Hobbies and Interests: Showcase Jane’s likes, interests and hobbies through a queer lens. Baking a rainbow cake? Dressing as an inscrutable French detective? Something to do with pranks, comedy, Problem Sleuth or even Pony Pals!

August 1st: Family: Jane with Dad, Jade, John/June and/or Jake. Sharing in their pride or supporting one another. No incest/ectocest.

August 2nd: Ship or No Ship: Romantic, queerplatonic, platonic or Jane proudly declaring being aro and/or ace.

August 3rd: Wildcard Day: Anything involving Jane Crocker being queer.

August 4th: Alternate Universe: Any AU you desire, whilst still showcasing Jane’s queerness. Kidswap, speciesswap, crossover, whatever.

August 5th: That’s So Gender (or not): Any delightful gender headcanons, from agender, to transfem, to transmasc, to xenogender, unlabelled to gender non conforming, showcase your headcanon, or perhaps one you hadn’t thought of before or see rarely.

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Tag your posts with #queerjaneweek or #queerjaneweek2023

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EDIT: You can also include Nanna Egbert and Nannasprite!

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[sparklygummybear]

updated nouvel design i sped thru as u can tell by the state of her hands lmfao

lore stuff below

uhh with her mythological role as the maid of life she was unfortunate to have had a life-threatening condition from the alternian sun as a young troll which caused her to be raised more separately from her fellow purplebloods. even after recovering she was ignored in her caste hence her adoption of the mime act to fit in with them while also coping with her own insignificance

what casts her out from her fellow purplebloods a bit more is her more merciful nature towards lowbloods (though she cuts the heads off of any caste when she feels like it…)

her seal lusus is sweet like her though unintentionally ignorant to nouvel, often ditching out of nowhere. she accepts nouvel’s mime act and teaches her how to balance a beach ball on her nose.

due to her previous condition she lives in a dark, pale area with rampant shadow droppers aka undead zombie-like creatures. they cause her a great deal of anxiety but they’re the gateway to mastering the chucklevoodoos she uses to communicate with her psychic matesprit and moirail.

her matesprit, who goes by the name of braman, is a telekinetic rustblooded heir of hope who runs a corndog stand. she often accompanies him and juggles corndogs near his stand. she’s killed threatening higherbloods for him.

her moirail is nektar, a half-blind psionic goldblooded knight of light who runs a small farm and is a beekeeper. their moirallegience involves nektar alleviating her dark nature and nouvel keeping him from harming himself.

her updated strife specibus is branchkind, which is an innocuous double that can turn into a scythe.

[anemonugget]

My Fantroll! I adore them with my entire damn heart. Godtier design by @coffeecats900 (So pretty!)

[homestuck-hell]

Tumelo Poteza, Maid of Life, Prospit

Ey/she

Tends to be unintentionally careless

A great listener, but not good at giving feedback

Ey will let you know if she dislikes something

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