#classpect assignment log

[aortaobservatory]

Get Classpected: A Classpecting Questionnaire

To assign a classpect, one must first introspect.

Please check my pinned post to see if I am taking classpect assignment inquiries. If I am, feel free to send me an ask containing your answers. If I have closed them, I will be deleting any asks I receive after I have closed them. Save your answers instead and keep an eye out for when they open again. My DMs are NOT currently open for this. These can take me a good amount of time to analyze, so please be patient.

These are the questions I use when assigning classpects. They are vague and left open to interpretation to allow for a wide variety of authentic answers. Interpret them as you please, and answer them however you want.

What is most important to you?

Why is this important to you?

Why do you do what you do?

What frustrates or upsets you most?

What is in your way? What are your flaws? How do you overcome this?

Are you okay with that?

Some things to note:

Keep your answers as true to yourself as you can. Honesty is not required, you may censor yourself, answer as you feel you must answer. It will all be considered in the end.

Do not send or modify answers on behalf of another. I won't be able to get an accurate reading. This includes for characters; please keep reading for more on that.

My inbox is not a place for trauma dumping; I would ask that you please refrain from doing so. Trauma dumping includes explicit and/or graphic detail in regards to a traumatic event. These questions are meant to be non-invasive and replace that particular, typical requirement when it comes to classpecting. Vaguely alluding to the existence of trauma is not trauma dumping, and is fine to do within your answers.

If you would like me to answer you privately, please indicate that in your ask. Please also be aware that anonymous asks cannot be answered privately, and must be posted; you must be off anon if you want me to answer you privately.

If you would like to get a character assigned (such as an OC) by answering these questions "as the character", please also indicate that in your ask, as well as provide your own classpect (or just your aspect, if you do not know it) before the answers. This is so I know which factors to take into account and which to disregard.

I can assign canon characters I am familiar with, but I will not be taking fan answers for canon character assignments.

Ultimately, you decide if what I says fits you. These assignments are only my thoughts based on your answers; I can provide insight, but it is up to you in the end how you choose to define yourself.

If you are curious how I go about determining a classpect from these questions, please see [this post]. If you are curious about the previous assignments I've done, they are all tagged under [#classpect assignment log]. This post is tagged as such for mobile convenience.

I will be putting together a guide soon for how to determine your own classpect from these answers when my asks are not open for this.

[whamss]

Every now and then I think I'm kind of sleeping on classpect analysis, but also what you have to understand about me is that I'm way less enchanted by the act of defining classes and aspects and way moreso by how individual Characters contextualize their relationship with their aspects and assign meaning to it based on their experiences

Something that I always found striking about late Act 6 Kanaya was the way she recontextualizes her relationship with her aspect as something so specific to her and her own experiences. Something about the juxtaposition between Alt Calliope mapping out hard rules about her classpect, saying "This is what it means to be a Space player" "This is what it means to be X" while Kanaya talks about how her experiences formulated her own relationship with her classpect. It's a fascinating difference between them where I never think that the story tries to say that either of them are Wrong about how they view Space. But there's such an underappreciated depth there where Calliope is demonstrated to be somebody who's obsessed with rules, strict categorization, while Kanaya says "this is what my experiences have told me, this is what Space means to Me." And Alt Calliope saying things like Space players are inseparably tied to loneliness are interesting claims, but also putting these beliefs in context with each other you can just as easily see how Alt Calliope's views of space can be formulated by her lifelong (deathlong) experience with isolation.

I think a big reason that I always found it hard to engage with a lot of classpect analysis is that there's this insistence that classpects must have strict categories that define people, when throughout the comic we consistently see how things like aspects and classes mean different things to different people. The way that Kanaya, Calliope, and Jade all see Space and their relationship to it is so so different, I sort of wonder if they'd have any common ground if they actually discussed it between each other (or wrote their thoughts down and passed it around, as Calliope would undoubtedly dominate that conversation lol). The same goes for Rose and Vriska with Light, the Time players... I don't know, it's striking to me. I can understand why the rumored Hussie Classpect doc is supposedly only a sentence or so per classpect because what do you even say? When the variety of experiences is so broad among them, it's impossible to define Classpects cohesively. Alternatively, aspects are something strictly defined by the meaning that people (characters) assign to them

[eurydicees]

I LOVE YOU EURY!!!!!!!!! mwah mwah we should talk more I always see ur posts like 'oh this is so correct' ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

AHH I LOVE U TOO !!! sorry i missed this last night ! i logged off to finish trigun and then went insane until i fell asleep. but i always see ur posts and think you are soooo correct too. even if i don't know what you're talking about. i just know ur right.

also i think you should do knights for ur next classpect post because supposedly that's me (as assigned by multiple people😔). anyways we should definitely talk more so true ♡♡

[sntechsupport]

error, group worked with had mirror that let's me swap identities with other timelines, upon using it in paradox space was booted to LH for "illegal classpect change"

do not understand, this thing was not modded in as it was part of our universe before the session. is it possible to get some sort of hotfix and/or dropped back into the group I'm supposed to be with? they also have the mirrors but I don't think they'll be using them until they know it won't remove them from the game.

Yeah so according to the log what happened (and this took me some time to find, I hope you appreciate it) you swapped identity with yourself that was brought up by wild gigantic scorpions, and as such that version had a completely different hierarchy of societal priorities, which retroactively assigned it the Classpect Waste of Might upon Entry. Which is not yours assigned Classpect, so the game positively identified that you had switched your Classpect, which within the game rules is not legal, so you got auto-banned to LH.

So I am now going to unban you. Don't do this again. Check that the identity you're swapping to remains with the same Classpect. If you want different Classpect, grow into it and start a new Session.

Sincerely

SN Tech Support (Gear)

[felinenthusiast]

I had a group of fantrolls long before the extended zodiac, and on a whim I've decided to update them for it (I'd already given them classpects and moons so it was just a case of assigning them each the matching sign and giving them a little redesign)

Anyways bad quality preview cus I'm not logged in to Tumblr on that laptop:

[utopianparadoxist]

Xefros Tritoh is a Page of Time. also, class roleplay is real.

I’m still too sick to record for the Joey video, so while I don’t have the time to make a full-scale analysis post on everything about Xefros right now (theres a lot) I figured I’d make two crucial things about reading his character clear:

A) Xefros’ unhealthy relationship with Dammek is the latest example yet of unhealthy Class Roleplay dynamics. If anyone remembers, I speculated weeks ago, before the game dropped, that Xefros’ relationship to the role of Butlering might well turn out to be both unhealthy for him and reflective of Classpect behavior. As it turns out, I seem to have been correct. Specifically, Xefros is roleplaying a Knight through his unwilling assignment of the role of the Butler. B) Xefros is a Page of Time.

Let’s explore them in order, considerably more briskly than with the Joey post. There’s more to say about Xefros, obviously, but unfortunately, I just don’t have the....

Time.  Something I have in common with Xefros, fittingly enough.

Xefros’ general lack of time to keep up with the various demands on his time--mostly Dammek’s demands on his time--is a strong focus point of his character.

And just in case we’re not super sold on it yet, Xefros does us the Time-saving  courtesy of establishing his relationship to the aspect by reinforcing Time’s longstanding relationship to music and rhythm! How nice of you, Xefros. 

Now where were we?

Right. Xefros has a lot on his plate: Band practice, revolutionary lectures, butler practice, and only the occasional reverie about getting to spend time on something Xefros himself finds interesting.

And most of that time is lost in various forms of service to Dammek. Serve is, at this point, basically inarguably the key verb for the Knight/Page class pair--combining connotations of providing service/help, dealing defeats/ownage/sick burns, and literally serving/giving items to others, as the verb counterparts to Thieves/Rogues’ ‘Steal/Take’. 

So Xefros’ unhealthy position of servitude to Dammek is explicitly linked to his unwanted, forced assignment of the role of Butler--which in Homestuck terms loosely correlates to the role of Knight. Dave’s biggest contribution to his session is to serve all his friends time or provide them with resources through the use of his time, for example. 

But where doing so comes naturally to Dave, for Xefros it is an effort to play the role. Xefros does not find butlering fulfilling, and he’s not particularly good at it, either--it’s not where his natural talents shine. 

This is a common thread with most kinds of class roleplay--it usually doesn’t work out well for a player character to pretend to be something they’re not. 

Perhaps particularly so when the role the character is playing encourages them to adopt the opposite class alignment, as when an ACTIVE player is conditioned into acting PASSIVELY. This line comes from Xefros’ FLARP book, by the way, which has a bunch of Classpect references. Fitting, since FLARP is what introduces us to the concept of Class Roleplay in Homestuck proper.

Because this line kind of has to be taken in context. The truth is, Xefros would rather be playing a game.  And it’s in the context of that game, along with Xefros’ childhood and natural effect on others, that we’ll find references to his true classpect, buried under the burden of the imposed Butler role. 

Pages, like Knights, are linked to the image of the Butler--but not as players who fill the role themselves. Rather, Pages seem to have a talent for inspiring other players to act as Butlers for them. Or to close the ouroboros loop of classpecting: To get others to act as their Knights.

Xefros’ affinity for Arena Stickball immediately strikes this echo, as one of the things Xefros immediately remembers is having his Brawler defending him-- a relationship echoed by Tavros’ affinity for using animals as his warriors, and Jake’s summoning of a splinter of Dirk to protect him from Aranea. 

Xefros’ demeanor quickly turns around an overwhelmed and exhausted Joey, making her quickly grow concerned and then adamant about helping him in return for his own kindness. 

This ability of Pages to inspire others around them to want to help them is part of the reason why I think it’s likely Dammek’s concern for him is at least somewhat genuine--though that’s by no means the same as healthy. Vriska’s concern for Tavros was genuine, too, lest we forget.

And Xefros is prone to both Giving things to others and trying to make others happy in ways that ultimately turn out to benefit him. This comes through clearest with Sloth Dad, whom Xefros would give gifts or receive food from whilst always benefiting from the arrangement in some way. 

Xefros’ first cuebat, his physical strength, and open passage from his house are all things achieved by giving. But past the key verbs, Xefros’ clearest indication for both his class of Page and his aspect of Time come through in his relationship to his ancestral figure: Xultan Matzos. 

Xefros’ text logs on Xultan are drowning in both references to Time and a profound personal admiration. He likens Xefros to a figure from history, imagines convoluted alt-timeline crossovers featuring various versions of Xultan, fantasizes about having the kind of psychic power Xultan had, and more. 

He also admits to fantasizing about just imagining Xultan standing around, believing in him. This fits Xultan squarely into the archetype of the Pages’ imaginary friend, a slot filled by Rufioh for Tavros, and Brain Ghost Dirk for Jake. 

Perhaps most telling, however, is his imitation of Xultan--a copycat approach to self-improvement that Xefros credits with at least occasional success! This has common ground with Homestuck’s Pages too, as Tavros ultimately finds narrative success as he fully embodies his imitation of the role of Peter Pan. 

Jake English also famously copies female action movie tropes in both fashion choices and his eventual fall into the damsel in distress trope, whereby it’s his imagination and faith that Dirk can save him that saves the day. 

And finally, Xefros’ copying habit and Page role are referenced in a two-for-one reference combo, through Joey’s persistent early habit of calling him Xerox. 

In the 90′s, Xerox (Logo pictured above) was the colloquial term for both a product and the company that produced it. Particularly, Xerox was a popular brand of photocopier, meaning a machine designed to copy text and images onto a blank Page. 

I haven’t come close to covering half of what I want to say about Xefros, but I hope this will at least give the rest of the fandom an idea of how he’s set up.  Just for the record, I don’t think the X on Pa’s globe was pointing at Dammek. 

Particularly given Pa’s own status as a Page, Joey’s budding friednship with one puts us in a very interesting position. How will Xefros and Joey’s personalities mesh in the long run, and is Xefros involved in whatever plans Pa seems to have devised?

Interesting questions to consider as we wait for Act 2. 

If you’d like to enable me to expand on this subject, and so bring more questions like these to light in the future, please consider throwing a couple bucks my way on Patreon. This is basically definitely my last written post for a good while, as I am going on hiatus to get my financial life in order as detailed in this post. 

I’m really overwhelmed and grateful by the support so many have shown me, and excited to take posts like the one I did on Joey and this one to Youtube, where more of the fandom can engage with classpects in an accessible way!

You can also feel free to drop by and chat about this and other interesting Hiveswap and Homestuck topics in the r/Hiveswap discord! 

Hope to see you soon, and until then--Keep Rising!

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[aortaobservatory]

Hello! I've been following your blog for a while and I saw your classpecting questionnaire. I also saw someone else submit their own answers to get a classpect, if that's okay.

1. What is most important to you? - I want to live the life that I want/makes me happy, and I want to create something really good, good enough that people talk about it and it gets remembered after I die.

2. Why is this important to you? - I think the first part is obvious, but also I don't feel like I have a lot of control in my life already and as far as I know I only have one, I don't want to waste it. As for the second part, it's half related to what I just said and half because I feel like art, especially writing, is my calling in life.

3. Why do you do what you do? - I honestly don't feel like I really do much on a day-to-day basis. I'd like to do more, but I don't feel like I have a lot of opportunities, or friends to do stuff with (see below question about flaws)

4. What frustrates or upsets you most? - In general I get frustrated or upset pretty easily, mostly because in general I feel my emotions very strongly (especially negative ones). What frustrates/upsets me the most is people telling me what to feel/think/believe, or telling me that what I'm thinking/feeling/believing is wrong. Doubly so if I'm disagreeing with them on something and they just can't comprehend the idea that they might be wrong about anything.

5. What is in your way? What are your flaws? How do you overcome this? - I'm good at coming up with ideas and starting projects, but I'm bad at finishing them. I'm also shy and (usually) avoid confrontation, and neither like nor know how to initiate conversations. If I knew how to overcome this, I would've done it already.

6. Are you okay with that? - I'm not sure what "that" is referring to. Answers 1, 2 and 4, sure. Answers 3 and 5, no.

(freedom -> Breath), (to mean something -> Light? legacy, to be remembered, to leave an impact -> Doom, Rage, Knight-Page)

(little control -> Prince-Maid), (Hope-Rage), (Space)

lack of Blood, (acquire friends as a form of freedom?), (stuck, desire to do more -> Doom-Life, Space-Time), (lack of control, little opportunities -> Prince-Maid)

Hope-Rage, (inverse -> Hope), (Sylph-Maid, Knight-Page)

(Space, inverse -> Time, good with ideas, bad with commitment? -> Rage, inverse -> Hope), (Sylph-Maid), (Breath, inverse -> Blood)

(unclear -> Maid?), emphasis on freedom, holding strong to the self's own truth

A desire to live the life you want, a life that makes you happy, means you are not currently living that life, and that is visible to you to the point of upset frustration. You hate being told what to believe by others and you're unsure how to move forward, but you lack opportunities and you lack control. Your answers spoke to me as a very frustrated, confused Maid/Page seeking answers.

I have been attempting to pin down a classpect for you from these answers, but there is no one thing that uniquely stands out to me other than you most likely being a passive class within the Sylph-Maid (Enhancers) and Knight-Page (Utilizers) classes.

There are really quite a lot of interesting elements in your answers here. They could combine in any number of ways. I believe you may be Rage-bound, but you could just as likely be Breath-bound or Space-bound, as you have elements of inverses for each, and none overpower any of the others.

I'm still not entirely sure of your aspect; I could make an equal case for each of the three I pointed out. I almost feel as though I was not told something, so, I will leave the decision of your aspect entirely up to you. Your class took me a long time to narrow down, but I am convinced that if you are not a Maid, you may very likely be a Page instead.

For your consideration:

Maid of Breath

Maid of Rage

Maid of Space

Maids start off pushed around by others' view of their aspect, but eventually allow their aspect to heal, restore, and enhance themselves, making them into an entirely new person and purifying their aspect to themselves. They start out relying on others for their aspect or being told by others how to interact with their aspect. Their challenge is to listen to themselves instead of others, and to not let others opinions dilute their aspect as they restore it for themselves and allow it to make them into a new person.

Page of Breath

Page of Rage

Page of Space

Pages start unskilled in their aspect, learning how it works and how to use it to its full potential over time. In their many attempts to master their aspect, they teach others the value of their aspect, becoming an unintentional source of inspiration. Their challenge is to keep at it, learn from failure, and eventually master their aspect, being able to confidently provide their aspect to others.

I do apologize for the wait; I've been horribly sick and am only just now recovering enough to post this for you. Speaking of, if you'd like to follow up with me on this, you're more than welcome to! I'm certain with a bit more information I can point you in a more concrete direction than this, and I can't deny I'm intrigued by all the possibility you have. However, in the end, only you decide what fits.

[aortaobservatory]

Hello! I saw your classpecting box was open so if you're able and willing I'd love to be classpected! I already believe I know my own classpect but I think it would be fun to see others perspective on it.

What is most important to you? Happiness, specifically my own. My loved ones are also important to me.

Why is this important to you? I find being happy is my ideal state-- if I am not happy, I need to get there. Happiness is, to me, the ultimate goal of life. I don't know why my friends are important to me, they just are. They make me happy, and I want to make them the same.

Why do you do what you do? Because I like doing it or it makes me less bored, or, failing that, I feel I have to.

What frustrates or upsets you most? Primarily, being bored, or, to a lesser extent and in the case of being around others, being ignored. Boredom is like a black hole and I do not like it. Being ignored is annoying.

What is in your way? What are your flaws? How do you overcome this? What is in my way is my own lack of knowledge as to what I want. It's blocking there from being a way entirely, as how can I proceed if I don't even know the way? My flaws are that I am very apathetic and detached, and if I don't like something enough, I will often avoid it, whether it's a thought making me nervous, a person, a thing I have to make or do, or something else. I currently don't necessarily want to overcome this. It works for me. It may have ramifications later, but currently I avoid all I need to, and deal with the things I can't.

Are you okay with that? For now, I think I am.

Thank you! Have a nice day :]

(left vague, could be any, possibilities -> Void), Blood

(goal, achieve happiness -> Time), Blood

(because you feel you must, restlessness -> Time)

(inverse -> Space), Time, (lesser inverse -> Breath)

(lack of knowledge, detachment -> Light-Void), (don't know the goal and thus can't figure out the journey -> Space-Time) (avoidance -> Bard?), Passive

Passive (contextual)

[Questions]

There's a lot of secrecy around your answers and I found myself asking for more answers than what was provided. Happiness is left open to the individual, and simply mentioning your happiness without elaborating what it is means there are many possibilities as to what it could be. Quite appropriate if you happen to be a Void player.

It's also possible for you to be Blood, as your friends are a source of happiness for you, and being happy is what you consider important, but I hesitate to call it your main aspect as you value your happiness over all, rather than your friends outright. Detachment and avoidance could be a tell of Breath inverse, but you don't seem much concerned with the concepts of freedom and/or escape. You're more concerned with moving forward.

I believe it's much more possible for you to be Time, as you specifically mention a feeling of boredom paired with a need to achieve a state of happiness. You also mention you're not entirely sure what your main goal is; you don't know what you want, and this blocks there from being a way forward entirely. This could be reminiscent of Void, but Space is associated with journeys and this could be your inverse showing itself. Achieving a state of happiness could simply be an easy goal you provide to yourself because you know how to get there.

Not knowing your main goal, and thus, the way forward, frustrates you, which is likely a tell of your class. Princes are most likely to be frustrated by their aspect, but they rely on their inverse. Mages tend to be frustrated, but do not reject their aspect. Sylphs are also often frustrated because they can't figure out how to make their aspect work how they intend. Bards, meanwhile, often reject their aspect and tend to have avoidant natures. As well, you don't seem to want to change your avoidance; you are happy as is because it works fine as is.

I would be inclined to say Bard of Time (inverse Sylph of Space, so if you relate the most to Kanaya, you might consider this). I also briefly considered Witch of Void (inverse Seer of Light); however, you don't show much Light inverse within these answers other than a wish for knowledge so you can move forward towards your goal (a desire rooted in Space-Time, and a potential tell of a Sylph of Space's aimless frustration). You hate being bored, and often, Time can be boring; boredom causes restlessness, and Time is restless and repetitive. You hate being ignored, and given that you achieve your happiness via your friends, I wonder if this hatred of being ignored is also a tell of frustration when you cannot achieve your goal of being happy.

You say you know your classpect already. My perspective is that of a stranger; ultimately, you decide what fits you best.

[aortaobservatory]

I was already lurking your profile and then ZAZ!! You posted about how you classpect, so obviously, I had to try it on my own.

not sure if I did it right tho, would you mind looking at my answers? No problem if you don't want to btw!!

Here:

1.What is most important to you?

"nothing" is always my first answer to this kind of question, nothing matters enough for me on a daily basis, then I say my friends, and lastly justice.

2.Why is this important to you?

well, my friends are basically everything to me, even though I don't think about them as much as they probably think about me. And justice is simply something I can't stand to lack, be it for others or for me. Otherwise I lack enthusiasm or interest, and sometimes I disappear for long periods of time for no reason at all.

3.Why do you do what you do?

You mean hobbies? To pass the time, to detach.

4.What frustrates or upsets you most? What is in your way?

Ppl forcing me to do things I don't want to, or forcing me do things for them that THEY should have done for themselves. But what really angers me the most is when they tell me to do the things I HAVE to do quicker than how I do it. I have a process, they should respect that.

5. What are your flaws?

I wait a lot to do stuff, I think. I do stuff at last minute, even if I had a lot of time for them. Unless I like the activity it will get pushed and pushed until I can no more get away with it.

7.How do you overcome this?

I don't, it's a process, no need to fix it, it works.

8. Are you okay with that?

Yeah, as I said, the only thing that frustrates me is when people attack me to do it faster. I prefer doing stuff at my own pace. And sometimes that translates to doing things slower of faster. I don't hold grudges for people who get frustrated by me, bc I do the same sometimes when people is slower to get things than me.

Void (Breath?), Blood, Hope

Blood-Breath (justice for the sake of others -> Blood, detachment and disappearing -> Breath)

Breath

(inverse -> Blood), Mind, (grouping of questions "What frustrates/upsets" + "What is in your way" + (answer) -> Breath), (inverse -> Mage)

Space(?), (inverse -> Blood)

(7.) Breath, Mind, Heir-Mage

(8.) Breath, Passive, Knower of Blood

[Questions can be found here].

From these answers, it sounds like you're an Heir of Breath (inverse, Mage of Blood).

I was having a hard time figuring out your class, but if you are aligned with Breath, you are, by definition, unable to be defined. To be the pure embodiment of that, ie, The Heir, would make sense as to why I could not place your true class. At best, you'll be indifferent to this assignment. At worst, you'll despise it. You may also consider the Mage of Blood, or take a different angle altogether. Ultimately, you decide.

Heir of Breath

An Heir of Breath embodies the concept of independence and freedom, unable to be defined or truly tied down to any particular thing. They intimately understand both the good and bad of responsibilities and relationships; what they choose and what is forced, their friends and family and what they must do. This means they are good at detaching themselves from bad relationships, but they are also resistant to anything that might change how they define themselves; they will only change themselves if it is absolutely necessary.

[aortaobservatory]

Hi :] Very happy you started this classpect questionnaire thing, I was trying to figure it out for quite a while. Here are my answers: 1. What is most important to you? Indulging in my creative hobbies, such as crocheting, sewing, drawing. Stuff that requires me to sit for hours repeating essentially the same thing. Having lots of alone time. I love solitude and I need to have my own personal isolated space in which I feel most comfortable. 2. Why is this important to you? Because it gives me comfort and stability. I feel like I'm in my element, and I want to stay there for the rest of time. I "replenish my battery" when I'm completely alone, and social interaction drains it very very fast. 3. Why do you do what you do? I know that I'm good at what I do, I've been into art since I was born, and it's an important, if not the main driving force of my life. I couldn't live without being able to draw something at least once a day. And the art I do is for myself, for me to put in my room, for me to enjoy doing it. 4. What frustrates or upsets you most?

This question was he hardest to me, I can't really think of any specific thing that frustrates or upsets me the most. I seem to accept a lot of things, I'm not very upset about anything unless it directly meddles with what's important to me, like for example keeps me away from indulging in my hobbies. I usually brush off hateful comments or any kind of remarks about what I like, I don't dwell on them continue doing my thing. Everyone is entitled to have their own opinion about it, but in the end what matters to me is that I like it. So as long as someone/something doesn't directly, physically disturb it, I'm fine. But even if something upsets me, I still forgive pretty fast. 5. What is in your way? What are your flaws? How do you overcome this? I have trouble expressing my thoughts. A lot of times, the point I want to make is more like a feeling, an emotion, or a visualization. It frustrates me that I can't put it all into words. When I do try to explain, I do it in a roundabout way and in the end nothing really makes sense. I struggle to trust people and don't expect too much of them, as well as feeling empathy towards someone in a bad situation. Most of the time. I'm like "oh well, it is what it is", even though I do try to empathize. I'm very passive and indifferent to many things around me, that are outside of my range of interest, and I forget about stuff that I need to do "in real life". 6. Are you okay with that? Mostly. I have a mentality of "everyone has their own flaws, nobody's perfect, all we can do is accept them". I don't really try to overcome my flaws. I can identify them in me, but that's all. I know that I could overcome them if I pushed myself to change, but I do nothing about it.

(journey of creation, crochet repetition -> Space-Time), Breath

(desire to stay in the journey, no ending goal? -> Space-Time), Breath (weak inverse -> Blood)

(Embodiment, deep knowledge -> Heir-Mage), (Self-assured -> Witch), (If knowledge is self-assured, then -> Witch-Seer), (surrounded by aspect -> Witch-Seer OR Heir)

(passive? -> Heir), (confident? -> Witch)

(inverse -> Time), Breath

(unchanging? -> Heir), (content in the self? -> Witch)

[Questionnaire]

Right away, you struck me as one bound to Space-Time. While I tend to focus on Space's other traits within my blog (as they are oft neglected), many say that Space is the aspect of art, and they are not incorrect. Art is, itself, a journey of creation. I believe that to draw so often as you do is to do so for the process of making (Space), rather than what comes of it (Time). You do so for the journey, rather than the ending goal.

You have some wisps of Breath, and you have a weak inverse in Blood - particularly, you favor your isolation (Breath), and are indifferent towards others (Blood). As well, you tend to be detached, and social interaction with others tires you very quickly. You may consider Sylph of Breath, but it is a weak match in my opinion, as Sylphs, even of Breath, are not entirely indifferent to other people. (They merely fear what might destroy their independence.) I'm not sure another Class of Breath has the potential to match what little of Breath-Blood I can see in you.

Mmm. In all honesty, I'm having some trouble. At first, your answers gave me Heir of Space, but I doubt you fit it exactly. You deeply know some things about Time as the inverse Mage would, but a Mage knows both good and bad. A Mage, even an inverse one, is typically even a little bit frustrated with their associated aspect, but you don't mention any negatives regarding this.

However... when I went back through your answers again, I noticed a few more things. You know some things about Time. I now wonder if such knowledge came from voluntary study rather than an involuntary intimate understanding of it via experience. If so, you may be a Witch of Space. Not Jade's kind of Witch of Space, however. The second kind of Witch of Space. Rather than embodying innovation and variation, as Jade did, the second Witch of Space embodies journeys and patience.

How I define Witches is the opposite of an Heir. While Heirs fully embody and perhaps embody too much of their aspect, a Witch does not fully embody and perhaps embodies too little of their aspect because they pick and choose. Typically, classpects can be defined under one basic, vague archetype (classpect definitions, IE, Seer of Heart -> One who Studies Identity). But due to the nature of the Witch, instead of one archetypal kind of Witch, there are at minimum, two. It may be further understood in a more basic sense that while an Heir fully embodies their aspect, a Witch half embodies their aspect (which does mean there can be at least two types of the Witch class within just one aspect, if not more. The Witch class is extremely variant.) Witch of Space (A) -> One who Embodies Variation and Changes Journeys, VS, Witch of Space (B) -> One who Embodies Journeys and Changes Variation.

If you are a Witch, only you can define yourself. Witches (and Seers, for that matter) often have to self-define, because nobody knows them better than themselves. All I can do is provide basic guidelines. Ultimately, you decide what fits.

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Hi again! :D Just wanted to thank you for your analysis and give some feedback :]

I've suspected myself to be an Heir of Space, so seeing that you considered it gives me some reassurance.

I'm absolutely sure that between Space and Breath, the values/ stuff associated with Space are much more important to me, so would it make sense to deem myself Space-bound?

Regarding the knowledge of Time.. I honestly don't really understand what that means? If it's about the crochet repetition thing, then I'd say the knowledge of it is what I voluntarily looked for, like I intended to learn the patterns and stuff. Or, if we consider Time being also associated with death, would an interest in death-related stuff and desire to learn more about it also fit? I don't know if it's too far of a stretch..

Also, if it's not too much, what is the big main difference between being a Witch and an Heir? You've pointed out ' self-assurance' 'content in the self' being present in my answers, which you associated with a Witch. So in short, what would be the main thing that designates these two?

I'm sorry if this is too much, not sure if I should ask about this here or in DM's (´・ω・`)

[Log] (For the record, I don't mind wherever you want to ask me! My inbox is probably most reliable at this point in time, but follow-ups on classpect assignments can be inquired about in the notes of the post itself (for a few quick questions or thoughts), my inbox (for a list of questions, such as this), or in my DMs (for full discussion if you'd like).)

If the values of Space are more important to you than the values of Breath, you can absolutely call yourself Space-bound.

As for Time, I can elaborate on why I focused on it. I've seen it often overlooked in other classpect descriptions, but the inverse aspect actually has as much of an effect on you as your true aspect does. Time is just as present in you as Space is; it just isn't what calls to you from the Space-Time pair. This concept of inverses being just as present/impactful as true aspects are goes for all the classpects. (For example, I as a Seer of Heart have an inverse in Witch of Mind; I lack experience in Heart and am surrounded by Mind, so I study Heart through the lens of Mind. That's why I tend to be logical and thorough in my classpect definitions).

It depends on your class how your inverse aspect affects you. If you are an active class, your inverse class is a passive class. [I explain all the inverse class pairs in this post here].

If you are a Witch of Space, your inverse class is the Seer of Time (by embodying what you chose of Space, you end up studying Time).

If you are an Heir of Space, your inverse class is the Mage of Time (by embodying Space fully, you intimately and deeply know the good and bad of Time).

Perhaps a little nerdy of me, but relevant: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you Actively Change (Witch), you also Passively Know (Seer). You say you sought out the knowledge of Time that you have, and you desire to learn more about things relevant to Time (yes, death certainly is associated with Time, which is about endings), so I am even more inclined to say you may be a Witch of Space. Again, though, you are the one who decides what you are in the end.

There are many differences between the Witch and the Heir, but what I'll focus on is the contentment and where that contentment stems from.

Witches, because they specifically pick the pieces of their aspect that they like to embody, change the way their aspect is perceived by others and also how they handle their aspect, as compared to others who may share the same aspect. Witches are active classes and have direct relationships with their aspects. They also have unique takes on their aspects compared to every other class who may share their aspect; as well, there is no Witch who exists the same as any other Witch, even of the same aspect! A Witch who has had time to pick and choose what they like of their aspect and has had time to embody such things is often very happy with themself because they've built the ideal version of themself that they want to be. Their challenge as a class is to achieve a stable balance in themself without losing themself to their aspect or their own changing whims. (And if you are a Witch, I think you may be close to completing this challenge.)

Heirs, meanwhile, often have no choice in the embodiment of their aspect. Heirs are passive classes and have indirect relationships with their aspect because their inverse aspect is often more present and affective in their lives. They embody their aspect fully and completely, even too much, so much so that there is no room to change and they are stuck; they are so much of an embodiment of their aspect that it ends up looping around and limiting them. Even if they want to change, they will have trouble, but a Witch is able to easily change as according to their whim; it just depends on if the Witch wants to. An Heir gets no say, and often has to figure out a way around their aspect or get outside help if they want to change. And that happens to be a very big "if", when I say, "if they want to change". Often, an Heir is content to stay where they are because "it is what it is", or "this is how it's always been for me". Their challenge as a class is to not get stuck on their aspect, to know when to move on and change themselves to keep themselves balanced.

I hope I was able to help!

-AO