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[claspectorsonclaspect]

Which classpect do you think could interact with the 4th wall? (If any of them could.) I imagine a Witch of something maybe, but I'm not sure if it's even possible.

Now this is a very interesting question. 

When you say the fourth wall well… 

Fenestrated walls act as viewing consoles through space and (presumably) time (I say this because of Roxy’s bedroom window), and physical portals through the void and the intermediary void spaces between universes. Whether they can interact with the unreality of the white background is unknown. Because we’re going with pairs here, you could also say that they are related to Light as they can be used for surveillance through space, as is their purpose on Derse. 

So let’s say that the fenstrated walls are the domain of Space/Time, Light/Void.

You’re right in thinking about Witches. I mean we’ve seen a Witch of Space utilize fenestrated walls effectively to cross through the resets of a universe. I think the most likely candidates of any class would be… Well… This is a difficult question because basically I’d have to analyze the abilities of 48 classpects. The most likely candidates in general would be the manipulation and knowledge classes but I’m sure there are others. If you have any specific ideas then send one in whenever we burn through the rest of these 12 player session asks.

If you meant the metaphorical fourth wall, as in who realizes they’re a ‘character’… Well Heart/Mind, Void/Light of course. But the concept of being a ‘character’ can never truly exist within the Homestuck universe. Because it relies on the multiverse theory, there are infinite^infinity universes. An iteration of everybody is present in some space and time in every given universe, besides the infinite universes where they aren’t. In any given universe, a character is a character. In any other given universe, that same character is a living individual. In every universe, an individual is simultaneously a character and not a character, the concept of the culmination of their being transcending all of reality as Davepeta spoke about. Every iteration is valid and to add them all together is to realize a true individual. Only once all iterations are united can a soul be whole, for every iteration is the same soul realized infinitely within infinite times and spaces. Therefore the individual would realize the confines the walls of their stories provide - that they are a character - but only in this iteration, or that they and their journey are real but presented as a story told through a proxy individual - you - in this universe. 

Overall a very interesting question. It was fun to answer! Again if you have any ideas for classpect powers relating to the usage of FENESTRATED walls or even some more clear ideas on interactions between the metaphysical boundaries of our reality and GT powers, please do ask! It’s a much welcomed break.

- Prince 

[claspectorsonclaspect]

So far, i have a session of a Witch of Heart, a Mage of Void, and a Seer of Space. What would we need for a successful session, and how would these characters get along?

I see no reason for these classpects to not get along. Again it’s about the personality of the characters so these questions are always a little loose. Don’t worry about that bit, figure it out yourself.

As far as what you need goes, you need another player. I detest odd number player sessions it like the ugh the game has an even split right? Unless one person has 2 dreamselves (which none of these people would) then it’s just so awkward and unfinished. A session with 2 people - as said by Calliope - is unprecedented and potentially unplayable already. A session with 1 is… well we know what that’s like. A session with 3 is just weird. Get yourself to at least 4. 

Because you have a relatively competent Space player breeding should be fine, possibly assisted by the Mage. Two knowledge classes to work together with a councilor to keep everything running smoothly is great and if everybody is tight then this should be fine besides the GIVE ME AN EXTRA PLAYER PLEASE JEEZ. If I had to recommend another classpect I would probably say something Time related in case the Seer is a bit too passive in their duties and the Reckoning comes too quickly. Otherwise they could be whatever you want them to be I suppose. I just like the reassurance of a Time player. Someone motivational like a Hope or Life player to work with the Witch of Heart would be good choices too. 

- Prince

[claspectorsonclaspect]

Hi, first off, love the blog. you guys do good work. Second, can you do a analysis of Mage of Void. (powers and whatnot) and a song that fits mage of void. i would love if you did this, if not its all good.

 Analysis

Void is about nothingness, the unknown, and information being hidden. Roxy, being a Rogue of Void, was able to steal nothingness away from things to obtain them. The Mage is the active part of the two understanding classes and is all about understanding their aspect and understanding using their aspect as well as Experiencing™ their aspect. We can see the experience part through Sollux by how he experienced Doom by dying more than once. So the Mage of Void would experience Void by having a lot of information hidden from them, their stuff lost, and people would possibly lie to them a lot. When this Mage understands their aspect they would be a lot less oblivious and know when stuff is being hidden from them.

Powers

This Mage would need to understand their aspect more and more before really using their powers, so a fully realized Mage of Void would basically be able to do anything with nothingness with almost no restrictions. So their powers could involve things like taking things out of nothingness, put something into nothingness/add to nothingness, and much more.

Song

But It’s Better If You Do by Panic! At The Disco 

This is a pretty good example of a Mage of Void song on the side of experiencing void. The song and music video create an interesting story of sneaking around to a speak easy (the illegal strip club) and watching the performers strut their stuff until the main character’s wife (or at least girlfriend) appears there in a disguise to perform and finds out about her husband and storms off. Eventually they get arrested by the police which sucks and puts them into even more of a voidy situation with the absence of anything you’re used to when you get in jail.~ Maid of Hope

[claspectorsonclaspect]

Ask Box Closed For Christmas

Hey! Prince here. We have 22 drafts sitting in our folders which we’re chipping away at (some will hopefully get published within the next few days) but because it’s almost Christmas we’re going to close the ask box for let’s saaaaaaaaaay... a week? Date pending we’ll see how it goes.

Right now I’m working on @phantrashno453354 and @thelapislover‘s asks. Those should be out soonish. The other mods are also working on a few her and there.

Either way come back after the holiday!

[claspectorsonclaspect]

Hey there! Can you give me a song for a Seer of Space, please? You guys are always great for this sort of thing.

Bosozoku Symphonic by Area 11

This is a very long song so obviously not the whole thing works for this classpect but a part of this song that represents this classpect really well is the beginning. (sorry for not being able to find just the relevant movement on youtube!!) The ominous sounds reminds you of the eptiness of space and the chimes remind you of staring up at the night sky and watching the stars twinkle. This is more of a litteral representation of watching space than understanding it but it still works out very well. 

~ Maid of Hope

[claspectorsonclaspect]

Classpect analysis for a character who thinks they're a Seer of Doom, but is actually a Seer of Hope, so Seer of Hope with an overall analysis. They're a mute, who thinks their a Seer of Doom because they can't see much hope in their session because he's given up hope himself, and because their session BARELY succeeds, any ideas about how that personality could be somewhat accurate?

Hey there!

Sorry this one took so long to get to but hopefully you can understand because it’s an incredibly peculiar and unique ask. I’m not sure if the character in question knows they’re a Seer of Hope or not, but that’s relatively inconsequential in the big picture. What you’re describing is an aspect inversion. The Seer who would normally be optimistic about the outcome of the session, seeing all the good things that could happen, has become pessimistic and single-minded in their failure. Hope sees potential, leaving itself open to multiple paths. Rage does not, narrowing the paths of fate into a determined singularity from which they struggle to see external possibility, diverging paths, or positive emotion. While your confusion is understandable, and pessimism is definitely a factor of Doom, what you’re thinking of is definitely more a Rage outlook. 

From there this ask gets even more confusing I won’t lie. See what you’re doing is trying to establish clear cut lines between the aspects and then assign personality traits to them. And yes while there are certain traits people are predisposed to in relation to their aspect, it alters when you throw class into the mix, and even then classpect can only be used as a very rough and 2D outline of an individual’s personality. People have a much greater depth than the vague personality traits of classpect. I would love to be able to forecast some magnum opus character development for you but I really can’t. You ask if ‘that personality would be accurate’ and yet you’ve supplied no personality, indicative of the fact that you believe that I can divine something from the classpect. You’ve described it here yourself P much: they would go from being positive and open-minded to negative and close-minded with their heart set on a failure that doesn’t exist. Basically they’re just depressed and out of touch with themselves. That’s really all there is to it here. 

I’m sorry I can’t help you out here more but the scope of a character’s personality cannot be determined entirely by their classpect, and while some traits are intrinsic to certain titles, you’ve described an inversion of aspect which has been confused with Doom because we instantly expect something like Doom to be everything negative but really aspects are not so clear cut and overlap a lot more than that. Both Doom and Rage share aspects of negative emotion! 

Here is what we have as far as analyses go on a Seer of Hope: X

Hopefully this answer doesn’t disappoint you too much. If you have any other questions feel free to ask. If possible a greater specificity would help us greatly in the future!

- Prince 

[claspectorsonclaspect]

I've decided to come up with a session for a HS fic. Here are the Godtiers- Knight of Mind, Witch of Void, Heir of Time, Sylph of Heart, Rogue of Space, and a (stabilized) Prince of Light.

Knight of Mind: Protects logic, thoughts/memories, decision, possibilities, objectivity, external self, justice, and the mind.

Witch of Void: Manipulatesobfuscation, secrets, darkness, misfortune, and nothingness.

Heir of Time: Influences inevitability, destruction, the progression of events (AKA temporal shenaynays), and entropy. 

Sylph of Heart: Healsemotions, desires, inner self, love, internal strength, and the soul.

Rogue of Space: Steals creativity/creation, physics, matter, states of the physical, and vectors for the benefit of others or redistribution.

Prince of Light: Destroys fortune, luck, information, and light.

Roles: 

Leader: The Knight or the Witch for the information, offense, and defense they bring to the table. It’s always best when a leader can help in all categories. Otherwise, depending on the relationships between everybody, the Sylph could also be considered for the position.

Strategists: The Knight, Witch, and Prince make a really good combo here. The Prince of Light and Witch of Void pair really well as informational classes here, and because the Prince can destroy with the information the two of them bring to the table, the Knight can help plot the course of this destruction.

Welcoming Committee: The Sylph of Heart is fantastic for diplomacy. Everybody always feels at ease around them. The Rogue of Space is a great assassin. They would also be good ‘negotiators.’ A good tactic could be replacing blood oxygen with carbon monoxide, destroying the enemy’s hemoglobin bonds and suffocating them from the inside. This would be a good torture method for any nasty Derse agents who don’t want to cooperate. And of course they can just replace the blood with the good stuff once they cave. Perfect.

Cavalry: Everybody here besides the Sylph of Heart (who will do almost nothing combat-wise with abilities besides niche scenarios perhaps) is fantastic offensively. The Rogue of Space has no outright offensive abilities but they can do incredible damage. My favourite example is replacing organs with knives. The Heir of Time has some good clockwork majyyks going on. Knights are always strong offense and I’m really partial to Mind being one of the best aspects so this is one cool cat they’ll tear it up (but I won’t lie their powers are a bit ambiguous so I’ll leave that to you unless we want to ramble hard). Witches are also always really strong offensively and this is no different. The Witch of Void essentially does everything Grimdark!Rose did and more, but stronger. Open up a portal to the Furthest Ring and have a bunch of Horroterror tentacles come out and destroy your enemies. Thorny vines raining from the sky. The Prince of Light man. My dude. So strong. Princes man. We’re just so strong somebody stop us. Blind enemies with light and then incinerate them. Don’t wanna fuck with them TBQH. 

Defenders: Just as they are good at hitting things, Knights are good at protecting things, so the Knight of Mind is here too. Someone who defends with logic and possibility is actually really strong because often you’ll just end up preventing the problem happening in the first place, much like a Knight of Time, but this is proactive not retroactive and requires less shenanigans. The Witch can probably protect her team with nothingness pretty well. The Rogue of Space’s ability to trade places and relocate things is V good defense. Someone’s stabbing your friend. Swap your friend with their friend and now your friend is safe and they’re stabbing their own friend. Boom. 2 birds one fucking stone. 

Cheerleaders: The Sylph of Heart can cheer their team on from the sidelines. Otherwise they’re fighting with their weapons, not their abilities. If anyone is upsetti just have some… Sylph of… Heart. They can make you feel better about things and they can diffuse any romantic tension related issues as well V helpful. 

Councillors: The Knight of Mind can help people rationalize situations, and paired with the Sylph, the pair can help people logically analyze their emotions and how they interact with the options open to them.

Supports: The Rogue of Space is one of my favourite supports of all the god tiers because not only are they very strong themselves as a jack of all trades, but the ways in which they can buff and debuff allies and enemies respectively simultaneously is insane. My favourite example is the Black King fight. Give your team the size, speed - and thus kinetic force - of the meteors. Unstoppable. 

Combos:

The Rogue and the Witch could work together to help each other understand each other’s aspect (everything vs nothing). Another good combo would be the Knight of Mind and the Sylph of Heart. By working together and observing each other’s tactics they could learn more about their own aspect since Mind and Heart are two sides of the same coin. The last I see here is the Prince and the Witch for much the same reason as the Knight and Sylph, and their powers are V synergistic, the Prince creating more Void for the Witch to work with.

Overall:

A strong session. The Witch Prince and Heir are the main concerns if someone goes off the rails, the Witch and Prince far more likely to than the Heir, as the Witch and Prince both dabble heavily in Void which we know can have some not very good results. However the Sylph is here and they could probably help cure grimdarkness or keep people grounded before anybody loses hope. The stability of the Prince doesn’t need to be specified because the difference is the Prince has the potential to be volatile but it isn’t a requisite. Just make sure nothing bad happens to them and they’ll be fine. As long as the potential of volatility isn’t realized then nothing can go wrong really. You have the cardinals and the Heir is probably one of the best to help with breeding duties, especially if the session is pressed for Time. There’s enough support and offense to protect the team and beat the King too. 

Chance Of Success: 90%

- Prince

[claspectorsonclaspect]

How would an Heir of Rage and a Rogue of Heart get along in the session? Most of my friends are still trying to find out their God Tiers, so those are the only 2 we have at the moment.

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay…

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

Keep in mind that while there are certain traits intrinsic or predisposed to certain classpects that the personality of an individual is much deeper and broader than I could ever summarize with the vague impression given by classpect. Because I don’t know these people and cannot see the situations that would arise and affect them I cannot actually answer this with even less statistical certainty than I’m allowed to say I have on an exam when I literally have solid figures and trends in front of me. Take what is said with a grain of salt and do not let my reading put you off. The reality is ascension will not change a person all that much. If the two people in question get along fine then the only thing that will change that is what happens within the session, not their titles. But anyway:

The Rogue of Heart is someone who we’ve seen in canon already. A fun-loving person in touch with emotions, adept at relationships, one for matchmaking etc. etc. The Heir of Rage would be rather defiant and upstarty, prone to irritability and one track mind issues. They would be stubborn and determined to do things their way or the high way. They would also be quite skeptical. 

A Heart player on the surface matches everybody else. Obviously this changes with each person but on paper their understanding of emotions and thus their ability to listen, empathize/sympathize, and comfort people are all social merits. Someone who can hear out the Heir, talk with them about their feelings, and help soothe them - maybe even opening them up to the idea of possibility - will probably be really good at helping the Heir realize their potential and accept their classpect healthily as well as make them a generally more content person. The Heir could otherwise take issue with the Rogue, feeling that they do what they do as a sort of act. That their caring and emotional intuition is all a big facade they’re using to deceive and manipulate others into liking them. But because you already mentioned that everyone in this session is friendly there’s no reason for it to be the latter unless something happens in the session that causes the Heir to overembrace their more Ragey side and begin mistrusting the Rogue. 

From the beginning this pairing sounded like smooth sailing and it probably still is.

- Prince

[claspectorsonclaspect]

Have you done an analysis on Seer of Space? I'm kinda getting started on that and I like your blog, so

Here is what we have on the SOS currently. If these are missing something or you’re unsatisfied by them, come back and ask again. 

[claspectorsonclaspect]

Sorry if this is a bit long, but could you look over a session of mine for a potential fan adventure? It has an Heir of Time, a Prince of Blood, a Seer of Life, a Witch of Hope, a Maid of Breath, a Knight of Mind, a Rogue of Space, a Sylph of Doom, a Mage of Heart, a Thief of Rage, a Page of Void, and a Bard of Light. I've gone over it a few times and it seems very promising, but I need an expert on session analysis. Every other classpect blog is seemingly dead, and I'm no expert myself at this.

No need to apologize. I’m doing a fanventure ATM too and I understand a full 12 can be a handful. More than happy to help! Thanks for making the first ask I tackle a real challenge! Long questions warrant long answers tho, so buckle in boiz. 

Heir of Time: Influences inevitability, destruction, the progression of events (AKA temporal shenaynays), and entropy.

Prince of Blood: Destroys unity, bonds (meta/physical), relationships, loyalty, responsibility, and blood. 

Seer of Life: Guides with insight and knowledge of energy/vitality, health, optimism, and overcoming obstacles/systems/rules.

Witch of Hope: Manipulates faith, determination, belief, positivity, receptivity, and the white majyyks.  

Maid of Breath: Creates freedom, independence, direction, motivation, and wind. 

Knight of Mind: Protects logic, thoughts/memories, decision, possibilities, objectivity, external self, justice, and the mind. 

Rogue of Space: Steals creativity/creation, physics, matter, states of the physical, and vectors for the benefit of others or redistribution. 

Sylph of Doom: Heals systems, restraints/rules, sacrifice, pessimism, decay, and death.

Mage of Heart: Acts upon knowledge of emotions, desires, inner self, love, internal strength, and the soul. 

Thief of Rage: Steals negativity, anger, fear, subjugation, and resistance to change/limitations/closed-minded faith. 

Page of Void: Empowers with obfuscation, secrets, darkness, misfortune, and nothingness. 

Bard of Light: Invites destruction with fortune, luck, information, and light.  

Roles - 

Leader: Honestly we’ve got quite a few contenders but I think the Maid of Breath dominates this position in the end. Their ability to provide their team with motivation and direction is fantastic, moving her team at breakneck speed to their goal (with some detours along the way). The Knight of Mind is a close second. 

Strategists: The Knight of Mind has the strongest tactical advantage of all present classpects. The Heir of Time for their knowledge and ability to influence events, as well as the Seer of Life who can guide her team down the healthiest path which may or may not happen to bypass some nasty challenges and SBURBan systems are also shoe-ins. This trio is incredibly potent. The Sylph would probably work closely with these 3. 

Welcoming committee: This is the category for the diplomats. The ambassadors. The silent assassins. The Witch of Hope is great with diplomacy and also destroying you, inspiring trust or blowing you apart with Hope power. The Mage of Heart is a great people person and probably decent offensively, and the Thief of Rage can pacify anyone as well as become the Hulk and tear you in half. The Rogue of Space could also be a really good assassin, replacing the organs in your body with knives, meaning when you are alive in the moment before you die, you get a surprise (the knives). 

Cavalry: PRINCE. OF. BLOOD. Princes are always the glass canon offensive powerhouses but boy this is some shit right here. Create insurrection and infighting among the enemy, immobilize foes, amplify the unity and strength of the team. Red Miles. Need I say more? The realized Page will crush with Grimdarkness and unexist you. The Thief pacifies enemies and then squashes them like bugs with the strength and ferocity they gain in the process. The Sylph of Doom can also seriously damage enemy forces. 

Defenders: The Heir of Time is a really strong Time player to have because their instinctive manipulation of time and their ability to literally become… time? (what does this mean? Can they literally rearrange events?) ensures the safety of the session and teammates. Loops on lock. The Knight of Mind, obviously. The Page of Void’s obfuscation and intangibility are invaluable, but their path to realization will be one of the longest of all Page classpects. The Rogue of Space can swap the positions of allies and enemies in sticky situations for a defensive and offensive move. The Bard of Light will make sure reality favours their team in any situation, let alone a fight where the enemies will find the luck they have turning against them. Witch of Hope too, because damn that barrier stopped a fucking God Tier Grimbark First Guardian literally chill pLEASE. SKAIA NERF. 

Cheerleaders: The special supports that are just really good at motivating. Not every team comp has one but this has 2 fantastic ones. The Witch demoralizes the enemy while boosting the determination and belief of her teammates, while the Mage is there to help people navigate the minefield of teen emotion. A fantastic combo. Lots of positivity here. 

Councillors: Growing up is hard. It’s hard and nobody understands. The Mage and Seer pair to form a combination which examines feelings, desires, and the freedom of expression, and determines the best way to healthily realize these. Honestly fantastic for the team. The Thief is also fantastic at pacifying teammates. Of course, this simultaneously increases their power levels big time. Win win. 

Supports: ROGUE. OF. SPACE. They are undoubtedly one of the absolute best support classpects of all 144. Turn the Black King into an ant and their team into giants. Give the velocity and destructive force of the meteor to their offensive members and they become unstoppable. The applications here are insane and endless situationally. For the same reasons aforementioned the Heir fits here too. The Seer of Life possibly has some healing capabilities, as does the Sylph (although how I cannot say without thinking up some examples which I’m sure you will do as part of your fanventure) who can also debuff and restrict the enemy. The Witch of Hope can give her team fantastic boosts in battle. The Maid of Breath has good offensive power in creating hurricanes but she can also motivate and free her team from enemy clutches. The Bard will be a serious debuff to the enemy and catalyze the strength provided their team by luck and fortune.  

Combos - 

The Prince and the Thief would work wonders on the Battlefield. Prince turns enemies against themselves and unifies their team. The Thief steals the insane amount of rage created in the enemies and stomps while the Prince cleans up the spares. The Page, Heir, and Rogue would be an absolutely amazing trio, taking full control of timing, positioning, and surprise attacks to control the tide of battle as guided by the strategists. Knights and Seers pair incredibly well and this is absolutely no exception. In fact it’s an exemplary display. Both aspects deal heavily in grabbing your existence by the balls and exacting your will, influencing the path of reality via possibility and desire. The Bard and the Page work in some pretty similar wheelhouses so they would pair fantastically, helping influence the growth of each other’s potential. The darkness and misfortune is palpable here folks. They bounce off one another to amplify each other’s effects in combat too. The Seer and the Sylph could definitely learn and complement one another, as well as work together to find the best system to instate for ease of victory. The Maid and Witch also complement nicely. When paired with the strategists you have the perfect positive destination and 5 Step Plan For Healthy Realization and the means to get everyone there at mach 9.6 speed. The Maid is the perfect counter to the Prince, and so they create perfect harmony, both as creative forces for the team - unifying while still being individual, setting sights on a goal and getting there with serious responsibility and minimal distraction - and destructive forces for the enemies. If the Prince destroys the Blood of his team they will end up achieving very similar things which will be unhealthy. They need this balance badly. The Mage and the Prince will be good for talking things out and the Mage can heal the collateral damage done to relationships the Prince may cause. The Heir and Knight will be great in combat but also for coordinating time loops and crash testing some temporal shenanigans/alteration of causality together. The Rogue and the Thief are really good at making enemies harmless together. The Thief and the Witch are perf. Thief takes Rage, leaving Hope, which the Witch is free to manipulate. They take everything the enemy has in terms of faith and conviction and turns it against them big time with raw power. The Thief and the Mage are also a great combo, the Mage identifying harmful negative emotions and the Thief helping the Mage take them out. You have a very synergistic session here. 

Overall - 

So. I think this session has literally every chance of succeeding without a hitch, on paper. The cardinal aspects… If the Heir of Time goes bad then there is absolutely nothing that can be done. The Rogue will probably be pretty okay. As always as long as they’re supported everything is fine, but the classes here are strong in that they naturally have not too many issues. The Heir is very instinctive and will be incredibly valuable from P much the get-go. Because of the fantastic Cheerleading and Counselling squads going on here, as long as they themselves are healthy and realize at a decent pace your session is a virtually guaranteed win. If something goes wrong with them however, watch out for the: Bard, Page, Thief, Sylph, Rogue, Witch, Prince, Heir. While your lineup and synergy is great, it’s also a very volatile session (although this isn’t necessarily uncommon). As long as these key players (NOTE: everyone, basically), or at least the CC squads as insurance and/or the offense as ‘insurance’ are good, everything is good. I’m most worried for the Prince, Thief, Bard, and Sylph. The former 3 are typical culprits, but the Sylph could really spell Doom for their team if they get too strong and then get too out of it. 

This team has incredible potential to go amazing or awful, it depends on the people. Nothing new, and nothing that can’t be handled by good communication, support, and also the super powers of some really handy dandy GTs here. The archetypical traits of these classpects seem like they mesh pretty well too. There are definitely some people that could pair off here to help each other maximize and grow well. 

Overall, this team passes with flying colours.

Come back if you have any more inquiries as to the nature of the session or the team members. 

Likelihood Of Success: 96% (as long as everyone cooperates and is on good terms otherwise let’s bring that right the fuck down to like… 30% with a 30% margin of error either way depending on who goes off the deep end ROFLMFAO pray)

- Prince

[claspectorsonclaspect]

It’s Alive!!

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been a whole YEAR since we last had the box open! In that time Homestuck’s ended, we were sexted by a leprechaun, and many of our favorite characters have turned 21! (Happy birthday today Striders!) 

But now to business. Our ask box was filled to the brim with requests from more than a year ago, so we all decided to clean it out and start fresh. If you had a request waiting, feel free to send it in again after reading our new guidelines! 

Oh, and one more thing! Since it’s been so long, many of our old mods have retired. So if we’re going to make this blog run again we need YOUR help! You can apply to be a mod by following THIS LINK. 

We look forward to working with you and helping you all out!

-Mage of Time

[claspectorsonclaspect]

heya! my friends and i are making a session and, to be honest, i feel kind of pessimistic about it XD. well, i wanted to know how would a session go with a seer of doom, maid of blood, knight of hearts, mage of rage, prince of space and a thief of time?. i love your blog btw. glad you're alive :P

Seer of Doom: Guides using knowledge of endings, death, and destruction gained through study

Maid of Blood: Protects with and fixes bonds, relationships, and being rooted down

Knight of Heart: Exploits individuality, identity, and souls to protect others

Mage of Rage: Acts upon knowledge of strong emotions, passion, and instinct gained through experience

Prince of Space: Destroys creativity, space, and the relative size and distance of things

Thief of Time: Steals time, inevitability, and temporal shenanigans for their own benefit

Combos:

Putting the Seer and Mage together would help them both study up on their aspects and work as a team. 

Another good combo would be the Prince and the Knight, not just because Knights have canonically helped out the space player, but also because the Knight of Heart’s individuality and emotional skills can help keep the Prince’s destruction in check. 

Pairing the Maid of Blood with anyone will absolutely create a strong pair due to the nature of the Blood aspect, just make sure they don’t end up stuck in a bubble and still work with the whole team. 

Overall:

No obvious red flags here, just be aware that the Knight of Heart will make it so your session has less individuality, love, and/or soul. What exactly that translates into is up to you, but keep it in mind! 

Having a destroyer class for your Space player isn’t instantly condemning you, don’t forget that Princes also USE their aspect to destroy other things. Maybe their wild creativity lets them bust down anything in their path? Just make sure they don’t go overboard and break things they shouldn’t. Space is ESSENTIAL to a successful session!!

As long as everyone is on good terms with their teammates there’s no reason to worry! Just don’t let the Prince or Thief lose sight of the end goal. 

-Mage of Time

[claspectorsonclaspect]

My session is a little unorthodox but my group and I have figured out a workaround for the lack of certain players, but I would like to ask you opinion on a session with a Mage of Void, Thief of Void, Knight of Void, Thief of Rage, Sylph of Heart, and Sylph of Hope, with the Mage acting as a stand in for the Space and Time players and with these existing relationships: Mage <> Sylph of Heart, Mage <3 Thief of Rage, Knight <3 Sylph of Heart, and Sylph of Heart <3 Thief of Void. Sorry about length

Mage of Void: Acts upon knowledge of secrecy, darkness, and the lack of things gained through personal experience

Thief of Void: Steals secrecy, darkness, and the lack of things for personal benefit 

Knight of Void: Exploits secrecy, darkness, and the lack of things to protect others

Thief of Rage: Steals strong emotions, passion, and instinct for personal benefit 

Sylph of Heart: Brings healing with or of individuality, identity, and souls

Sylph of Hope: Brings healing with or of hope, willpower, and belief 

Combos:

Grouping by aspect is always a good idea as they can help and feed off of each other with their abilities, and pairing the Hope and Rage players together would be great due to their opposite aspects. Whenever the Thief steals Rage away from something, more Hope becomes available for the Sylph to use. Just make sure the Thief of Void doesn’t take ALL of the void for themselves. The Mage and Knight need something to work with. 

The fact that the Sylph of Heart and the Mage of Void are moirails is awesome as well, since the Mage is going to need a lot of reassurance working with their powers. The path of the Mage is a rough one, and having the entire session resting on their ability will be hard without their moirail’s support. Make sure they stick together! 

Overall:

You weren’t kidding when you said unorthodox! I’m glad you have someone filling the role of the Time and Space players, but try not to let them shoulder all of the responsibility! Those two aspects can be demanding, so all of your void players working together to fill those roles would probably be best. Don’t forget that the Thief of Void will probably be able to conjure frogs and Time equipment too if they felt it benefited them!

With the Time and Space things out of the way, you’ve got doubles in Void and Sylphs, so depending on your headcanons there’s either going to be a lot of Void issues and healing necessity, or only one will live. If you’re set on the second option, make sure your Knight sticks around because the lack of Void they imposed on the session is utilized best by the Knight themself. As for the sylphs... it’s harder to say. Keeping the heart player will help the emotional problems from losing Void friends, while keeping the Hope player alive will help the session move forwards and complete the game. It’s your choice, but if you don’t want to kill your friends/ocs or don’t subscribe to that headcanon then feel free ignore those last few sentences! 

Now onto the matter of your Knight. Having a Knight of Void means that there’s going to be less Void available in your session. Whether that means the session is brighter, there are less secrets, or horrorterror’s aren’t around is up to you, but there WILL be less void for your other two void players to work with. Knights are made to work with whatever they have, but the Thief might find themselves hoarding whatever they can get, which isn’t going to be great for the Mage. Try to keep your Void in balance and maybe have the Knight teach the others how to make the most of few resources. 

Phew, that got long! I’m pretty sure I’ve covered all my bases, so all in all you’re pretty prepared. You’re aware of the Space/Time problem and have a plan for fixing it, and your players are romantically stable. There are going to be problems, but what session is perfect? Good Luck in the medium!

-Mage of Time

[claspectorsonclaspect]

Have you done a Godtier analysis on Mage of Light? If yes, could I please have a link to it?

We have some Mage of Light information here, and here! 

-Mage of Time

[claspectorsonclaspect]

Sorry, I'd check the guidelines but phones. So umm... are you guys still doing songs or nah?

We are still doing song suggestions, but we’ve officially cut it down to one song per title so that we can give you answers quickly.

Also, thank you for mentioning the phone thing, I’ll work on making a /links page for mobile users!

-Mage of Time

[claspectorsonclaspect]

Hi! How would a session go with a Sylph of Breath, Maid of Space, Thief of Hope, two Bards of Light (one being the younger brother of the Sylph), and a Prince of Rage? Thank you so much!

First new ask! Have a cookie and an analysis!

Sylph of Breath:  Brings healing with or offreedom, wind, and constant motion  

Maid of Space: Protects with and fixesspace and the relative size and distance of things

Thief of Hope: Steals hope, willpower, and belief for their own benefit    

Bard of Light (x2): Invites destruction through and of illumination, knowledge, and luck

Prince of Rage: Destroys using strong emotions, passion, and anger or destroys strong emotions, passion, and anger

Combos:

The two bards can work together to help each other figure out their abilities, and the brother/sister combo of Sylph and Bard could make a good team! The bard causing confusion and hurting enemies with bright lights and making them forget attack plans, the Sylph healing their brother and keeping them on the move away from enemies. 

The Thief of Hope and Prince of Rage would also be a good combo in moderation. As the Prince crushes Rage to allow in more Hope, the Thief can steal that Hope to power their own abilities. 

Overall:

First up, having doubles has never been seen in comic, so we don’t know what exactly would happen. However, since we know sburb needs a variety of titles we can assume doubles aren’t going to be treated nicely. The game might throw some extra challenges the bards’ way to see which one comes out victorious. Make sure they’ve got help if you want them both to survive!

Secondly, your session doesn’t have a time player, so there won’t be any timeline shenanigans or scratch constructs in your session. Your session will be a lot more linear than most, but there won’t be any going back to fix things! If someone perma-dies there’s no alternate timeline where they’re saved. This and the fact that you have THREE destroyer classes means that you’ll have to be incredibly careful here. Make sure the Thief doesn’t drain hope from any of their teammates, because if anyone gives up on the session, it WILL NOT succeed. The bards and prince could go on a rampage, and the sylph and maid could invert to their destructive counterparts. 

You have a long and rough journey ahead of you with little chance of success, but if you get through the game perfectly then you’ll all probably live. 

-Mage of Time

[claspectorsonclaspect]

It’s Alive!!

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been a whole YEAR since we last had the box open! In that time Homestuck’s ended, we were sexted by a leprechaun, and many of our favorite characters have turned 21! (Happy birthday today Striders!) 

But now to business. Our ask box was filled to the brim with requests from more than a year ago, so we all decided to clean it out and start fresh. If you had a request waiting, feel free to send it in again after reading our new guidelines! 

Oh, and one more thing! Since it’s been so long, many of our old mods have retired. So if we’re going to make this blog run again we need YOUR help! You can apply to be a mod by following THIS LINK. 

We look forward to working with you and helping you all out!

-Mage of Time