The Ultimate Classpecting Guide
Have you ever found yourself lost trying to figure out your (or another entity’s) Classpect? Do you wonder what's the way to get the most accurate results? Or where to start? Are you just absolutely baffled by Andrew Hussie’s Hyperflexible Mythology Personality Based Superpower System? Well here are my thoughts as a Homestuck lore aficionado and analyst, on which steps you could follow to figure out your Classpect.
Aspects are in general more clear-cut and have much more information on them, they’re the building block of the two-part title, and Classes expand on them later. So here are some of the best ways to figure out your Aspect:
1) Reading about them and deciding yourself.
-Head to this page in the official Extended Zodiac and read the Canonical™ descriptions of the Aspects. This seems to be the most accurate method since no personality test knows you better than you know yourself. Even if this doesn’t help you decide, it at least helps you limits the number of possible Aspects that apply to you. If you read, say, the description of Doom and think to yourself “oh this isn’t me at all”, you’ve already made a step forward.
-If you don’t want to read long-ish paragraphs explaining Aspects, look at this image of condensed keywords and themes. This will most likely help you hone in on 3-4 most possible Aspects, so you can think and read about them later. Remember that Aspects work both literally and metaphorically, and sometimes they can have odd manifestations. Space might be literal Space or creation, but it can also have manifestations such as fashion and art. This is the same for all Aspects.
-Look around what various analysts and fans have to say about them. For example, @homestuckexamination, who has a very good understanding of the themes and symbolism of the comic in general.
2) Taking some tests and quizzes.
-Take a look at my “Extended Aspect Test”. It’s based on the official Aspect test, its questions and its scoring system, but it has been expanded, simplified and tweaked, giving far more accurate results the original. If you feel like your result doesn’t fit perfectly, you will have at least gotten closer in the right position on the Aspect Circle. (Aspects that are right next to each other are meant to be similar, so if you got Void but you feel like it’s not exactly right, maybe consider Aspects like Space and Doom, or even its opposite, Light).
-If you don’t want to take my 32-question-long aspect test, take the original official one. But be warned that because of its small length it is known to give kind of inaccurate results.
3) Ask Classpecting blogs!
Some blogs, like mine and many more, are happy to help explain the Classpect system and even help individuals figure themselves out. Don’t be afraid to send an ask if you have trouble understanding parts of it!
4) Combine all these methods.
If you chose two or three aspects that you know fit you best after reading about it, perhaps taking one of the quizzes will help you clear things out. If you are battling yourself choosing between two aspects, you can send me or other Classpecting blogs asks to help you understand the difference between the two etc.
After you’ve figured out your Aspect, it’s time for you to understand how you interact with it and how it helps you interact with the world, since that’s what a Class is. The methods here are pretty much the same, but with the extra mental task of keeping your Aspect in mind.
1) Reading about them and deciding yourself.
-There are, unfortunately, no official descriptions for Classes, but a good place to start is reading my summary of the Archetype Pairs (Doesn’t include Master Classes), reading homestuckexamination’s analysis of the Classes, or even watching OptimisticDuelist’s videos on the inspiration and symbolism behind them (really meta stuff!). Remember to think about them in relation with your Aspect. Classes function like verbs that define how you interact with your Aspect. A Prince’s verb is “Destroy”, therefore a Prince is someone who “Destroys their Aspect, or Destroys with/through their Aspect”.
2) Taking some tests and quizzes.
-The best and perhaps the only class quiz I’ve ran into so far is homestuckexamination’s class quiz. It’s pretty darn long but it is the most accurate one out there.
And 3) and 4) Combine methods and ask around, like we already established!
(And here’s the entirety of my Simple Classpect Analysis file put together)
vaporwave
theartofmadeline
yousharknotpass
izzy806
blakekathryn
jbbartram-illu
turnnoffyourmind
germansingergirl
areudirty
jacobvanloon
