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Hi Dahni,
was just deliberating over interaction of opposites in Classpect and, if I had any insight, was hoping to help get your gears turning on this for your readers.
LIGHT/VOID in RELOCATION/APPLICATION: Let’s suppose your LIGHT is something you can see (or rather, something that is bringing attention?), such as your hand. If you RELOCATE your hand in front of an object so that you can longer see it, you are APPLYING obfuscation. BUT, if you RELOCATE the hidden object away from the hand, you are performing … WHATEVER’S NOT OBFUSCATION. Moved LIGHT to do VOID, moved VOID to do LIGHT.
TIME/SPACE in CREATION/DESTRUCTION: I work on a production line and it hit me when my supervisor stupidly told me to ‘MAKE TIME’ to fix a problem I was having. I knew the only way to do that was to STOP the MACHINE–i.e. DESTROY SPACE. (It is a poetic image that SPACE is what provides TIME the mechanisms to run)
BLOOD/BREATH in UNDERSTANDING/MANIPULATION: When trying to understand Class, I go for the simplest analogies possible. For BLOOD I like to use a literal chain (of links). As a SEER of BLOOD (hypothetically), I KNOW just how many links are in my chain–and this enables me to CHANGE the number of links to effect a particular desired DISTANCE. Knowing BLOOD let me change BREATH. As a WITCH of BREATH, who would disregard the chain and focus on what is attached, … well, see, that’s about the extent of my noggin’s puddin’. If I’m on the right track let me know
Dahni: Yup! those are some pretty great physical/practical examples of the dualities of the functions, very nice!
for Relocation/Application as well, I always like to gives the examples of the interaction for how Movement is Necessary for Functional Interaction
You Relocate a Key Sideways to Unlock a Lock, but that can be harder to see in practical Actual Class terms
but I like your example, cuz it’s a bit clearer what class is doing what and how they interact in their subroles, it’s easier to break it down into clear example classpect roles
You Relocate a Hand/Visible Object in order to Block the Light/Apply Void
you intend to move your visible object or take the light/relocate it inwards like absorption, and the ends result is the application of Void unto the situation. Thief/Rogue of Light with the Page/Knight of Void subrole, easy!
You Block the Light/Apply Void, by Moving your Visible Object/Hand.
You intended to apply Void in the situation, and the end result is your visible object moved into place to block the light. Page/Knight of Void with the result Rogue/Thief of Light like action
as well as Relocating the Hidden Object Into View, and as a result you have Revealed the Object/Applied Light
you intend to relocate Void, with the end result that you have applied light. Rogue/Thief of Void with result Page/Knight of Light subrole
and simply Revealing an Object/Applying Light, and as a result, the Hidden Object Moves into View
you intended to apply Light, and as a result the Void Relocated itself/the Hidden object moved. Page/Knight of Light with result of Rogue/Thief of Void
(Revelation would be a good opposing word substitute for Obsfucation no?)
as for your Witch of Breath/Seer of Blood idea
the Seer of Blood Understands a Connection, how it grows, how it shrinks, it’s current length, it’s current makeup. This knowledge allows them to Change the Distance between two people, if they know what it is that makes them close, they can use this knowledge to bring them closer or push them further away. Manipulation Breath subrole
A Witch of Breath can change the Distance between two people, making them closer or more distant. Every detail they change in order to change the distance between two people, gives them a better understanding of the nature of that connection. Bringer them closer together gives you the understanding that they are close/and in what way they are close.
Information Blood subrole
it’s sounds redundant yes, but that’s exactly the idea of why things are connected like that, it’s redundant because you are always doing the exact opposite things when you think you are only doing one end of it
by Creating Time, You’ve Destroyed Space! By Destroying Space, you’ve Created Time!
By Relocating Light, You’ve Applied Darkness! By Applying Darkness, you’ve Relocated Light!
By Manipulating Breath, You’ve Understood Blood! By Understanding Blood, You’ve Manipulated Breath!
but yes good practical examples all around!