In relation to Sburbcraft there's an old out-of-date version and a completed version that takes advantage of Command Blocks and stuff. It's really fun. :D
Hey there, Alex here!
I'll definitely check it out sometime on my own, but as for the group, right now Paul and Biggs have something ~secret~ (literally secret, I don't even know what it is) set up for us in Minecraft, so we'll see what happens after that!
Your take on the flip side of things? (Lord of Space to go w/ that Muse of Time analysis?)
I don’t really truck with Inversion Theory(if you’re interested in seeing my argument against it this page has links to the major posts), but yeah, I can do a Lord of Space :)
Here is my general idea on what Master-Classes are about and, while I’ve changed my thinking on some of it(Caliborn seems to have gotten an alchemiter, for instance) I think it still holds up pretty well as a general explanation. A Muse would be one who inspires their Aspect, works through their Aspect, subtly influences and inspires others through their Aspect, and encourages the perpetuation and “Agency” of their Aspect through those Agents. A Lord, in contra-verse, would be one who controls their Aspect, who works upon their Aspect and with its benefit(whether it be “working” upon others with their Aspect or “working” upon Reality generally), who directly and openly controls others through their Aspect, and takes the “Agency” of their Aspect, bending it to their will, empowering their Agents with it, and would perhaps also possess the ability to kill it utterly(as Caliborn “kills” Death through his Double-Death Breath).
A Lord of Space would embody Space as Caliborn does Inevitability and Time. Matter, all facets of and interactions between Matter, the “medium” of Space itself however you want to conceive of that, would be a part of their Being and would mold itself to their desires. Space would naturally bend to their will and benefit, and not just the obvious facets of it like Matter but the less obvious ones too. Space is associated with Nurturing, Relationships and Rationality; all of these would fall in-line with and point towards the Lord’s will, moving others with them, much as Aranea and Vriska’s recent Choices(a facet of Time via timelines) have seemed to be in keeping with Caliborn’s desires(so even without knowing the Lord of Space’s will, people might find the things a Lord of Space wants them to be sensible, or they may be pressured into doing it through their relationships with others and the necessities of their personal growth). Space, however, doesn’t include Inevitability(save in the causal, Physics-based sense) so there would likely be room for people to deny, thwart, or avoid a Lord of Space’s will through conscious choice if they were aware of it. Doing so could be a bit inadvisable though; think Final Destination.
A Lord of Space would form contracts with others granting them all manners of “Spacey” powers and importance, likely using “Growth” or Relationships as a trigger/reward in much the way Caliborn and his primary agent, Doc Scratch, use Death, but this can take very obscure forms. Consider Snowman; her deal seems very “Spacey” in that she is tied to the life-span of her Universe(and she also exhibits Space-powers and their associated green power-color), but this is a Time contract in that it is moderated by Death and an agreement regarding the lifetime of both. So for instance, a Lord of Space might make a deal halting Growth(aging) until an agent finds someone who is their True Friend, or loves them, or agrees to “free” them by taking the burden of their contract from them. Ostensibly this would be a contract preventing death and halting personal time, but in its specifics it would be a contract of Space. Similarly, these contracts would pass from one agent to another through some Spacey element, as Caliborn’s do through killing.
A Lord of Space would probably share some of the interests of the other Space-Heroes we have seen in much the same way that Caliborn shares his interests in sequential art(his comic), the composition of music(this), and dead things(Calliope) with other Time-Heroes. This means a Lord of Space may be interested in things dealing with the growth of plants(botany, gardening, genetically engineering fruit to have faces), Science generally, gender, fashion, drawing(Both Maryams would need to be good draughtswomen to design their clothes, and so would Jade to pursue the scientific and engineering interests she has), animals, reproduction and the “foundational” elements of music like basses, background vocals, and perhaps percussion. Space touches on plenty of stuff however, so this isn’t an exhaustive list of possible interests by any means.
As with Muses, it’s difficult to say much about what the personality of a Lord of Space would be since we only have one example. Working from Caliborn, however, Lords don’t seem to face the problems most Heroes of their Aspect do. He does have to endure as all Time-Players are asked to, but where they struggle with their emotions and questions of who they are Caliborn actively rejects such considerations. Of course, this could just be Caliborn being Caliborn; it’s easy to fall into the trap of treating Aspect and Class Expression as determinative of personality rather than something modified by it. If Lords do tend to “skip” the emotional challenges common to their Aspect then, while a Lord of Space would still need to go through a series of transformations moderated by death as other Space-Heroes do, they probably would not struggle with emotional honesty and self-doubt the way other Space-Players have.
Most Time-Heroes, in one way or another, revel in destruction, and Caliborn is the most extreme form of that; throughtless destruction is his primary reaction to everything. Most Space-Players revel in encouragement and nurturing, sometimes to their detriment(as with Jade’s difficulty in telling people hard and sad things, or providing open criticism when appropriate, and Kanaya’s enabling of Rose’s drinking habit and submission to her own), and a Lord of Space(following Caliborn’s model) would likely take this to extremes. They might be someone who is too encouraging, and a bit smothering, maybe even egotistical, in their attempts to nurture others.
I don’t like to think any one Class is either all Good or all Bad, but given the extreme natures of Muses and Lords, our paucity of examples, and their unique place in the Story, it’s a bit difficult to see how they could go either way. Muse just seems like a very Nurturing Class, and Lord one geared for Domination. A “Bad” Lord of Space would probably be something like Aranea or a Galadriel who chose to take The Ring; someone who sees and presents their intentions as good and selfless, their works as beneficent, but who truly acts from egotism and truly brings sorrow, tyranny, and pain to the world. A “Good” one would likely be very cognizant of how their desires can impact reality and work hard to be as ethical, disciplined, and objective as possible. A “Good” Lord of Space might be a patron of Rationality, giving others the “gift” of science and problem-solving as a way to promote their positive self-directed growth. A “Bad” Lord of Space would think they know what’s best for everyone.
*Okay so technically 32 was something called "Teacher's Pet," which I googled and didn't recognize at all. But since 33 has already been done, it didn't feel like cheating to just move to the other adjacent number. And okay so technically I haven't seen this movie either, but I MEANT to, and also I simply can't imagine a world where I'd get an excuse to draw KH kids as calves and just be like "nahh."
PS, I redact my previous statement about failing at animals because idk man, I freehanded these and I'm weirdly proud of them.
candiedtyphoon replied to your post: there’s hunger games trilogy spoilers ...
The ones I’ll never get over is how the 3rd book took this really realistic spiral and blindsided Katniss and the reader with SUDDEN WARZONE SQUAD DEATHS.
I was prepared for the deaths in the third book. I was emotionally equipped to handle them. I already knew most of them, and I went into that book expecting everyone I know and love to die, so I prepared myself.
Mags was one of the only canonical suicides in the series. You could argue that the female morphling's death was suicide too, but there's a difference between taking a fatal figurative bullet for someone and running headfirst to your own death because others would be better off without you.
And Rue, she was just a little girl. Sure, Prim was just a child too, but she at least chose to put herself in danger for others, knowing the risk. Rue had no choice in the matter. Prim was murdered, but she knew that was a possibility when she chose to go into the battlefield. Rue was murdered because of a choice someone else made FOR her.
