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Turtles, Crocodiles and Iguanas are reptiles, not amphibians.

Fair enough, sorry for generalizing. Turtles and crocodiles both hang out on land and water at different points in their lives though, so the distinction I care about is still there regardless of the word we use.

Dunno if that’s true of Iguanas tho. Honestly if not I’m inclined to wonder if Hussie did his research on them. I don’t know jack about iguanas honestly so feel free to fill me in?

Why do you think Mob is a bard of heart? I always saw him as a page of hope or rage

He bottles up his emotions/feelings/self-expression, good or bad, to protect other people from his power. Then his power builds up through emotion and explodes in massive, usually highly destructive blasts of power. Inviting destruction through Heart/Emotion/Self/Soul/Being, or inviting destruction of Heart/Emotion/Self/Soul/Being, for others. Either effectively describes Mob, I think.

Fwiw, I’ve only watched the anime, so if more of that comes out or I eventually read the manga my view might change eventually. And with all of this stuff there’s always a possibility there’s a better/more precise reading. I’d be interested in seeing the case for Mob as a Page–I can see that too, honestly!

Pardon me, but I’ve noticed that a lot of people have been asking classaspect questions and honestly IDK who else to turn to. So, for years I thought of myself as a Knight Of Void, but then the canon test came out and like I see myself more as Rage? But I am not too sure of that either and at this point idek whi h one sounds more like me cause I’ve been saying ‘Void’ for years? But I can’t stick to something false just for the comfort it offers. PLEASE HELP?????

Why not both? My honest advice is that it’s a pretend superpower system, and it’s probably best to not stress yourself out about it too much. Personally, at this point, I’m kinda batting around Mage, Prince, Page, and Maid as classes that reflect different parts of myself. I have no idea which one I think is really the “real” me, but I’m kinda past the point of caring.

I kinda feel like the best ways to figure out how classpects help you think about your “true self” prooobably don’t necessitate ruthlessly trying to cage yourself to a particular interpretation because you believe there must absolutely be only one that “feels” right.

This is especially true since I don’t even think it works that way in canon. At this point I’m pretty certain Alternia’s trolls almost all deal in two aspects simultaneously: Their sign’s specific aspect, and the aspect of their caste’s true sign.

And I’m constantly talking about roleplay theory, which ultimately suggests every single class is available to everyone, always, because classes are ultimately vague cultural ideals of kinds of identities/behaviors that people are drawn to.

Everyone might be born linked to a particular kind of behavior/verb, and thus a particular class, but that just means their instincts and talents are particularly proficient there.

Mindfang p much implies you can learn other behaviors/archetypes and assimilate them into your person pretty effectively, as long as you understand yourself and gain experience/put work and thought into how you present yourself and behave in the world around you.

So does Doc Scratch. So do Dirk, Rose, Dave, Jake, Kanaya, Gamzee, and Karkat, in various ways–some of which i’ve talked about, some of which I haven’t. So I’m *fairly* confident Homestuck’s view of classpects as a guide for your behavior is more nuanced than beginning and ending with the player’s designated class. 

If it does really matter to you to figure out the one specific class you feel you are, though, don’t let me discourage you, either. More power to you, pursue your happiness, etc.  It just means I’m probably not the guy you wanna ask.

I’m honestly not super sure what the classpect scene is like nowadays, but even if she’s not currently doing classpect asks–she might be, i’m just not sure–  @homestuckexamination might be a good place to ask.

after watching your videos i’ve become increasingly interested in gnosticism. i feel strongly drawn to the symbolism, but i don’t know where to start in terms of reading. wikipedia articles can only get you so far. where did you learn about gnosticism/what are some introductory readings you’d suggest?

Let’s be clear here: I barely know anything about Gnosticism. It’s a spiritual tradition that as far as I can tell has been mostly dead for ages, and it’s roots are tangled with Christianity, so the history we’re dealing here is massive, complex, and often contradictory.

I learned about Gnosticism simply by taking note of thoroughly Modern works that play with its symbols and ideas, and not always in a completely sincere way, or at least not an overtly religious/spiritual one. It’s compelling imagery for worldcrafting! Useful for fiction writing.

And Japan in particular seems to like making God the bad guy in some video games–a suitable threat level for a long campaign, I guess–so a lot of my understanding comes from comparing these modern works and seeing how they use the same symbols the same way, or very very very VERY similarly.

Some of those works are:

-Homestuck

-Mother 3, the sequel to Homestuck’s namesake, Earthbound (and to a lesser extent, Earthbound itself)

-Revolutionary Girl Utena

-The Dark Souls series

-Angel’s Egg (anime movie; it good)

-Persona 5, and generally the Persona series through its Jungian themes.

But when I say Homestuck is a Gnostic work, I don’t mean it’s literally to be understood solely through that particular spiritual doctrine. I just mean it draws from Gnosticism in crafting itself, and deliberately plays off Gnostic themes. Homestuck draws just as much from Greek, Egyptian, and potentially even Judaic myth.

And with most of these works, there’s a lot more going on than just those themes. My other big source here is Carl Jung, a psychoanalyst who was quite influential in the field and in pop culture, too.

RGU, Homestuck, and Persona all explicitly work his ideas into their worldbuilding, and though Jung himself was known to be a Gnostic, he had more to offer than just regurgitating Gnostic ideas per se. He’s probably the biggest source of Gnostic inspiration for modern writing, though. You can find a free compilation of some of his Gnostic writing here.

You might also want to check out Herman Hesse’s Demian, a novel I’ve read (its good) explicitly dealing with Gnosticism set just before the beginning of WWI. It’s a well-known influence on Utena in particular, and reading it illuminated some of the prominent symbolism across all of the works I just mentioned, too.

Hope you have fun with this! I’d probably reccomend engaging with any or all of the more modern works and seeing what comparisons you can draw to Homestuck, rather than trying to force yourself to read relatively dry ancient literature without context. This is all for fun!

Yo, oD. Sorry if i’m offending you or anything, but have you heard that Hussie said that the two most passive classes are male and the most active was female? It’s in the wiki, just go in the “Passive/Active” part then find the “some hints” link.

I’m not offended at all! And yeah, I was aware of that line. It’s part of the reason I regard Maid as likely to be the most active class, and Bard and prooobably Knight but maaaaybe Page as the two most passive.