#sylph of mind

[autie-stuck]

a classpect roast for a derse sylph of mind, perhaps? unsure if the lunar sway matters but i’m throwing it in just for fun. thank you in advance!

Stop trying to be a therapist for other people to ignore your own issues, it won’t help.

Yeah that’s it. Just shut up and let someone help you *for once*

[cgtg]

MIND PLAYERZ ONLY

as with the prev polls: if you consider multiple, i suggest going for the one u feel aligned with currently/most often, which one u wanna represent in a poll like this, whichever has the most compelling role/narrative, whatever works for U. classpecting is very subjective, and fluid for a lot of people.

i actively encourage discussion in the notes or my inbox of what your class and aspect mean to u. simple or lengthy, i wanna hear it :J

excluding master classes bc no space for em, sorry.

for those who cant vote: i’d appreciate u passing the poll along. also, i’ll post updates throughout the week on how it’s going so everyone can have a peek inside. thank u

[starlit1daydream]

Maids & Sylphs: Maintenance & Generation

There's no need to justify the meaningless destruction~...

Yeah, I love that song.

This is a little bit of a contentious one, since there's an extant debate about the Class pairings with these two; but Maid:Sylph works best for me, so that's what I'm going for.

The Maid:Sylph class dichotomy embodies maintenance, generation and responsibility. They operate alongside their Aspect to ensure it functions correctly, a caretaker for it; being able to both generate it freely and keep it from going awry after their arc is done.

They're also defined by quite an interesting and consistent character arc in two parts - that I'll go over in the narrative section. It involves a lot of denial of their Aspect.

Canonical Maid players are Jane Crocker (Maid of Life), Aradia Megido (Maid of Time) and Porrim Maryam (Maid of Space).

Canonical Sylph players are Kanaya Maryam (Sylph of Space) and Aranea Serket (Sylph of Light).

So, let's get to Point A - the Maid's narrative function.

The Maid is defined by an overworking at the hands of their Aspect; they are, simply put, made to use it and work with it tirelessly without ever being able to have it.

Their relationship with it is exclusively defined by others, with no opportunities being given for them to forge their own stance on their Aspect; it's alien to them, all they know of it is what they're made to use it for.

Jane Crocker, the Maid of Life, indoctrinated and kept in the dark thanks to an oppressive regime that would see her stripped of agency; her life under constant threat of assassination as she denies any and all conspiracies under her nose.

Aradia Megido, the Maid of Time, puppeteered by the deceased and the forces of death themselves, tossed around throughout states of mortality whilst forced to shelve her own intrigue in archaeology. No interest in the past is granted on her own merits.

Porrim Maryam, the Maid of Space, denied an intuitive chance to make her own way with femininity because of Beforus' oppressive patriarchy; her opinions left unheard as she slaves away in the jadeblood caverns. Her own gender and curation of the Space around her, inaccessible.

This is followed by a stage of personal growth wherein the Maid sheds the shackles and works with their Aspect independently. They awaken into a new power with their Aspect as their steward and responsibility; and now they work for it because they want to.

Jane Crocker ends the story having inherited control of her own Life; she's CEO of CrockerCorp and has no oppression left to control her and regulate her agency.

Aradia Megido ends the story having become a caretaker of the afterlife, Maid of Time taking responsibility to keep the deceased in check and fondly regard extermination.

Porrim Maryam ends her story having become a garrulous and opinionated advocate whose sexual freedom and comfort in her own gender identity goes hand in hand with her views on feminism and patriarchy. (she's also trans, but you didn't hear that from me)

Point B - the practical function of the Maid.

This one's fairly simple, given we have two whole examples to work with and they both have their own moments of badassery.

Jane can create Life. Though she expresses that, uh... questionably, with her rather clear-cut wishes towards Jake in Trickster Mode; she also expresses it literally. The overload of her Life powers leads her to turn the desolate and barren LOCAH into a thriving wilderness, teeming with Life. What's more, she can give Life to those who have lost it.

Aradia can create Time. We see her freeze Jack Noir in temporal stasis, using her Aspect and generating Time for her cohorts both literally and metaphorically after the fact.

Porrim, speculatively, could create Space. Think Jade, but less overpowered.

The creation of their Aspect leads directly to their maintenance of it, one does not just make something new and then leave it to rot; you have to take care of it, allow it to grow and keep to the right path.

Point C, the narrative function of the Sylph.

Like most other passive Classes, we're flipping the active counterpart on its head for this one.

Whereas a Maid is defined by a working relationship with an Aspect they never get to know, the Sylph is an opposite. They hold such a breadth of knowledge and desire to help with their Aspect, but nobody lets them.

Kanaya is desperate to curate the Space around her and meddle with it, through her fashion expression to her interest in gardening, and keeping her friends in check, but nobody allows her to. She's shunned merely as the auspistic 'vvillage twwo wwheel devvice' and decried as a meddler 'til she starts putting her foot down and sawing incels in half.

Aranea is desperate to be seen, to be given Light; she merely wants attention and acknowledgement from her friends - because she literally just fucking wants to talk about the things that interest her for more than five minutes. She keeps repositories of knowledge, adores giving exposition, and is pushed into ignorance and oblivion 'til she resorts to throwing planets with her brain.

This is not to say that the Sylphs are... completely justified; because their growth comes in the form of acknowledging that their Aspect needn't always be meddled with. The Maid allows their Aspect to grow on its own, but the Sylph is compelled to interfere and change it because 'they know best'.

Kanaya meddles even when it's condescending, unaware of her own shortcomings in that regard; making glaring errors in her curation of Space that lead to the termination of relationships (Vriska) that she refuses to even give an explanation for.

Aranea heals Light even when she shouldn't, intruding on personal boundaries and consent through her Aspect. She freely shares information about her cohorts that really should be left in the shadows, sometimes, and breaches both Jake & Terezi's wishes by 'fixing' their disabilities, per se.

...She was totally justified in throwing planets, though.

Point D, therein, is the practical function!

This is interesting, because Homestuck equates passive creation with healing. The Sylph less actively generates their Aspect and moreso fixes it, making them a sort of Anti-Prince in a sense.

Kanaya, we have less material to work with given her lack of a God Tier status; but it sounds to me like healing Space seems inherently tied to her awakening as a rainbow drinker (repairing her own role in the narrative after her death) and the curation of Space through removing things that could harm it.

Aranea, however, is clear-cut. She heals Light by healing any disabilities that would impair someone's desire to see or understand truth; Terezi's blindness leaves her unable to see, and Jake's brain injuries leave him unable to understand; in Aranea's eyes, anyways. (I'd argue she's a very reductive and possibly passively ableist viewpoint, but I digress).

It's a form of creation, for sure; but it's directed towards others just as a Passive player does. I find them really interesting, especially just because of the limited material we've got; I would've loved to see a God-Tiered Kanaya. Alas...

Anyway, by now, I'm sure you all know what's coming for you next week. I'll be on schedule this Time, so clear out some Space in your schedule.

(Oh, Lord, that was cheap. At least it was probably aMuseing to a few of you, hell if I know).

[thoughtformchoreographer]

Im comin over, I've got @ will @nd a fuckin w@y. You will @llow yourself to be helped or we're doing this the h@rd w@y, du@lly.

-GladiatorialChoices

DUALSCAR: uh. yeah. good luck vwwith that. VYVYAN: (--<< Ok4y, come on, 2ylph of Mind… It'2 been 4 while, but you c4n do thi2! 4242.) VYVYAN: (--<< He I2 4 violet blood, 2o he might be 4 little re2i2t4nt… but I H4VE to try. I don't w4nt thi2 to h4ve to get violent- not in my reh4bilit4tion centre! 4242.) VYVYAN: --<< Here goe2 nothing. 4242. VYVYAN: --<< I ju2t need to keep him c4lm for 42 long 42 i c4n. 4242. DUALSCAR: vwwhat the fuck do you think you're doin?… VYVYAN: --<< I'm helping you. 4242. VYVYAN: --<< Even if you don't w4nt me to. 4242. DUALSCAR: you are goin to remember your fuckin place, ye dirtscrapin jade. you'wvve been doin nothin but defy me. DUALSCAR: you can't go into the mind of a seadvwweller. GET OUT OF MY - DUALSCAR: …head. VYVYAN: --<< Doe2n't th4t feel better?… We're going to get you fixed up. It won't hurt 4 bit! 4242. VYVYAN: --<< You h4ve nothing to worry 4bout, 42 long 42 you 2t4y c4lm. 4242. VYVYAN: (--<< I would recommend doing thi2 quickly. He will beh4ve for 4 while, but the effect2 WILL we4r off on 4 violet c42te 42 4ncient 42 him. 4242.)

[our-fav-hs-char]

Which is the cooler aspect?

[cloudyangeltv]

Inanimate insanity but Homestuck

(I'll be making more characters)

[sadevergreen]

my set of fan trolls from my session

[homestuck-hell]

Darean Delque, Sylph of Mind, Derse

She/Her

Lowbloods of the world unite!

Is very good a changing trolls' mind

There will be a revolution

Land of Revolution and Colors

[astronomicalwanderlust]

POV: you just posted cringe

[seldomdrawncherubs]

Is sylph of mind a bad classpect,by chance?

Btw,y'all are cool :)

uu: ONE OF THE WORST. BY A LONG SHOT.

uu: OOH TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH DAY AND GO OuTSIDE

uu: IN CASE YOu DIDN'T REALIZE. I AM STuCK. IN A HOME.

uu: GOING OuTSIDE IS IMPOSSIBLE. BESIDES. I HAVE ALPHA CHAD THINGS TO DO INDOORS.

uu: MIND PLAYERS ALREADY NEED TO MIND THEIR OWB BuSINESS. INSTEAD OF INTERFERING AND NAGGING EVERYONE.

uu: THIS GETS EVEN WORSE. FOR SYLPHS. WHO ACT LIKE THEY CAN FIX ANYTHING AND ANYONE.

uu: YOu CAN'T.

uu: IF YOu THINK YOu KNOW EVERYTHING. YOu ARE PRONE TO DESTROYING EVERYTHING.

uu: uNLIKE ME. I KNOW I KNOW EVERYTHING. SO STAY OuT OF MY WAY. AND STOP TRYING TO FIX PEOPLE.

***

UU: rUde!

UU: sylphs are always trying to do their best for the greater good. that is admirable, not inherently awfUl. jUst becaUse aranea sabotaged a timeline doesn't mean every sylph will, and the mind aspect may relate to others' minds and trickery, bUt a sylph of mind will not necessarily become her.

UU: and yoU are one to talk aboUt hUbris!

UU: yoU cannot fix everything...

UU: this may be better advice. mind players know all about others' expectations and struggles, and sylphs often try to fix people. perhaps it is in the definition of a "maker and fixer for others"

UU: bUt don't tear yoUrself apart for what yoU can't fix, all right?

[giftofclasspects]

mind playlists are done! here are some of my favorites!

bard

knight

rogue

[en8y]

[IMAGE ID: three horizontal flags with nine stripes; each flag has the mind aspect symbol in the center; a neon teal circle with three evenly-spaced wavy lines coming out of it. it is outlined in medium warm green. the middle stripe is twice as large as the rest of them, which are equally sized. the first flag has these top three colors: dull green, warm grey, and dull yellow-orange. the second flag has these top three colors: medium green, dark cool green, and deep purple. the third flag has these top three colors: bright purple, bright cool pink, and bright teal. each flag has these bottom six stripes: medium warm green, off-white, medium warm green, dull warm green, medium teal, and neon teal. END ID.]

mindasirogue: a gender connected to being a rogue of mind; this gender is connected to the mind aspect, mind aspect aesthetics, rogue aesthetics, chaoticness, and xenzh genders!

mindasylph: a gender connected to being a sylph of mind; this gender is connected to the mind aspect, mind aspect aesthetics, sylph aesthetics, elemental, airy, or ethereal aesthetics, and nadelvinity!

mindaseer: a gender connected to being a seer of mind; this gender is connected to the mind aspect, mind aspect aesthetics, fortune-telling or prophetic aesthetics, and oracrinity!

@radiomogai @liom-archive @obscurian @drowntowns @electrosaccharine

[tickette]

...so about my last post and being perfect in every way

[brainless-but-thats-all]

Princess :) she's a sylph of mind

[tavtiers]

A hypothetical god tier for Amari from Fallout: the Sylph of Mind.

A Sylph of Mind is among those who alter the individual’s impact. They are motivated by others to assist intuition. (x) The Sylph of Mind feels useless when they can’t help others and enjoys challenges. (x) They are the Mother Genius, defined by helping intuition. (x) Their opposite is the Maid of Heart. Their inverse is the Prince of Heart. They share their personality with the Mage of Space. The Sylph of Mind would quest on a planet similar to the Land of Shine and Mind, reigned over by Athena (Goddess of Justice) or the Sphinx (the legendary creature who posed riddles to travelers). They would rise to ascension on the wings of dragonflies. (x)(x)(x)

[lohitwist]

Arttyr Tarrkin ref sheet

Spent like five hours yesterday fighting with this thing but the ref is finally done :D I'm still working on updating Arttyr's story n stuff but for now enjoy :}