Porrim is another really good example of someone whose classpect was a real kick in the teeth. On Beforus, she would have had to spend her life in servitude to the propogation of the species, which was noble, but not what she wanted to do. And then her classpect, if we’re to agree with Roxy’s analysis of Space, basically called for her to give herself more fully to the propogation of reality and the world. Maid of Space is everything she was trying to get away from.
It’s not enough to just wave this off by saying that that the disjunction between the characters’ personalities and what their roles call for is Sburb trying to challenge the players to grow and change. Because growing and changing isn’t everyone’s fucking goal, and the game doesn’t have anyone’s best interests at heart. Remember what Karkat said way back in A6I5?
The game assigns classpects to push people into becoming the people that are needed for the game to end in the predestined way. It’s not about assigning roles that are consistent with people’s personalities, and it’s not about assigning them the roles that they need to mature. It’s about propogating a new reality, and imo if any character chooses to reject their predestined classpect and arc, more power to them.
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