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Talks w/ Lakobie on role challenges/flaws

Lakobie: hm
Lakobie: I just realized the intrinsic flaws each grouping needs to overcome
Lakobie: Knights and Pages suffer from a weak sense of self, with knights having esteem issues and “overacting” to cover flaws, and pages having weak personalities and generally being pushovers
Lakobie: Mages and Seers tend to lose focus on the big picture, instead focusing on minute details without first reasearching the proper information and examining all options
Lakobie: Theifs and Rogues rely too much on instinct. They tend to have problems thinking about the long term consequenses of their actions, when they need to actually think their plans out more, like planning a heist properly
Lakobie: thats as far as I’ve gotten hmm
Lakobie: I note that both JAde and Fef seem to be too optimistc about fate
Lakobie: they just think “everything is gonna turn out okay” but never actually take an active role. Jade grows out of this while fef sits in a hornpile
Lakobie: hmph i can see how it relates to john but fail to see how it relates to Mituna and Damara with the information we had
Lakobie: unlesssss
Lakobie: for Damara maybe she saw the signs of Rufioh slipping away from her for Horuss and didnt do anything about it thinking things would be okay in the end
blastyoboots: very well said, all! I’d like to clarify a few though:
blastyoboots: > “Mages and Seers tend to lose focus on the big picture, instead focusing on minute details without first reasearching the proper information and examining all options”
blastyoboots: I’d instead say, Mages and Seers tend to get so embroiled in an understanding of their own aspect that they neglect to appreciate or realize the implications of its dichotomic opposite
Lakobie: hm
blastyoboots: one fully invested in Light, like Doc Scratch, would lose appreciation for the gaps the Void can create in his senses, and not understand them coming
blastyoboots: someone like Terezi can puzzle out the exact thought process that would split Dave and get him to intuitively understand why he couldn’t ascend, but she neglected to see the Heart-like consequences, the breach of trust and the rift it would create between her and him
blastyoboots: with the Quest Bed coin flip thing
Lakobie: ah
Lakobie: im still trying to figure out Witch/Heir and Prince/Bard
Lakobie: Prince Bard shoudl be easy but for some reason its eluding me
blastyoboots: when Jade grew out of it and went to active participation, she was also un-inverting, if you recall my Jade the Seer post; aside from that, I’d agree that Feferi faillng to realize her very active role was definitely a contributor to her demise, as she was definitely acting passive
Lakobie: yes of course
blastyoboots: anyway I’m posting this
blastyoboots: not sure about everything you said, but the Knights and Pages thing was shockingly spot on and enlightening