the fact that the “passive” and “active” alignments for classes are so nebulously defined that you can kind of interpret them as meaning anything kind of makes me think of the radically different ways caste was interpreted on each side of the scratch too. like that highbloods are ostensibly the more physically powerful trolls made them the ultimate manly warriors on Alternia, but on Beforus that was taken as making them more suited to playing a nurturing, supportive role toward the other classes