in the past when people have asked about "but what about prince of X, they destroy X" and you've answered along the lines of "ah, but they're still an X player at heart." could you explain that again? i've got two to worry about, a Life player and a Doom player.

Okay, those two are actually good to exemplify because they’re the same Aspect Pair. So, a lot of the time people believe being a Destroyer Class means that they’re the opposite of their Aspect- If you’re a Prince of Life, you’d ‘basically be like a Doom Player’, and if you’re a Prince of Doom, you’d ‘basically be like a Life Player’. This comes from the misconception that Aspects are complete Opposites, and that Destroying your Aspect must somehow mean you’re aligned to your Opposite.

This is not quite true, however, first of all they’re equating Powers with Personality, and ignoring a big part of those powers. You could say a Prince of Life Destroys Life, so he leaves Doom behind- Which is a fair assessment. But this is just the powers- Even if they do ‘leave Doom’ behind after Destroying Life, it’s still Life they were interacting with. Furthermore, a Prince of Life could as easily Destroy Through Life. Whichever the case, they’re still mainly centring around their interactions with Life, and not the Doom it causes, and all of this has to do with the powers themselves and not the way the Aspects and different Personalities tie in to each other! A Prince of Life may be concerned with healing and the well being of those around him, perhaps they could struggle with the damage they can cause or not being effective enough at helping them. Even in a case where they struggled with the Doom they caused by Destroying Life, they would still be concerned, not because they’re a Doom Player, but because they’re concerned with healing and care as a Life Player.

Similarly, a Prince of Doom may Destroy Doom, and let life Blossom, but as I’ve said before, they can also Destroy Through Doom, and in whichever case, they would be more accepting of misery than a Life Player. They’re not healers, they’re the shoulder you lean on to support yourself through a hard time.

Basically, it doesn’t matter if you ‘Destroy Life’, in the words of the Canon Aspect Quiz, you’re still a Life Player, a great listener, caretaker, and nurturer. And it doesn’t matter if you ‘Destroy Doom’, you’re still  wise, kind, and non-judgemental.