How would an heir of space be different from a witch of space? I’m still kinda confused about the whole passive and active thing. Thank you!

Oof, with something as versatile as Space it may be a bit difficult. Think about terms like Passive vs Active. Reaction vs Action- John has used his powers to blow enemies and Jade has used hers to warp away, but the most notable examples of their powers have to be John’s ability to poof into wind defensively and evade enemies, and Jade’s raw power output. Similarly, Jade takes more direct action of planning the End of the Session- Preparing a Change of Setting through the Scratch, while John is merely told what to do and reacts to what Jade and Karkat tell him to do next. In that way, too, John uses his powers to bring back a Timeline in which everything goes better than the one he was from, while Jade at the end simply ‘has fun’ with her Dogs as she’s been told- Jade could definitely fight Bec Noir and overwhelm him, but instead she pacifies them because that’s just Her Way of doing things. John is Selfless, Jade is Self-Driven. Both do show Passive and Active traits, but you can see a specific leaning in their actions and their Arcs.

So when extrapolating, a Heir of Space and a Witch of Space, would technically, virtually be able to do the same exact things- But they wouldn’t, by the mere nature of their personality differences. Maybe while Jade Changes Space directly, a Heir of Space would be able to Allow Space to Change Them, like John poofs into wind, they’d be more about manipulating themselves. Similarly, contextually, they’d be more driven to Group Thinking and Following Others than a Witch would. Ultimately though, their powers would still be awfully similar.

Then again, even two Witches of Space wouldn’t have the same set of powers. So who’s to say the extent of the power difference between a Heir of Space and a Witch of Space?