1. how was gamzee ever doing anything for others to earn him the bard (passive) title? 2. it's hard to pin down a character's actions as either always being for themselves (active), or always for others (passive) when that character isn't deliberately written to be one or the other. so, how do you classify a character as active or passive if their actions are a bit of both? do you go with what the majority of their actions are? or what the more important actions are?

You usually go for the actions they feel more instinctually compelled on/insist on. You can fight your Active/Passive nature, as you can fight a lot of things, and specially for Active players on Prospit and Passive players on Derse, things can get fuzzier. But imagine Jade. She seems so bubbly and friendly, you’d think she’s selfless! And given the time she spends on Prospit, she sure does act a lot selflessly! But then you have Jadesprite’s breakdown, and you see how she hates her selfish, base nature, while also having made Jadesprite without thinking how her Dreamself would feel about it. She also doesn’t like dealing with drama she cannot solve- Dave and his Bro, Davesprite in the Ship, it pushes her away because she’s just. Not up to the task.

As for Gamzee, his servitude to Lord English. The fact he’s a villain doesn’t mean he’s doing it all selflessly for himself. He’s an avid worshipper and helper of Lord English, and his passive nature shines on that.