snowfall-classpects:

i think something that most classpect-ers don’t note is that mages don’t nessicarily suffer in ways related to their aspect.

instead they EXPERIENCE their aspect, which is how they come to understand it. 

of course, with experience comes suffering. if a mage of blood has a lot of relationships, some of those will probably end bitterly. if a mage of heart has a lot of emotions, surely enough some of those will be bad!

but the mage will also can have many GOOD experiences with their aspect. the mage of blood can have a lot of good relationships to learn from. the mage of heart can have a lot of good emotions, too.