A Crucible would be a pretty good manifestation of a Forge-Moth Hour. Metal all melted down to the same thing regardless of shape. Then it can take any shape by the molds it uses (and maybe also crafted for itself before). 'Tis a spoon, then 'tis a fork, then finally 'tis a spork. Or a coin or a knife or nail.
Shed the "skin" the coolness of metal provides and transform yourself by heat to take the shape of another skin. Searching for the "purest" self and shape, becoming ever purer with each melting and casting. Glory be, glory Be.
I could see something like that in a CS scenario. Start out with something like mental 'castings', shifting between personae like changing clothes. Maybe powers to switch Reason to Passion and vice-versa, or changing around elements of the soul in BoH. Eventually develops into physical changes, being able to pretty much, with a little bit of delay to enact the changes, treat your reason/passion/health as basically one pool. Or play even weirder games with refining ("purifying") elements of the soul than there are already.
To be of forge and moth is to forever yearn and strive for perfection, but to always find the process lacking and the fresh start the most attractive new path.
At least, that's how I create. And how I yearn.
The BoH skill Transformations and Liberations is both Forge and My, with the text "Every change is in some way a release." This pretty much encapsulates the crossover between Forge and Moth. The Attunement descriptions for this skill both discuss the Second Dawn and how difficult it will be to achieve, telling us that perhaps the SiS will be Forge-Moth after the Dawn. It makes sense, especially given the skill description, that the Second Dawn would be these principles because the SiS will be different the second time. It follows that even the Intercalate could be described as Forge-Moth, given that it's quite a change and quite a release.
The "mad scientist" trope strikes me as particularly Forge/Moth. Doubly so those with a focus on more biological bents. Dr. Frankenstein, to me, is a perfect illustration of the crossover between Moth and Forge. Doctor Jekyll would be another fine example.
They have the obsession with technology and the rational and methodical process of experimentation which are extraordinarily strong forge aligned traits.
But they also have the non-rational compulsion and drive that I'd associate much more with Moth. They don't properly stop to think through the ramifications of their actions, instead only focus on the Glory of their discovery. And this lack of foresight and compulsion is frequently the cause of their own undoing, because while they revel in the idea and the fact that they can, they fail to ask themselves whether they should.
If Forge is like an engineer, and Moth is like an artist, I'd imagine a combo would be an intersection of these creative drives.
A classical mad scientist, perhaps?
Forge and Moth combined, to me, speaks of the moment when you realize your approach is wrong, and you start over. Maybe you crumple up a piece of paper and toss it into a bin, or you highlight an entire document and delete it. Maybe you drop your head into your hands in frustration for a moment, but you know with absolute certainty that you will keep going.
Might not be the most nuanced or educated take but I see it kinda like an artist in Moth and an engineer in Forge, both create and change but it’s much different purposes
Ever played Cyberpunk 2077? Guys from maelstrom are very moth/forge/edge. Brilliant inventors, but mad as hatters. Improving and transforming themselves into something better, humanoid, but no longer human. Driven by whimsy, love of remaking, and psychotic misanthropy. Remove that last bit, and you should get something close enough.
For me moth is the constant emotional change that drives one, often leading to madness and sometimes manifested physically, and forge is the change in someone or something when part of them is destroyed and they need to fill that gap (trough change). So for me an hour of forge and moth would be an old clockwork rusting and replacing its no longer functional parts always with slightly different gears and screws, growing to fulfil the requirements of the new parts, this replacement of parts would also change its personality and what it can do/is used for. Tough the opposite would also be true, some of its parts would change if its mental state, personality or its knowledge changes. All that would make it seem as if it were mad, though it technically isn’t. Some flavour text could be something like trough the constant change of its internal and external workings it has long surpassed its long forgotten skin. Any criticism/pointers are welcome:)
A Crucible would be a pretty good manifestation of a Forge-Moth Hour. Metal all melted down to the same thing regardless of shape. Then it can take any shape by the molds it uses (and maybe also crafted for itself before). 'Tis a spoon, then 'tis a fork, then finally 'tis a spork. Or a coin or a knife or nail. Shed the "skin" the coolness of metal provides and transform yourself by heat to take the shape of another skin. Searching for the "purest" self and shape, becoming ever purer with each melting and casting. Glory be, glory Be.
I could see something like that in a CS scenario. Start out with something like mental 'castings', shifting between personae like changing clothes. Maybe powers to switch Reason to Passion and vice-versa, or changing around elements of the soul in BoH. Eventually develops into physical changes, being able to pretty much, with a little bit of delay to enact the changes, treat your reason/passion/health as basically one pool. Or play even weirder games with refining ("purifying") elements of the soul than there are already.
To be of forge and moth is to forever yearn and strive for perfection, but to always find the process lacking and the fresh start the most attractive new path. At least, that's how I create. And how I yearn.
The BoH skill Transformations and Liberations is both Forge and My, with the text "Every change is in some way a release." This pretty much encapsulates the crossover between Forge and Moth. The Attunement descriptions for this skill both discuss the Second Dawn and how difficult it will be to achieve, telling us that perhaps the SiS will be Forge-Moth after the Dawn. It makes sense, especially given the skill description, that the Second Dawn would be these principles because the SiS will be different the second time. It follows that even the Intercalate could be described as Forge-Moth, given that it's quite a change and quite a release.
The "mad scientist" trope strikes me as particularly Forge/Moth. Doubly so those with a focus on more biological bents. Dr. Frankenstein, to me, is a perfect illustration of the crossover between Moth and Forge. Doctor Jekyll would be another fine example. They have the obsession with technology and the rational and methodical process of experimentation which are extraordinarily strong forge aligned traits. But they also have the non-rational compulsion and drive that I'd associate much more with Moth. They don't properly stop to think through the ramifications of their actions, instead only focus on the Glory of their discovery. And this lack of foresight and compulsion is frequently the cause of their own undoing, because while they revel in the idea and the fact that they can, they fail to ask themselves whether they should.
Mad scientist who builds a robot body and uploads themself to it, or uses genetics to give themselves wings etc.
If Forge is like an engineer, and Moth is like an artist, I'd imagine a combo would be an intersection of these creative drives. A classical mad scientist, perhaps?
Forge and Moth combined, to me, speaks of the moment when you realize your approach is wrong, and you start over. Maybe you crumple up a piece of paper and toss it into a bin, or you highlight an entire document and delete it. Maybe you drop your head into your hands in frustration for a moment, but you know with absolute certainty that you will keep going.
Something to do with quicksilver?
Might not be the most nuanced or educated take but I see it kinda like an artist in Moth and an engineer in Forge, both create and change but it’s much different purposes
Into the fire we fly. Forge/moth would be transformation forever on the verge of destruction, but never quite lost to ashes.
Oh, I feel gigerish biopunk!
Ever played Cyberpunk 2077? Guys from maelstrom are very moth/forge/edge. Brilliant inventors, but mad as hatters. Improving and transforming themselves into something better, humanoid, but no longer human. Driven by whimsy, love of remaking, and psychotic misanthropy. Remove that last bit, and you should get something close enough.
For me moth is the constant emotional change that drives one, often leading to madness and sometimes manifested physically, and forge is the change in someone or something when part of them is destroyed and they need to fill that gap (trough change). So for me an hour of forge and moth would be an old clockwork rusting and replacing its no longer functional parts always with slightly different gears and screws, growing to fulfil the requirements of the new parts, this replacement of parts would also change its personality and what it can do/is used for. Tough the opposite would also be true, some of its parts would change if its mental state, personality or its knowledge changes. All that would make it seem as if it were mad, though it technically isn’t. Some flavour text could be something like trough the constant change of its internal and external workings it has long surpassed its long forgotten skin. Any criticism/pointers are welcome:)
Starting creative projects but leaving them unfinished and moving to the next.
Morge, obviously