From the Cerubs headcanon thread: My big crackpot headcanon is that both Al and Caliborn predominated wrong and for all other cherubs, predominating involves a synthesis, with predominating just meaning "the sibling who contributes more"

Similarly, I think a lot of the active/passive dichotomy (particularly the usage of "active" to mean selfish instead of what it actually means and the tying of active classes to manhood) is cope Calliope invented to feel justify her shitty life as inherent to her nature and a glorious martyrdom