What role does intention/subjective goals and desires play in your system?(also AMA about the system)

This is how it affects my system.

1• what does the character want? That tells me what the ballpark of the function of the ability should be for example an ability that breaks down an object or situationto ascertain the truth, seeing through illusions or whatnot would have a desire for solving mysteries behind them.

2• To ascertain the nature of the power I ask why the character has that goal and what subconscious desires are responsible for it, nature as if the ability's aim is annihilation of a certain thing it probably would be destruction focused not defense focused.

3• The strength of the power depends on how much the character sacrifices himself to the goal and at what intensity, action is everything, your average bloke and how much he shows dedication to his hobbies through action would not get him very far in my system.

4• Subjective symbolism matters like if the character views heat and fire as destructive forces that symbolise power and that's his goal he'll get those powers, or if the character views slowly destroying their target from a distance and poison is viewed as a superior option he'll get a poison like curse ability, also if the character has a background in studying something like quantum physics for example it will probably make its way into that character's subjective symbolism, potentially opening up opportunities for ability in that area.

5• Also the characters have an entity living inside them that's the manifestation of their powers and it behaves like a creature this means it has a desire to survive and expand, this means if the character takes actions which their ability is aimed towards this will lead to the entity enhancing the emotions which took part in that action very slightly in order to motivate further of the same action or even potentially enhancing the goal itself(i want to dominate the city to dominating the country), and yes this means my mages are very very susceptible to vicious cycles.

I would appreciate if you have any questions those would be very helpful for further fine-tuning the system.