#woman* (nb woman. she's trans femme and her gender shifts around a bit. 'woman' is the cliffnotes version)

[thats-a-lot-of-cortisol]

Behind every great warrior woman is another woman who is choosing kindness. For now.

#this is about io & laezel #ive been thinking about their dynamic esp since i plan on having them go do the whole revolution thing #also trying to workshop their tag/title/ship name #'calloused hands heavy hearts' is nice but im not sure it quite fits? #silver is a throughline b/c of the silver swords and eilistraee #some of the taglines have clicked immediately and some of them are. not doing that #but ive been thinking about these two w/in the healer x warrior framework #and how their backgrounds affect that #io *knows* how to fight. they're always ready for that possibility (eventuality really) since. you know. #holy war anti-lolth rebellion etc etc #but they were *exclusively* a healer pre-game. they hadn't even really left the baldur's gate area #and also. the importance of both warriors *and* healers during revolutions and rebellions #literally and figuratively #those on the front lines will run out of steam quickly without people supporting & sustaining them #something something kindness is not softness. softness is not weakness. weakness is not a moral wrong #something something a hard stone will grind itself to dust without something to cushion it #both io & lae'zel have calloused hands if for different reasons #one set of skills is not more important than the other. they compliment each other even #'new growth'? maybe? you can't grow a garden w/o both pulling up weeds and carefully tending to it #idk if this makes sense but. i am turning them around in my head #sticking them under a microscope #bg3 #bg3 tav #my post #jay rambles #io dein #(im having trouble with their epithet too but that's a ramble for another time) #woman* (nb woman. she's trans femme and her gender shifts around a bit. 'woman' is the cliffnotes version)