Character Name: Vauhan Istradez Character Journal: droppedstitch Status: Inmate Pairing Information: From his app-
Baby needs an identity of his own. While gender expression is a looser sort of experience for Istradez, he did make some very major bodily changes to become his brother. His brother's body and his brother's identity are very real and true barriers to being who he wants to be. He lived in a place where he could have literally any form, even returning to his old one. He will need to find himself, find his true form, whatever that looks like.
It's also become sort of a trope on the Barge that inmates need to find hobbies they enjoy, but this is very literal for Istradez. Any hobby he has is because his brother did it, and he needed to learn it to fill his role. He needs to find things to do that are different, his own, and very much separated from his brother.
Any warden would likely hit a brick wall in trying to pick apart his actual relationship with Mikodez too early. Judgement for their choice to be together, which has been accepted and encouraged their whole lives, starting with their parents, will be met with confusion at the very least and outright hostility at the worst. However, there is a deep codependency issue that needs to be addressed, starting with the fact that he sacrificed himself for Mikodez without any real knowledge of what it would accomplish.
This mission for redemption would not make sense to him. Istradez doesn't feel as if he needs to make any changes. He would assume that it was because of his aggressive tendencies and his temper, not because of the quieter, less destructive reasons.
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Character Journal: droppedstitch
Status: Inmate
Pairing Information: From his app-
Baby needs an identity of his own. While gender expression is a looser sort of experience for Istradez, he did make some very major bodily changes to become his brother. His brother's body and his brother's identity are very real and true barriers to being who he wants to be. He lived in a place where he could have literally any form, even returning to his old one. He will need to find himself, find his true form, whatever that looks like.
It's also become sort of a trope on the Barge that inmates need to find hobbies they enjoy, but this is very literal for Istradez. Any hobby he has is because his brother did it, and he needed to learn it to fill his role. He needs to find things to do that are different, his own, and very much separated from his brother.
Any warden would likely hit a brick wall in trying to pick apart his actual relationship with Mikodez too early. Judgement for their choice to be together, which has been accepted and encouraged their whole lives, starting with their parents, will be met with confusion at the very least and outright hostility at the worst. However, there is a deep codependency issue that needs to be addressed, starting with the fact that he sacrificed himself for Mikodez without any real knowledge of what it would accomplish.
This mission for redemption would not make sense to him. Istradez doesn't feel as if he needs to make any changes. He would assume that it was because of his aggressive tendencies and his temper, not because of the quieter, less destructive reasons.