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Character Name: Sameen Shaw
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cactusy
Status: Warden
Pairing Information:
Shaw will see the role of warden as that of a protector, an enforcer, and a guiding hand. She's much better at the first two than she is at the third, but she'll recognize the importance of all three, and will do her best to provide all of them. Being assigned people to look after is basically her job description at home, and she'll feel free to use similar tactics on the Barge, up to and including covert surveillance - so if your inmate needs someone who will monitor their activities closely, she could be a good pick! Buuuuuuuut if they need someone who will always be up front about how they're doing it, she definitely wouldn't be. UPDATE: After a year and a half on the Barge, she has tempered this impulse somewhat (because the Barge isn't home, because the goals and expectations are different, because the dynamics are different), but only to a point; she won't necessarily attempt to surveil everything her inmate does the way that her team does with POIs, but she's still far more security-oriented than many wardens are.
When paired, Shaw's initial attitude will be very much "I'm here for a job, I'm not here to make friends"; while she has, at this point in her timeline, started to come around to the idea that personal bonds are something that she wants in her life, she still much prefers a small social circle, and she still usually takes a while to warm up to people. Even if she ends up growing close to her inmate eventually (not an inevitability, but also not outside the realm of possibility!), she'll always be comfortable with pulling rank when she thinks it's necessary. Blunt and direct to a fault, she'd flounder hard with inmates who would need to be handled with gentleness or sensitivity, but she'd do well with inmates who would need a firm hand and who wouldn't begrudge her some amount of professional distance, as well as with those who would benefit from a lot of hands-on learning. While needing to talk her inmate through some things is inevitable, Shaw is a very straightforward, concrete person who excels at action above all else, and her methods will reflect this: she'll rope her inmate into things like non-lethal self-defense training, useful service work on the Barge, and helping out during crises. All of this will be mandatory in her mind, with the logic that you can't pick up better behavior patterns without actually practicing them. UPDATE: After, again, a year and a half onboard, she is now more open to the idea of forming friendships with her inmates instead of maintaining strict professional boundaries - but if she ever feels that the dual roles of friend and warden are in conflict, she will always prioritize what she considers to be her wardenly duties to her inmate, even when it means letting the friendship that she's built with them take a hit. She would still be a poor fit for an inmate who would require their warden to prioritize the personal aspect of their relationship over the professional one.
Character Journal:
cactusyStatus: Warden
Pairing Information:
Shaw will see the role of warden as that of a protector, an enforcer, and a guiding hand. She's much better at the first two than she is at the third, but she'll recognize the importance of all three, and will do her best to provide all of them. Being assigned people to look after is basically her job description at home, and she'll feel free to use similar tactics on the Barge, up to and including covert surveillance - so if your inmate needs someone who will monitor their activities closely, she could be a good pick! Buuuuuuuut if they need someone who will always be up front about how they're doing it, she definitely wouldn't be. UPDATE: After a year and a half on the Barge, she has tempered this impulse somewhat (because the Barge isn't home, because the goals and expectations are different, because the dynamics are different), but only to a point; she won't necessarily attempt to surveil everything her inmate does the way that her team does with POIs, but she's still far more security-oriented than many wardens are.
When paired, Shaw's initial attitude will be very much "I'm here for a job, I'm not here to make friends"; while she has, at this point in her timeline, started to come around to the idea that personal bonds are something that she wants in her life, she still much prefers a small social circle, and she still usually takes a while to warm up to people. Even if she ends up growing close to her inmate eventually (not an inevitability, but also not outside the realm of possibility!), she'll always be comfortable with pulling rank when she thinks it's necessary. Blunt and direct to a fault, she'd flounder hard with inmates who would need to be handled with gentleness or sensitivity, but she'd do well with inmates who would need a firm hand and who wouldn't begrudge her some amount of professional distance, as well as with those who would benefit from a lot of hands-on learning. While needing to talk her inmate through some things is inevitable, Shaw is a very straightforward, concrete person who excels at action above all else, and her methods will reflect this: she'll rope her inmate into things like non-lethal self-defense training, useful service work on the Barge, and helping out during crises. All of this will be mandatory in her mind, with the logic that you can't pick up better behavior patterns without actually practicing them. UPDATE: After, again, a year and a half onboard, she is now more open to the idea of forming friendships with her inmates instead of maintaining strict professional boundaries - but if she ever feels that the dual roles of friend and warden are in conflict, she will always prioritize what she considers to be her wardenly duties to her inmate, even when it means letting the friendship that she's built with them take a hit. She would still be a poor fit for an inmate who would require their warden to prioritize the personal aspect of their relationship over the professional one.
INMATE: WILL GRAHAM (graduated)
April 2023 - August 2024
INMATE: ANGEAL HEWLEY
November 2024 - present