"not to carry it commonly with me to the wars" - well, if you want to be really cynical, you could say that's what she says (for public consumption). ;)

This was a lovely long post, with lots of things I'd like to hear more about (purple healing ray? which one line of Hwin's? and yes - she's plainly the voice of reason and commitment throughout).
The LWW rant -- could you put it on the NFFR site?