Comments | revauntieadrian: SCA rumblings...

revauntieadrian

SCA rumblings...

Jan 20, 2010 05:29

A Baroness Pelican gives a red belt she had received from her Pelican (who also happened to be a knight) to her first student, and a tempest is born (in some quarters). What does it mean that some people are so threatened by this they try to create trouble for this Lady? How does it demonstrate 'peer-like qualities' (required of all peers - Knights ( Read more... )

sca, knights, belts, peers

Comments 8

akirashima January 20 2010, 13:38:51 UTC

and this is why i hide from politics and honestly have been hesitant to do much in the SCA. i love the SCA deeply and the friends i have there are worth more than just about anything in the universe but these kinds of things can cause so much strife

revauntieadrian January 22 2010, 01:35:15 UTC

Hello, my friend. May I request you read my reply to Cydira. It's how I manage to cope...

Love & hugs

akirashima January 22 2010, 06:02:22 UTC

read :)

cedarwolfsinger January 20 2010, 17:01:16 UTC

These are the kinds of things that drive people away from the SCA. I love the folks, the politics hurt me and mine so badly that we don't play anymore. I don't know about you being recognized as a Peer, dear heart, but I do recognize you as an honest, upright, forthright, honest and amazing woman. (Deal with it!) Love you, miss you!

revauntieadrian January 21 2010, 06:43:50 UTC

Thank you & miss you too

cydira January 21 2010, 00:02:59 UTC

it's an issue that we're running into in the medieval/feudal based LARP i play in, too. there seems to be an amazing amount of ignorance about the social structure that you're supposed to be operating in and a shocking amount of people who want to turn thing into almost high school politics. :(

revauntieadrian January 22 2010, 01:23:44 UTC

Lots of people seem not to have anything of value to them in their lives, so they take a game (yes, the SCA is really a game too) and make it, and whatever their character is/does, a substitute for their actual lives. This leads to politicking as those people try to elevate their (pretend) status as if it has bearing on their real lives. I've heard people state as their 'claim to fame' things like "Well, I'm a 37th level mage, and my character can trash your character with his/her eyes closed!" even when they may not be playing in the same game, or even the same universe. They take their game status as their reality because they can't endure the thought they really are just cogs in the modern wheel. They have to find a substitute reality where they matter for more than a paycheck from a job that could disappear in a moment. It's a symptom of the hopelessness and helplessness brought on by our soul-killing society. My reaction is pity, and sorrow when I can't help them find a way out. We simply don't have enough dragons and fair ( ... )

cydira January 22 2010, 20:00:38 UTC

you do have a good point. i think that my biggest gripe is when bullies are using the game as their personal stomping ground and other players meekly put up with it because the bully has so much more 'status' in the game. nonsense like that can destroy the game.

aside from that, i don't think it's just the right-wing politicos hunting down the real challenges to society. i think there's a collection of people who want to see us like cows but instead of giving milk, we give money and power.