SCA

[netmouse]

Is anyone I know here involved with the SCA? Rosie and I went to an SCA archery practice on Sunday and I really enjoyed it. I felt comfortable and relaxed around people I had just met, which was a nice change. I'm going to go to our local shire's weekly event tonight as well.

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cool!

[brainwane]

I am so happy you had that experience! I know piglet is an SCA person whom you might remember from wiscon .... Hope you have other DW pals here who also overlap with SCA!

[ceemage]

I love the SCA's motto (which neatly covers the "Anachronisms" bit): "The Middle Ages as they ought to have been."

[spikethemuffin]

I'm deeply involved in the SCA, as you may know. Might have some garb for you. Recommend the Knowne World Courtesans Guild for their work on promulgating consent and checking out their new efforts in DEI — it's very exciting,although for someone like you, probably not exciting enough.

[netmouse]

I did not know you were active in the SCA!

We should catch up sometime.

I was chatting on the field with folks about possible personas based on my ancestry, and was reminded that mine doesn't have to be European.

Am contemplating something at the Moroccan end of Spanish. I could also do something native American, and still be within my ancestry, but I'm not sure how appropriative that would feel.

[spikethemuffin]

Dude. The SCA is my life. Zilia Silvana di Tres Fiore, AoA, Tributary, they/ them (currently) at your service -- but no-one except about three heralds know me by that name, everyone calls me Sil. This message is literally written during a pause in re-creating the Golden Gown of Magrethe of Uppsala for the demo at the Fourth of July parade, although I'm way more excited that I'll be spending that time getting the new vambraces in fightin' shape. (It tickles me that they used to be a "yield" sign.)

I feel you on the appropriative persona. Although Calontir doesn't have the stick up their butt, er, doesn't seem quite as wedded to the notion of persona as the Kingdom of the East, I long to embrace my upbringing with an East Indian persona and study Sanskrit and fashion punkahs against the heat of the night and teach classes about nautch girls and the recurring motif of dance-offs saving the universe... and not be yet another bluidy Roman or BarelyDisguisedVariationofMyMundaneName verch Ninnihammer... but I just... ew. Even if I did spend kindergarten spreading marigold petals under pictures of Sri Uteshwar and Paramahansa Yogananda.

Mind you, I have no idea where my persona will end up once I'm out as a transman. Probably Slavic; my once and future metamour feels that changing one's name too often is abusive, and we have to keep the metamours happy, don't we? Not to be dismissive, she's been through it and she's an absolute dear; she can have whatever she wants. But I can kind of see "Sil" being short for "Vassily."

Anyhow. I've followed you on Instagram if you feel some wild urge to see me getting my ass handed to me by a the preponderance of local dukes or laugh at my metalworking efforts or listen to the songs I compose. No need to follow back, of course.

I HIGHLY encourage you to try rattan fighting; it doesn't seem like it would be, but it is the MOST fun.

[spikethemuffin]

P.S. YES we should absolutely catch up. And if you'd like to explore something outside your ancestry you'd look staggeringly cute in Minoan or Meso-American.

[spikethemuffin]

And BAH, looks like Insta ate my Lilies photos...