[Ansteorra] Telling someone that what they are doing isnotperiod

[Ronda Melendez]

My own story took place just after I joined the SCA and attented my first 
event in the Kingdom of Atlantia called the Sapphire Joust.  I had made my 
first garb, a sideless surcoat that had fake miniature pearls and gold lace 
around the hems and neckline.  I could not do the fancy gold wirework such 
as they did during my persona's time, so I figured the gold lace I used 
looked basically as if it would serve as gold wirework.  I had my daughter 
with me who was wearing a simple and basic t-tunic and as we were walking 
around I noticed a few people just sneering at me.  Then someone had the 
gall to actually tell me that my garb was not period, that they did not have 
gold lace back then.

At the moment as it was our first event, I must admit that my feelings were 
very hurt by the rude way I was treated by people who said that they had 
been in the SCA for alot longer than I have, so I returned to my Canton's 
camp and was preparing to leave the event when a few of my people took me 
aside and basically lectured me on letting rude horses rear ends get to me 
like that.  I realized that they were right and felt ashamed that I let it 
affect me that way.  So ever since then I kinda of adopted the attitude that 
if you do not like what I am wearing, fine, just do not try to drag me down, 
let me have my fun, but if you persist, you run the risk of me politely 
telling you to 'bite me'.



In Service to the Dream,
Muriel filia Donaldi de Skia
Barony of Bryn-Gwlad
Fledgling of House FalconRose
Ambassador to Atlantia
Member of Academy of St. Gabriel



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>From: "Chass Brown" <chass at allegiance.tv>
>Reply-To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." 
><ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>To: "'Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.'" <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Telling someone that what they are doing 
>isnotperiod
>Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:36:50 -0500
>
>I have actually helped all the newcomers I have introduced to the SCA
>with basic Garb class. I tell them until you have done research, decided
>which time frame and region you wish to recreate, basic is the way to
>go. I would almost bet most of us have horror stories of someone who has
>tried to play period police. Mine was a lady who came into my encampment
>to tell me my wheelchair wasn’t period and it was ruining her Ambiance
>and feel for the event, and that if I couldn’t get around without it I
>should just stay home. I have since then done research and found that
>wheelchairs are actually period (just not this style it’s a powerchair
>lol). We hope to get started in our Barony a program of Adopt a peer,
>where the peers would pick a child/teenager as a protégé and get them
>involved.
>
>Chass Brown A.K.A.
>Charinthalis Del Sans of the portable chariot. 
>Honorable Recruiter of the House of the Red Shark.
>Rear Admiral Northern Region Ansteorran Royal Navy -      Ship the
>Red  Shark.  Muddeler of Mead
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
>[mailto:ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth
>Ellis
>Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 11:04 AM
>To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Telling someone that what they are doing
>isnotperiod
>
>Well how rude was that!  I've got to tell you though, just because
>somebody gets a peerage does not mean they are automatically cured of
>being a social misfit. When stuff like this happens, just chalk it up to
>the infiltrating power of the goofball factor. I do hope your lady will
>take this into account and eventually come back.
>
>   I've had a very small number of people be rude to me over the years
>over the issue of what's period and what's not.  Relative to this
>thread, one of the funnier times was when a woman I'd never met insisted
>on playing period when I tried to be nice and introduce us to each
>other.  When I asked her about herself, if she was enjoying the event,
>etc. etc., she was huffily rude because I was asking her directly, and
>not her persona.  I think I turned around and walked off at that point.
>
>
>   And as to people's views of what is and isn't period, I offer the
>following:  A couple of years ago I got into it with a laurel from
>another kingdom when we were judging together at an out of kingdom
>event.  She was indignant that she'd been asked to judge something that
>she thought was "pre-period".  Shish.  If she'd ever bothered to read
>the Handbook she'd have known that there is no early period cut off.  Of
>course, she also insisted that the late cutoff was 1650 instead of 1600.
>My point here is to not take it too hard when someone dumps on you.
>Instead, take it as a challenge to go find out more about the topic so
>that you can inform both yourself and them (especially if they are the
>ones that turn out to be wrong <g>).
>
>   Mistress Corrinne
>
>
>
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