[Ansteorra] Telling someone that what they are doing isnotperiod

[Chass Brown]

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


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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 11:04 AM
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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