[Elfsea] FW: [Ansteorra] What has happened?

[Ameline DuBois]

WOW!!! A light bulb moment!

Thank you Duchess Willow, 

This is a very intriguing commentary and the first time I have heard it
put this way. I think you may have many good points on the culture of
the SCA. I think this post could go well on the Ansteorra list I think
it only got to the Elfsea list. (I could be wrong)

Thank you for the new thoughts. I was really thinking that the thread
was beating an old horse once again.

Ameline

Lady Elfsea

 

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Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 2:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [Elfsea] FW: [Ansteorra] What has happened?

 

I will tell you why I think things are going wrong. To start off with we
were a group that studied history by creating a persona from a time
pass. We based this role on the best values, the ought of beens of a
viable society. The values of that society became real to us. We thought
of our club as a kingdom. We displayed loyality and caring because we
were part of this peudo socality. We found it easy to teach the values
because we were not imposing our values, but rather the Historical
values needed to re-create pre 17th century life. Because we were
studing a complete culture we knew what we needed to do. the Lords and
Ladies did their jobs, the Peers did their jobs and the Nobles did
theirs. They could look at historical patterns to see what their jobs
were.  

Then we changed. We started being real. We started living the SCA not
doing historical reinactment. . The problem with that is the SCA is a
21th century group. We talk the dream, but we didn't talk about what it
means. People became shy to teach  values because now we talking about
our personal values and the modern world thinks it is rude to impose
your personal values on others. People lost their roles. Peer and noble
has no meaning in a 21th century club. There are only mundane patterns
for us to follow. The action I see going on is the pattern offered by
the modern world. 

I believe we need to go back to the historcial values of the medieval
construct we create to learn about our periods. I think we need to go
back to a base level of roleplaying and make Ansteorra the place we play
not the club, SCA.

Duchess Willow de Wisp

 

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