Things become fashionable in different places for different reasons, including everything from appropriateness to climate/event venues, ease of obtaining research information/materials/accessories, and of course, What The Cool Kids Are Wearing. I'd never SEEN Viking stuff in the part of the East I was playing in - though we had early GeneriCelts in abundance. No 16th c. Germans, but plenty of Elizabethan. And a handful of Japanese and even a couple of pretty good Mongol impressions.
It is what it is. Doing Japanese in the West Kingdom sometimes feels like being the Littlest Sumo Wrestler. You throw yourself at an opponent three times your size who yawns, scratches his balls and pushes you effortlessly back out of the ring. If I am poised to start a fad, it's more likely going to be via the 'net and spread out of kingdom than here. Then again, you never know....
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Date: 2008-02-10 06:02 pm (UTC)It is what it is. Doing Japanese in the West Kingdom sometimes feels like being the Littlest Sumo Wrestler. You throw yourself at an opponent three times your size who yawns, scratches his balls and pushes you effortlessly back out of the ring. If I am poised to start a fad, it's more likely going to be via the 'net and spread out of kingdom than here. Then again, you never know....