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I don't get it.
Mar. 31st, 2008 06:12 pmDoes God kill little fluffy bunnies when people write things like this? (Go here to witness the carnage.)
"First of all, historical accuracy isn't important in this case because although the game's culture is based on the sengoku era, character clothing is rather loosely based on wafuku*. Hell, the guy that has beaten us in the last two costume contests is wearing oyoroi** made out of foam and cardboard and worn on top of a track suit. (The original writer had a "Mad" emoticon inserted here.)"
Fine, it's a game. I have no problem with that. So it's OK to show up with modern kurotomesode and wide obi (which the writer does not appear to have practiced putting on before said contest, judging from the thread title and the tell-tale photos) - yet she's pissed at the guy in the cardboard armor??????
Perhaps he won because he actually got off his backside and showed some creativity by MAKING what he wore instead of simply buying vintage threads.
Then she wrote this: ""P.S. While researching kitsuke, I read a lot of your site and stuff related to it, Kugepoet-san, and I love your take on SCA stuff and allowing for a Japanese court. "
I am too bemused to dignify this with a reply.
The surviving garments and textiles from 16th century Japan are among the most beautiful in the world. She could have used that inspiration to make something gorgeous and a hell of a lot easier to wear. The things one could do in a magical pseudo-Japanese universe! And she settled for being boring.
*"Wafuku" means Japanese clothing.
**"O-yoroi" is a particular style of Japanese armor that actually had fallen out of fashion by the Sengoku period.
***Kurotomesode is a formal kimono for married women.Black with formal crests at the back of the neck and on the sleeves, with decoration around the lower hem, it is a relatively modern style. Admiral Perry has much to answer for. Am I the only person on the planet who thinks these things are hideous? Married does not mean buried.
"First of all, historical accuracy isn't important in this case because although the game's culture is based on the sengoku era, character clothing is rather loosely based on wafuku*. Hell, the guy that has beaten us in the last two costume contests is wearing oyoroi** made out of foam and cardboard and worn on top of a track suit. (The original writer had a "Mad" emoticon inserted here.)"
Fine, it's a game. I have no problem with that. So it's OK to show up with modern kurotomesode and wide obi (which the writer does not appear to have practiced putting on before said contest, judging from the thread title and the tell-tale photos) - yet she's pissed at the guy in the cardboard armor??????
Perhaps he won because he actually got off his backside and showed some creativity by MAKING what he wore instead of simply buying vintage threads.
Then she wrote this: ""P.S. While researching kitsuke, I read a lot of your site and stuff related to it, Kugepoet-san, and I love your take on SCA stuff and allowing for a Japanese court. "
I am too bemused to dignify this with a reply.
The surviving garments and textiles from 16th century Japan are among the most beautiful in the world. She could have used that inspiration to make something gorgeous and a hell of a lot easier to wear. The things one could do in a magical pseudo-Japanese universe! And she settled for being boring.
*"Wafuku" means Japanese clothing.
**"O-yoroi" is a particular style of Japanese armor that actually had fallen out of fashion by the Sengoku period.
***Kurotomesode is a formal kimono for married women.Black with formal crests at the back of the neck and on the sleeves, with decoration around the lower hem, it is a relatively modern style. Admiral Perry has much to answer for. Am I the only person on the planet who thinks these things are hideous? Married does not mean buried.
