• Alchemy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    haha that is a good one! I wonder if the faire participants mind or feel like it hurts their immersion.

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      1 year ago

      At least at the Faires I’ve worked at no one cares.

      In fact, I have a second-hand anecdote that one faire staff has a screen accurate combadge inside their doublet. When they see people doing stuff like this, they run over and pull them aside. They would whip out the badge and get in their face. “Does the Prime Directive mean NOTHING to you?! This is an uncontacted pre-warp civilization. You are ruining YEARS of undercover research! Who is your captain? I’m going to have your court martialled if you don’t get under cover FAST.”

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      1 year ago

      I’m similarly minded. A friend and I have talked about doing this for some time, but it’s such an old joke I sorta fear it wanders into the same territory as asking the grocery clerk if the item that didn’t scan is free.

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      I’ve seen a story where one of the faire participants had a commbadge hidden in their costume, pulled the Trekkie to one side, showed it to them, then told them off for breaking the Prime Directive…

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      1 year ago

      People at ren fairs are usually in pretty good spirits and good humor. Considering there are people dressed as wizards and elves, I think they’d be okay with Star Trek time travelers.

    • Rose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      In my experience, you might annoy the “hardcore” ones, but most people won’t be bothered. Hell, people may honestly join in, so long as you aren’t causing any problems.

      A lot of the Faire folk I have met are just happy people are participating and having a good time, and if you put effort into a costume, even better.

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        1 year ago

        Considering what goes into the more hard-core outfits, they deserve respect for their dedication. And there are lots of outlets for that too, which is great (e.g. SCA).

        However, if someone gets their tabbard in a bunch because some sci-fi cosplayers ruined their sense of immersion, at what is arguably a pay-to-enter medieval-themed shopping mall, they may deserve what they get.

        A lot of the Faire folk I have met are just happy people are participating and having a good time, and if you put effort into a costume, even better.

        These people are the backbone of every Faire. Huzzah!

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      1 year ago

      I wear a TNG uniform to my local ren fair every year - it almost exclusively generates excitement and high fives.