Faire withdrawl

[Gauwyn of Bracknell]

do you ever wish you could just go back 5oo years  and enjoy - no matter what ?

[Athena]

500 years in faire terms, or 500 years in history? If we're talking about faire, yes, I'd do anything to turn back the clock. Especially with winter approaching. 500 years in history? Eh, not so much. I like things like indoor plumbing, modern medicine, and the internet too much. 

[Pirateleach]

500 years in history? Eh, not so much. I like things like indoor plumbing, modern medicine, and the internet too much.  Smiley

true story

[robert of armstrong]

500 years in history? Eh, not so much. I like things like indoor plumbing, modern medicine, and the internet too much. 

Says it all.

It sucks that my particular Faire season is over.  I was able to bask in the afterglow of the Faires I visited for a couple weeks, and visiting websites with photos for those visits and reading posts about the faires helps keep that warm feeling alive, but it doesn't take long before that feeling of disappointment creeps in, becasue I know I am going to have to wait until July for the season to start over again.

I need to hit the lottery, this working or a living sucks.  Better to live the life of following the different circuits of Faires, meeting new Rennies, keeping the dream alive.....

[Welsh Wench]

Get married at 12, pregnant at 13 and die in childbirth at 14?

Um....no, thank you!
I'm with Athena on this one!

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

If I were alive back then, I'd be dead.

You know what I mean.


Let me play at a Renaissance Faire then go back to my nice, cool (faire is in summer) house, pick up the phone to call my friends, and come on the forum to meet with all of you.

[Gauwyn of Bracknell]

yes, just all the fun and none of the social or other ills 

[justsomeguytn]

Well, I know the feeling.  I left my second day at faire just three hours ago and I'm already missing it.  I've got to find a way to manage to come to faire more than just one weekend.

[Synikul]

Google all the sci-fi conventions that are within a distance you're willing to drive. Conventions are great for an off-season fix. There are always rennie refugees at those things, and the parties are insane. We do 5 conventions a year, and we might be adding another next year.

[meauho]

I like things like indoor plumbing, modern medicine, and the internet too much. 

I agree 10,000%.  I lived for 6.5 years in NW Montana without running water or electricity.  More than half a decade using outhouses, cooking and heating with wood stoves, and hauling water by hand - not to mention cold showers - has killed any desire to even camp without an RV.  Going back in time is absolutely out of the question.

Google all the sci-fi conventions that are within a distance you're willing to drive. Conventions are great for an off-season fix. There are always rennie refugees at those things, and the parties are insane. We do 5 conventions a year, and we might be adding another next year.

I'm at at least one con, usually 2 every single month.  In addition to SciFi cons, Anime cons are a decent distraction.  It is perfectly fine to go in Ren attire and persona to most of them.

[Zardoz]

Google all the sci-fi conventions that are within a distance you're willing to drive. Conventions are great for an off-season fix. There are always rennie refugees at those things, and the parties are insane. We do 5 conventions a year, and we might be adding another next year.

That's my solution!

[SirRichardBear]

Sad our science fiction and anime conventions are all in the summer  Of course we have Christmas parties, New Year parties and Burns dinner to give me an to wear my kilt. 

Shame I don't have access to a working TRADIS that would be fun to visit your favorite faires at any time from the first one in an open field to the present time. 

[RSLeask]

Conveniences aside, I find that I enjoy myself much better devoid of the technology today.  The internet and cell phones are great inventions, but I could do without and be quite content.  Plus, there's something to be said about living by the sword and bow that has appeal.

However, there's also the fine point there.  When you're talking about enjoying the time whenever, you're also talking about everything going with it.  Faire is great and wonderful, but life and work was hard, and often for a small comparative pay (unless you lived by aforementioned sword and bow in a not-so-legitimate means, for example).

Now, if you're talking about a faire-like environment all the time, I've had thoughts of late of turning a town or county-sized bit of land into a faireground.  Well, faireground with extended LARP ability, but still... something that had a good amount of property that people could actually live on, and work on, and basically live the life 24/7 if they so wanted to.  Sure, might have some lulls in generating a crowd, but think of the potential for special engagements, not to mention if film producers caught wind that hey, there's a set all ready to go for filming, with extras already available!

All I'd need to do is win the lotto, and it could be reality!   

[meauho]

Sad our science fiction and anime conventions are all in the summer 

If you don't mind my asking, what part of the country are you in?

[DonaCatalina]

I guess I should count myself lucky to live in Texas, where I only get a slight case of Faire withdrawal.
Sherwood opens in early February.
Scarborough open in early April
From June to August its too hot to breathe outdoors.
Texas Ren Fest (TRF) open in late September.
Then we have Christmas and Tewlfth Night to cover the gap.

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

I wrote something like this on another thread, but think it fits in here as well.

Starting this winter, there's a group of 5 of us who get together once a month for a Renaissance Dinner.  Four of us live in the same town, & 1 comes for the weekend.  We dress up in garb, set the table up fancy, use our mugs/goblets, eat semi-Renaissance food (bangers & mash, chicken stew in a breadbowl, etc.), and play faire CDs.  Depending on how much we have to do elsewhere, we've put up banners, used brocade tablecloths as backdrops, and even set up a throne once for a friend.







This is with some of the original group & some other friends who came for the weekend, who also enjoy faire.

[bittersweetheart]

I would be terrified of the health conditions myself. So, if I had a choice, I would, maybe, go back in time for a day or so...And I agree, I would miss many of the modern day technologies. Maybe a Renaissance vacation spot, I could dig that.

I miss the warm sunny breeze and the nostalgic feel amongst the faire grounds. College campus is now were I spend most of my days, or running around with the four year old, or attempting coffee/study dates with my love...

As a little girl, age 5 or 6, my dad starting taking me to faire. We also had Rennie friends who were merchants at faire. As a pre-teen and teen, I stopped going. :/ Lack of money. Then, money got in the way throughout my twenties as well, and having no one to go with hindered my desire to go.

So, now I have Eric The Ugly, my bestfriend and lover to go with. I am totally stoked for this season. GARF opens April 16th, and each day seems to pass slower and slower and slower. Counting down the day till then.

[Nighthawk]

Well, in less than 2 weeks, my festival season starts up again in earnest. I'm looking forward to it! Honestly, I work at most of the festivals, and Ren Fest is the one I get to go to and just enjoy myself, so I don't really suffer withdrawal. I do start to miss it after a while, though.

[Rowan MacD]

     Our Faire season starts up around May day and ends around Halloween.  We still need one within driving distance in July.....

[Gremlich]

Hell no!

Some prominent diseases in the 1500s were Malaria, Tuberculosis, (Known as Consumption) Smallpox, Parroticitis, Gangrene, Yellow Fever, and many others, though most diseases were simply diagnosed as Consumption. Scurvy was also common among sailors.

Malaria was quite possibly the most deadly disease of the 1500s and 1600s. It was transferred by Mosquito bite, and was very common in tropical areas. The cure was quanine, but was largely unavailable due to it's exclusive growth in South America.

Tuberculosis, or Consumption, was one of the most common diseases in the 16th and 17th centuries, though this is primarily attributed to the fact that nearly all diseases were labelled "consumption," because of the limited medical knowledge of the time.

[Nighthawk]

Hell no!

Some prominent diseases in the 1500s were Malaria, Tuberculosis, (Known as Consumption) Smallpox, Parroticitis, Gangrene, Yellow Fever, and many others, though most diseases were simply diagnosed as Consumption. Scurvy was also common among sailors.

Malaria was quite possibly the most deadly disease of the 1500s and 1600s. It was transferred by Mosquito bite, and was very common in tropical areas. The cure was quanine, but was largely unavailable due to it's exclusive growth in South America.

Tuberculosis, or Consumption, was one of the most common diseases in the 16th and 17th centuries, though this is primarily attributed to the fact that nearly all diseases were labelled "consumption," because of the limited medical knowledge of the time.

6 posts, and you're already ruining our romantic delusions... 

[Gauwyn of Bracknell]

I would take the risk

[Once Debauched]

Get married at 12, pregnant at 13 and die in childbirth at 14?

Um....no, thank you!
I'm with Athena on this one!

I'm with ya on this, Sista!

Women did not have the same opportunities as men.  I'm fairly certain my life would have sucked.  lol

It'd be a nice place to visit, but I'd not wanna live there!



EDIT:  It just occurred to me, I would have died in childbirth were I living 500 years ago. Ouch!