Time for a Change
I am sure by now that even my SCA friends look at my SCA posts and just think oui… I confess that I need to find a way to get over all the bile and angst for a Kingdom that I live in when I love the overall hobby so much.
To pull out of the ditch and put all 4 tires on the road again I have made a commitment to take one last look at the glass half empty and then look at the good potential of the whole glass.
Glass half empty: Again I don’t grock the Midrealm. Let me explain… There are only 16 combatants that will be in the crown list. That is a horrible turn out. On a day that is suppose to be a time when you can bring the highest honor to your lady as a fighter. On a personal level hundreds of hours / years goes into training, sparring, armor making and repair. Only 16 people are going to show?!
If you win does that mean that you are the best in the Kingdom or only one of a very few that still have a sense of commitment to the honor of your lady and to the Kingdom. Personally, if are one of the 16 you have my gratitude for holding to a higher set of ideals and leading by example.
Hopefully, this is a wakeup call that there is some fixing to be done.
On the upside: I am going to Lillies this year. I have armor I need to fix (nothing that I can’t do - just gotta getter done). The nervious part for me is that to fight at Lillies I need to be authorized. I thought about trying to get authorized while I was at Lillies by the hosting Kingdom then I thought that I’m letting a bad attitude have power over the sport that I have been doing all of my adult life. In short I am thinking of being a fighter again. Nothing more, not a peer (royal or otherwise), not a teacher, not a statesmen; just work on being a happy dork in the clover stick jock that likes wood working, knife and axe throwing, singing, impromptu comic bits and helper-outer.
Time for a change.