mo' princess, mo' problems

[lula_vampiro]

At the beginning of next month, my ninjutsu dōjō holds a grueling 24-hour training exercise (read: LARP) called the Campaign, in which we venture into the wilderness of Manhattan and beat on each other with wooden weapons. Our Wednesday evening armed combat classes this month cover sword, spear, and knife fighting, as well as Campaign-applicable

Comments

[foxfour]

That is the best thing ever in the history of the world.

[skalja]

Well, it might say something about your vision of princess roles. XD

[dapperzombie]

I don't think it's explicitly related to gender so much as it is the stereotype of the damsel in distress. Aforementioned damsels are kidnapped usually because they do something stupid, or are just stupid in general, or are kidnapped because somebody else did something stupid that the damsel went along with. It's not incorrect to assume a damsel in distress is too thick to not get kidnapped again if you're not going full-bore.

Though to be honest, I probably would have laughed too. >_>

So pretty in that dress

[sshivradrastae]

If I were the princess, I'd rather be carried to safety.

Wtf. You're a goddamn ninja in a field of ninja. Walking politely is more time to get killed or re-captured! Where is their ninja common sense?

[sikonawt]

Man, I've gotta say that does sound like quite a lot of fun... although I bet wooden weapons hurt quite a bit more than foam dactyl hunt swords!