[MR] Persona Development.... (Was something else *grin*)

[Cap'n BlackJack Flint]

This brings up something that has bothered me for years.... It would appear to me, over the years that I have been in the SCA, that people just don't seem to be taking as much effort into persona development as they used to.

I understand not wanting to develop a persona for whatever reason, but to some degree, it kind of turns what we do into nothing more than a fancy costume party, does it not?

And this isn't doesn't appear to be an Atlantia thing, I saw the same in the Midrealm.... Folks get into garb they like, come up with a name, and they seem to know little if anything of how their persona came to be, then go to events and talk about work, life, Warcrack, or whatever, and to me, that takes quite a bit out of the point of an event, doesn't it?

I mean, if we are a Historical Organization, shouldn't we at least have a general idea of something about the time period or area we claim to be from?

Just me two pence...
 
Until the next,
Yours in Service,
Cap'n "Black" Jack Flint
       Lord and Master of "The Raptor"
            Brute for Hire
                            



----- Original Message ----
From: Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa <chessler at usa.net>
To: "atlantia at atlantia.sca.org" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 1, 2008 1:01:23 AM
Subject: Re: [MR] Things I didn't know about Barracuda

At 02:38 AM 4/30/2008, Anthony Bryant wrote:

>On Apr 30, 2008, at 1:28 AM, Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa wrote:
>

And, ICBW, but I thought a point in developing a 
personum (singular of persona, I guess), was to 
have a plausible story (under the definition of 
plausibility developed by the Baron Munchausen) 
to explain yourself, your interests, your 
personality, and any other qualities you wish to 
explain or call attention to. My point is, there 
are a lot of stories you can tell that would 
explain your being a Black-looking peasant in 
Bulgaria, or a Black-looking Boyar on the Volga, etc.

There are reasons I'm from Livorno (Leghorn), but 
my family is da Pisa. And being a goldsmith's 
agent (that is, a branch banker for the da Pisa 
bank) and jewel trader allows me to explain many 
of my other peculiarities and interests. My 
ancestry is mundanely from eastern Europe, 
Poland, Lithuania, Hungary (depending, in part, 
on which army was there last), but that's much 
less interesting (at least, to me).

But ultimately, I, too, am of African descent, 
although I'm told I don't look it.
:-)

--

Davitt il Bigollo da Piƒa
Goldƒmith's Agent in Livorno
Fa¢or in the lands of the Mughuls
Coral and Emeralds from Inde and Serendip

Checky argent and azure, two cheƒs rooks or in 
chief, a cheƒs knight or, a three-turret tower or in baƒe  

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