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Speaking of Convention of Thorns, here is my current costume plan for this year. It’s... sort of historical, but I think at least it’s recognizably Byzantine? It’s going to be covered in jewels and pearls if I get the chance, which is the most Byzantine thing, and I’m making it out of reproduction brocade.

The ruffles at the end of the sleeve are COMPLETELY ahistorical but I’m planning on hiding LEDs in there behind the red ruffle and layers of red organza to make it so I can glow threateningly at people. I feel this is a tradeoff I am willing to make.

(Art/fashion history folks, feel free to weigh in on Byzantine Fashion and How best to be the most shiny.)

#my stuff #cot3 #cotlarp #convention of thorns #irene #Irene Palaiologos

I realized I never uploaded pictures from last year’s Convention of Thorns!

I played Gertrude von Hohenzollern, Hound of Lubek. Ended up Ventrue Archon. The first selfie is before the first night, and the second is after the end of the second, after the ratification of the Camarilla, her own elevation to Archon, and killing a werewolf (that was the blood on her face).

I made the cloak and the tunic I’m wearing in the eight weeks between learning that COT2 was happening and flying to Germany. I finished the sewing on the vampire bus from Berlin to the castle in Poland.

(The Grouchy Gangrel in the pictures is Karsh, who started as Scourge and ended up Warlord. They ended up mutually blood bound. Oops.)

I’m going again this year. There are still a few tickets left...

#my stuff #cot2 #cotlarp #convention of thorns #ventrue #gertrude #karsh #costume

Me: This LARP is like ten months away. Casting isn't for another four at the earliest. More like five or six.

Me: I should not start planning costumes because I don't even have my character yet.

Also Me: It makes it better if I do research for ALL my potential character picks, right?

#my stuff #LARP #cotlarp #convention of thorns #cot3 #Anyone want to drop ungodly amounts on a vampire LARP?#Do you want to play a game with all the good bits of vampire and almost none of the suck?#in the best location imaginable?#If so: come join me because I am either playing MOST EFFICIENT VENTRUE or TOREADOR DISNEY PRINCESS TRAINWRECK if I get my way #other picks include:#muslim woman who is basically here to eat popcorn #and Sheriff Mom Friend

‏‎Most of the crew running Convention of Thorns 2 LARP! #larp #larping #dziobaklarpstudios #conventionofthorns #cotlarp Crediting the photographers Przemysław Jendroska and Maciek Nitka ‎‏ (ב‏‎Zamek Książ w Wałbrzychu‎‏)

#larp #larping #cotlarp #dziobaklarpstudios #conventionofthorns

Convention of Thornes 2

Well, the larp was awesome! In every way on every day the organizers outdid themselves in every way. All of it was outstanding! Due to my methodacting approach to my character I have experienced "bleed" (a.k.a. character emotionality running over to me as a person after the game) way worse than ever. Not even sure that I have ever had real bleed before at all to be honest. However, that part is over and done with now. Less than a week later, which is a lot better than I expected considering how emotional I was right after and during the trip home.

The one thing I'm having a REALLY hard time with is an out of character issue. Not that I want to because I really don't, but I had a LOT planned with another player. No that's not entirely true, we didn't have a specific script. We did however talk a LOT in the week before the game and seemed to click very well. Or so I thought. We talked extensively on what kind of game we wanted, OOC boundries and everything. It even bordered over into sexual orientation (on her explicit initiative no less).

During the larp, we perform a ritual vaulderie ceremony. I can only guess that this was where I somehow fucked up or something. She did seem excited both before and imediately after, but after that she turned off her phone and didn't reply either ingame or offgame. Not until a full day after the larp ended when she replied about having turned off the phone and being sick. I answered that it was no worries. Then all of a sudden - mid sentence - I can no longer reply.

She has unfriended and blocked me. With no reason what so fucking ever. I e-mail and tell her that it's hurtful as fuck, but okey I guess. If I was that obnoxious I'd just rather she say so waaaay earlier. On the extensive topic on boundries I did ask her for ONE thing. That she not make me feel like a fucking idiot by ignoring me.

ONE thing!

What the fuck did I do to deserve that? :'( Even emailed to shortly explain how that was hurtful as fuck, but okey I guess if I did somehow overstep or something. Don't I even deserve an explanation? Guess not.

Reason for saying this? None at all since nobody reads this anyhow. Just getting it said for my own sake.

#cot2 #cotlarp #conventionofthorns #vampire #vtm

There are no words fit to describe the experience! In 20 years of larping, never have I seen anything come close to this blockbuster event. If ever you get the chance to visit a larp by Dziobak - TAKE IT!! Yes it’s way more expensive than what you usually go to, but waaaaay more worth it as well. The experience was as close to flawless as could ever be expected, well aside from being treated like absolute crap OOC by one player (seriously, when we plan ahead carefully discussing boundries the one god damned thing I ask that you not do - I bloody well expect you to, you know, NOT do just that)