Friday, August 3, 2007

My Role

I see myself as an encourager, providing all around support and positive input (note that I'm carefully avoiding the word "cheerleader"). :o) I also expect to offer a different philosophical point of view at times.

We were talking last night about little boys wanting to be King. Modern small-s society talks so much about little girls who want to be princesses, I think we often miss this boyhood wish that I see as very evident when I look around the SCA. Pretty much every guy I've ever talked to about it has expressed a want to be the King. There's a mystique (in addition to the somewhat macho thrill of showing everyone that you're the best because you won the tournament) that surrounds wearing a crown.

From there, I think one of the things that is most important for people who enter the tournament to realize is that so much more goes into being Crown in our cap-S Society than the magical, Hollywood-aggrandized version. It's real work and a whole lot of responsibility, as Khaentlahn's questions show. (Real life kings didn't have all sunshine and roses, either.)

That said, I also think some of the best and most moving moments I've witnessed have centered around the pure little boy joy on the faces of big strong men who get to be King...

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