Grac
2014-04-01, 11:02 PM
The articleThe bizarre double life of conservative congressional hopeful Jake Rush (http://www.saintpetersblog.com/jake-russ-conservative-congressional-gop-hopefuls-bizarre-double-life?fb_action_ids=10152319630148139&fb_action_types=og.comments) is a thing that exists.
Said politician plays elfgames, sometimes of the LARP variety, and has been photographed cosplaying *gasp*
The silliness of the article, and the politics associated with the publication, the article, or the politician in question are not what I'm interested in here, and would be against board rules anyway. What I am interested in is this:
Mind’s Eye, or MES, is a nationwide community of gothic-punk role-players who come together to take on personas of vampires and other supernatural beings (known as Kindred), dealing with night-to-night struggles “against their own bestial natures, hunters, and each other.”
MES has a number of different sects, with names such as Vampire: The Requiem; Vampire: The Masquerade; Changeling: The Lost; Geist the Sin Eaters; New World of Darkness and Werewolf the Forsaken, among others.
On the surface, the use of sect seems misleading. And sure, it is misleading in a sense. It's also published on April 1st, it could very well be an intentional mistake. Or maybe the whole blog is satire. I dunno, I don't care. Not important.
What I find interesting, however, is that given edition/system/company wars, 'sects' isn't a bad description.
Said politician plays elfgames, sometimes of the LARP variety, and has been photographed cosplaying *gasp*
The silliness of the article, and the politics associated with the publication, the article, or the politician in question are not what I'm interested in here, and would be against board rules anyway. What I am interested in is this:
Mind’s Eye, or MES, is a nationwide community of gothic-punk role-players who come together to take on personas of vampires and other supernatural beings (known as Kindred), dealing with night-to-night struggles “against their own bestial natures, hunters, and each other.”
MES has a number of different sects, with names such as Vampire: The Requiem; Vampire: The Masquerade; Changeling: The Lost; Geist the Sin Eaters; New World of Darkness and Werewolf the Forsaken, among others.
On the surface, the use of sect seems misleading. And sure, it is misleading in a sense. It's also published on April 1st, it could very well be an intentional mistake. Or maybe the whole blog is satire. I dunno, I don't care. Not important.
What I find interesting, however, is that given edition/system/company wars, 'sects' isn't a bad description.