Utah LARP

Photos by Mitzy Liz Faye All costumes by @fabricatedgeek

Here’s a quick preview from the photoshoot we did on Saturday before the con!

You can’t tell me this isn’t the perfect cover for a bad romance novel.

Costume. Chitons.

The way they could get away with pinking and slashing doublets in the 16th century was partially because the fabrics were so tightly woven that you could simply cut a line on the bias and nothing would fray. 

1.Realize that you CAN & WILL overcome the emotional distress you may initially feel upon learning the real truth

2.Come to terms with the fact that you may lose family and “friends”, this comes with the territory of knowing it’s a cult and ultimately wanting to leave.

3.Don’t try to forcefully wake family members from their cult indoctrination . As hard as it is, you have to realize the org is where they are comfortable and as much as you’d like to save them, they have to ultimately save themselves. Like that old saying “ you can take a horse to water but you can’t make them drink”.

4. Realize that it makes no sense stressing about things that are out of your control. You have to focus on YOURSELF and establishing your future. Finding out who you truly are and what you want to be.

5 Enjoy each day as much as you can. This reminds me of that quote from Troy were Brad Pitt says “The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”

Enjoy this life and make the most of it.

This are my opinions but hopefully they help others.

A friend just perfectly encapsulated my feelings on player agency and why its so important.

“When LARP is escapism, it isn’t from being miserable, it’s from being helpless.”