Weekend update.

[saxikath]

I had a really good time at Legends this weekend. I got to bring back my old character briefly (those of you who play and don't know what happened... find out in game. ;) ), and had some good plot with the new one. There were wrinkles, and things that didn't go as smoothly as they could, but overall it was a good time. And chmrr and ringrose did something I'm not sure has ever happened in my LARP career before: they brought me to actual tears. Guys, I know I told you so already, but that was an amazing encounter, and I'm immensely glad to have been there to witness it.

The weather was chilly but sunny, which is what October should be like as far as I'm concerned (though it did get colder than I'd prefer at night!). The stars were bright overhead at night, and the sunsets were gorgeous. Beautiful. It was one of those LARP weekends where I came back feeling like I'd been away a lot longer than a weekend; my mind was so far away from everyday junk.

Comments

Endings

[ringrose.livejournal.com]

That was a really, _really_ hard encounter in some ways. Part of me said "I don't _want_ to do this!" Part of me said "This is what the character wants." And part of me said "I really hope Chmrr, as a player, doesn't think I'm simply abandoning him." Oh, and there was another part which said "Coming too fast, coming to fast, change is scary."
Because man, some of the best part of playing that character was having a completely-trusted companion. I will miss that. Lots.


How do you make really close character relationships in LARPs, and avoid the feeling that half of you is missing when something happens to the other half?

Re: Endings

[saxikath]

I can only imagine how hard it was for you & him. When Sinduri went, it was unexpected and sudden, but it wasn't a matter of choosing to go, and leaving someone behind.

How do you make really close character relationships in LARPs, and avoid the feeling that half of you is missing when something happens to the other half?

This hasn't happened to me yet. I haven't had a character that was so especially close to one other person as to feel like that person was another half -- or at least not and had that person then go away. (If Gisele had finaled, it might have felt that way for Sinduri. But that's the closest I can come.)

Trusted companions are a rare thing, indeed.