Re: Random notes and whatnot
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:40 am
So I ended up watching the royal wedding today. It was actually a lot more interesting than I thought it would be, though the beginning was totally the best part.
Why? The hats. Amazing. Some of them were the most ridiculously awesome things I've seen since the Sci-Fi channel's Dune miniseries (which inspired me to go fairly nuts in ase-verse uniforms' hats too). I really want to dress like a princess or duchess. Another cool thing was the glass cars, letting the crowd get a good look at the people inside as they drove by. And the Abbey was just so enormous and everything and everyone were so pretty and the carriages were pretty cool and fun to notice that British cops don't often wear guns, even here. Though I did see a couple packing rifles. I guess someone needs to be armed just in case, but everybody loves the royals! Everyone looked very happy, from the random people in the crowd right up to the bride and groom.
Another interesting thing is something I just realized today - the traditional chess piece for the bishop has a split head. I never knew why until I saw the bishop at the wedding... his hat has that same split! Just something fun to know.
One last thing before I get to my point... one of the things in the lesson reading was to not be haughty and to mingle with the commoners or something like that. Partially apropos considering who was getting married, but I couldn't help but laugh at it a little. Surely those cool cars were made of bullet proof glass. Even after the wedding, in the open carriages, the had like a whole army of guys riding with them. While it looked cool, I'm sure part of that was so one of those guys would catch a bullet for the prince if someone started taking shots at them.
So yeah, mingle with the common folk... as long as you have enough protection!
So anywho, the hats. One of the commentators on Fox News (where I was watching) said part of the reason the hats are so cool is because the rest of their dress is so conservative.
They want to get fancy with the fashion, but also have to wear traditional dresses. So, they express themselves most wildly in the next best thing - the hats.
Now, I don't know if the commentator was on target here, or of it's universal or just, ironically, another British tradition, but I like the idea.
But, it makes me wonder how well it could be applied to worldbuilding. If you dictate traditional dress, will people go just as over the top in other ways, expressing a desire to be unique? How would this go about?
Perhaps something interesting to think about to add some detail to your own settings.
(wow barely on point here at all. I guess it's just the little girl inside me who wanted to talk about the pretty wedding )
Why? The hats. Amazing. Some of them were the most ridiculously awesome things I've seen since the Sci-Fi channel's Dune miniseries (which inspired me to go fairly nuts in ase-verse uniforms' hats too). I really want to dress like a princess or duchess. Another cool thing was the glass cars, letting the crowd get a good look at the people inside as they drove by. And the Abbey was just so enormous and everything and everyone were so pretty and the carriages were pretty cool and fun to notice that British cops don't often wear guns, even here. Though I did see a couple packing rifles. I guess someone needs to be armed just in case, but everybody loves the royals! Everyone looked very happy, from the random people in the crowd right up to the bride and groom.
Another interesting thing is something I just realized today - the traditional chess piece for the bishop has a split head. I never knew why until I saw the bishop at the wedding... his hat has that same split! Just something fun to know.
One last thing before I get to my point... one of the things in the lesson reading was to not be haughty and to mingle with the commoners or something like that. Partially apropos considering who was getting married, but I couldn't help but laugh at it a little. Surely those cool cars were made of bullet proof glass. Even after the wedding, in the open carriages, the had like a whole army of guys riding with them. While it looked cool, I'm sure part of that was so one of those guys would catch a bullet for the prince if someone started taking shots at them.
So yeah, mingle with the common folk... as long as you have enough protection!
So anywho, the hats. One of the commentators on Fox News (where I was watching) said part of the reason the hats are so cool is because the rest of their dress is so conservative.
They want to get fancy with the fashion, but also have to wear traditional dresses. So, they express themselves most wildly in the next best thing - the hats.
Now, I don't know if the commentator was on target here, or of it's universal or just, ironically, another British tradition, but I like the idea.
But, it makes me wonder how well it could be applied to worldbuilding. If you dictate traditional dress, will people go just as over the top in other ways, expressing a desire to be unique? How would this go about?
Perhaps something interesting to think about to add some detail to your own settings.
(wow barely on point here at all. I guess it's just the little girl inside me who wanted to talk about the pretty wedding )