LAH posted something about Imperial Stormtroopers at the Renaissance Festival in Tennessee. Apparently there are people dressing as Klingons and Star Wars Stormtroopers at the Renaissance Festival. ??? Does this sound a little odd to anyone else? Aren't there conventions where sci-fi costumes are OK, almost mandatory? I really can't get past the utter geekdom of someone dressing in Star Wars gear to go to a Ren festival.
I could actually see Klingons fitting in better though. They are all about honor and warrior stuff, like the Knights Of The Round Table. We all know the Stormtroopers weren't known as honorable anything. Just shooters for the Evil Empire. I think if King Arthur had his choice, he'd have hired the Klingons for some medieval butt-kicking. He could trust them to be honorable anyway. He would have been insulted by the Stormtroopers showing up looking to get in on the grail search. You know they would just have stolen it anyway and given it to ole Darth. Yeah, the Klingons are a better fit, but truthfully, neither group belongs.
What would possess someone to do that anyway? Do they not understand history any better than that? Are they just so into their fantasy life that they can't go anywhere in public without their disguises? I really don't get it, and obviously they don't either.
"Yo, super geeks, when you go to a Renaissance Festival you are supposed to respect the theme there. You have plenty of real opportunities to geek out at Star Wars, Star Trek and Sci-Fi conventions that you don't need to show your ass elsewhere. Those are some of my favorite places too, but a Renaissance Festival is for Renaissance attire. Sheesh!"
I just don't understand people sometimes.
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