Ren Faires - nerd cringe but olde timey

[Dilligaff]

Eh, the one around here was fun just to go look at the trinkets and such. I stopped going the year the Stormtroopers (yes, Star Wars Stormtroopers) showed up.

 

[shartnado]

I went to school with a Renaissance club that also had a "Ren Faire" sort of thing one weekend of the year. I'm not sure if anyone ever went to it, but I can tell you that my feelings on them were kind of colored by the fact that if you lined up any ten of the members, nine of them would probably be part of the gross fat BDSM orgy that they also had going behind the scenes, where most of the barely-old-enough-to-drink girls from the club inexplicably considered a fat 40-something with fucked up teeth their "master."

Normal Ren Faire shit is weird, but they were something else and I can never really un-associate the two now.

 

[GREEDY FIREMAN]

Wizards and trolls are pushing things pretty hard, but I can at least see a connection between them and a medieval fair. How did the furries and weebs get into this?

 

[millais]

Wizards and trolls are pushing things pretty hard, but I can at least see a connection between them and a medieval fair. How did the furries and weebs get into this?

If I may venture a guess, I think that vampires/werewolves must be the missing link between the broader fantasy genre and furries/weeaboos specifically

 

[Abethedemon]

Ren Faires?
Why not Stimpy Faires?

 

[neverendingmidi]

I kind of consider Renfaires to be a much cheaper version of an amusement park. I mean most range from $8 to maybe $15 per person, vs. $80 to $120+ Per person of something like Six Flags or Disney. It's generally silly, and half the time watching the fair goers are as entertaining as the actual shows, but otherwise harmless.

 

[autism420]

If you've never banged a serving wench behind a tavern while wearing full plate, you haven't lived.

 

[Ariel]

Spoiler: More

CALL THE RSPCA!

 

[Butta Face Lopez]

It's mostly white liberals who get offended by "Indian."

"Redskin" is an example of an actually offensive term.

"Dirt worshiping heathens" is also generally acceptable

 

[Abethedemon]

Most of these fairs seem more medieval than renaissance.

 

[DykesDykesChina]

The Medieval fandom of Germany has also a very large overlap with Heavy Metal lolcows. There is actually a style of music known as Mittelalterrock (Medieval Rock).

Is there an American equivalent of this?

"Hey wir sind Heiden" = "Hey we're Heathens/Gentiles" (some of these have a bit of an euphoric flair!)
(The tune is the theme of a TV show based on the Pippi Longstockings tales by Astrid Lindgren.)

There is a bit of a minor feud between these bands and SJWs due to them sometimes having mildly naughty lyrics which SJWs find triggering.

The band "Feuerschwanz" ("Fiery Tail", can also be understood as "Fiery Pickle") were uninvited from a Medieval Festival because SJWs found some of their songs gave them soggy knees.

 

[Billy_Sama]

Metal is the lamest anachronistic music to play at a ren fair. This is what you play at a ren fair.

 

[SpacePanther]

Most of these fairs seem more medieval than renaissance.

Did no one else realize that in the last photo, the g and l in glassblower have been covered so it says assblower?

 

[Abethedemon]

Did no one else realize that in the last photo, the g and l in glassblower have been covered so it says assblower?

According to imgur, it was intentional, the photographer was a sneaky samuelson.

 

[melty]

I honestly feel kind of bad for the older people who got into this scene 10+ years ago for whatever reason, loving old timey crafts or role playing with other old nerds or something, and now have to deal with an influx of idiotic attention whores wearing satin corsets and furry costumes.

 

[BF 388]

What this thread is missing is the smells. I can't imagine it's too pretty.

 

[RM 810]

What this thread is missing is the smells. I can't imagine it's too pretty.

It's the one authentic thing about the experience.

 

[neverendingmidi]

What this thread is missing is the smells. I can't imagine it's too pretty.

At least they're generally outside, so the wind breaks up most of the bad smells, unless you sit right next to somebody, unlike con funk which is concentrated indoors usually.

 

[HG 400]

Now I want to go to a ren fair and pretend to be management and tell people they have to leave because it's not historically accurate for people with autism to survive early childhood in the middle ages.

 

[TheAmazingAxolotl]

Ren faire in my region happens during May. It's supposed to be some shitty little Welsh village, but anyone who goes there is either a Game of Thrones cosplayer, a high fantasy fetishist, or a guy in a kilt - and these aren't creative kilts, either, they're all Royal Stewart or Black Watch.

You know the ren faire is going on when you're going to a restaurant and there's like five or six guys in kilts and lace-up tunics waiting to be seated. I've never been to this fair, nor do I want to if that's the majority of the people going there.