haha that is a good one! I wonder if the faire participants mind or feel like it hurts their immersion.
The Department of Temporal Investigations is on the case
Submitted 11 months ago by negativenull@startrek.website to risa@startrek.website
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Alchemy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lemmygizer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
At least at the Faires I’ve worked at no one cares.
In fact, I have a second-hand anecdote that one faire staff has a screen accurate combadge inside their doublet. When they see people doing stuff like this, they run over and pull them aside. They would whip out the badge and get in their face. “Does the Prime Directive mean NOTHING to you?! This is an uncontacted pre-warp civilization. You are ruining YEARS of undercover research! Who is your captain? I’m going to have your court martialled if you don’t get under cover FAST.”
Taleya@aussie.zone 11 months ago
I’ve seen that as well, it’s slowly growing. Unsurprisingly the correlation of ren faire goers and trekkers is high.
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I’m similarly minded. A friend and I have talked about doing this for some time, but it’s such an old joke I sorta fear it wanders into the same territory as asking the grocery clerk if the item that didn’t scan is free.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 11 months ago
I worked as a cashier and still do it 😅
weariedfae@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What a perfect comparison. I would agree it’s in the same neighborhood. It was funny the first 8 million times.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
People at ren fairs are usually in pretty good spirits and good humor. Considering there are people dressed as wizards and elves, I think they’d be okay with Star Trek time travelers.
negativenull@startrek.website 11 months ago
The Venn Diagram of Renn Fair goers, and Trekkies isn’t a circle, but it’s close I’d imagine.
TheMongoose@kbin.social 11 months ago
I've seen a story where one of the faire participants had a commbadge hidden in their costume, pulled the Trekkie to one side, showed it to them, then told them off for breaking the Prime Directive...
TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Some Faires have a time traveler day for things like this.
NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 11 months ago
In my experience, you might annoy the “hardcore” ones, but most people won’t be bothered. Hell, people may honestly join in, so long as you aren’t causing any problems.
A lot of the Faire folk I have met are just happy people are participating and having a good time, and if you put effort into a costume, even better.
dejected_warp_core@startrek.website 11 months ago
Considering what goes into the more hard-core outfits, they deserve respect for their dedication. And there are lots of outlets for that too, which is great (e.g. SCA).
However, if someone gets their tabbard in a bunch because some sci-fi cosplayers ruined their sense of immersion, at what is arguably a pay-to-enter medieval-themed shopping mall, they may deserve what they get.
A lot of the Faire folk I have met are just happy people are participating and having a good time, and if you put effort into a costume, even better.
These people are the backbone of every Faire. Huzzah!
ClarkDoom@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I wear a TNG uniform to my local ren fair every year - it almost exclusively generates excitement and high fives.
Thelonemino@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
The Star Trek cosplayers don’t bother me… it’s the fucking furries. Like no judgement, you do you, but how is a full pink fur suit even slightly on theme?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 months ago
The furries I saw at a ren faire recently had theme appropriate attire for their fursuit. I was jealous that they had two costumes!
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I mean someone is already cosplaying some romanticized ideal of someone 200 years ago is it really that much of a stretch to have someone dressed as an anamophized dog-man?
Thelonemino@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yes.
Moneo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I hope this comment is satire because it’s hilarious.
dmrzl@programming.dev 11 months ago
What a coincidence: just yesterday I rewatched the warehouse 13 episode where they’re at a civil war reenactment LARP and someone complains about the fucking trekkies always crashing their party as RPG time travelers.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I was at a ren fair earlier this year wearing my MST3K shirt and several people in real cosplay stopped to tell me how much they loved my shirt.
Also, there was a guy wearing a shirt that just said “This is my ren fair costume.” Respect to that guy.
mihnt@lemmy.world 11 months ago
[deleted]CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 11 months ago
JNCOs
Junior non-com outfits?
crypticthree@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Normalize invading the ren faire dressed as Mongols
Tattorack@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, give Trump a good reason to build a big ass wall! XD
ikidd@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I want to see the “bring out your dead” cart guy from The Holy Grail.
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It was hilarious the first 500 times. I know some fairs have soured on it and want people to stop
capital@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Understandable. Plus, the landing team would usually dress incognito so as not to violate the prime directive anyway, right?
So what are they doing dressed in their usual uniforms?
darkpanda@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Depends on the situation. Sometimes they only find out that the planet they’re beaming down to is actually a 1920’s mafia planet or a Nazi Germany planet after the fact once they get there, and then it’s like, “Bones, Spock, and also random Crewman, we’ve just beamed down to a mafia planet, we need to get some proper clothes before we’re spotted. Oh no, we’ve been spotted, beat these mafia guys up and steal their clothes quick before we’re spotted again.”
Although to be fair those sorts of episodes actually didn’t involve time travel, since they were other planets that for some reason or another became entire planets of mafiosos and Nazis, but the prime directive still applied.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Maybe they got thrown back in time against their will, versus being a normal away mission?
Nacktmull@lemm.ee 11 months ago
[deleted]gmtom@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The immersion? I’ve been to some and people dress up as like fairy’s and elves and all sorts of fantasy shit.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Same. It used to be a lot more of historical reenactment, and a lot of the performances and stuff still reflect that.
But the last few times I’ve gone it’s mainly been a themed craft show with corsets and tunics, and yeah, people with wings, steampunk hats, and Cloud’s buster sword, or tails hanging out of their pants. :|
Renaissance times must’ve been wild, y’all. Lol
Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
A not insignificant number of guests are usually dressed like regular modern day people. Ren faires are for everyone, and most people don’t own period costumes. It’s usually encouraged for guests to dress up, but it absolutely is not required.
schmidtster@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Is everyone dressed up at these fairs?
I don’t see how a few people in trek costumes would crush immersion if plain clothes people don’t either. It’s both or neither, not one or the other.
PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org 11 months ago
There are some that do themed “Time Traveler” days where guests are encouraged to dress up in steampunk and sci fi costumes. I love going on those days, you always see tons of Trekkies, Whovians, and Jedi running around.
Nacktmull@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Now that sound really cool, because it means visitors can choose, based on their preferences.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
You’ve clearly never been to one…
Norgur@kbin.social 11 months ago
Well, the renfaire people only get to be upset if this is the only anachronism in costumes
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve never been to a ren fair in my life but I can feel it in my bones that this is one of those things where a million of people have done it but they all think they’re the first.
KredeSeraf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Apparently it’s pretty common for ren fair people to wear a starfleet badge hidden somewhere and if this happens pull them aside in character, subtly show the badge and rip into them for violating the prime directive.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 11 months ago
have done it but they all think they’re the first.
It’s not about the first, it’s about the best.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I mean it kinda seems like there’s exactly one way to do it. They’re not elaborate costumes by any means.
Moneo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
All I’ve got left is my bones
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Someone needs to coordinate an S.C.P. containment team cosplay to crash the Ren faire
Steve@startrek.website 11 months ago
This would also work with Stargate
vaseltarp@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wouldn’t the time travelers try to fit in so they do not disturb the culture?
badaboomxx@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You… haven’t… seen… star… trek… my friend?
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
“Historical documents”
Wogi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don’t. Rules vary as frequently as episode to episode.
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Well glad you are apologizing at least
nonailsleft@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I see a Klingon in the back
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Nah … that’s just your average medieval peasant
aperson@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Hah, this is at the ren fest that goes on in my town.
pizza@lemmy.today 11 months ago
porthos@startrek.website 11 months ago
It would make way more sense for Stargate cosplayers to be at a renfaire since every single planet they went to on that series seemed to have villagers at about the renaissance level of technology (gotta wonder, did they have access to a bunch of medieval/renaissance sets for cheap lol?).
Of course, if you went as Stargate cosplayers you would have to basically dress up as para military wannabe chuds who’s personalities revolve around owning useless guns (like sword person who is obsessed with swords but way less fun) and being a bigot. People might not even recognize you are in costume and just assume you are a bunch of losers who express their freedom by going to renfaires carrying around murder weapons and dressing in tactical gear.
sigh
…better to go as the Star Trek cosplayers lol.
cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
You could just have that weird golden cumshot on your forehead.
JWBananas@startrek.website 11 months ago
What a terrible day to be literate
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Goes to the fair with the cumshot … but it isn’t golden
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Never forget the episode where it was upside down
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Stargate- thousands of inhabited planets, and almost all of them look like Canada.
Taleya@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Eh class
cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Staff weapons are weapons of
terrormurder.The P-90 is a weapon of war!
porthos@startrek.website 11 months ago
Yeah but in Star Trek’s future they have headlamps… but for your hands Image