[Artemisia] question about circlets god help me

[Georgia Foster]

That is a personal question.  I don't mean that in the "Your invading my 
space bubble" way, but more in the "assimilation of culture" way.  When one 
moves out of kingdom, one may ... but is not required to assume the regalia 
of the new land.

For my example, in Atlantia, squires wear silver chains.  I had been a 
squire for several years when I was stationed in Atlantia.  Honestly this 
was the most difficult part for me to assimilate, because it felt ... WRONG. 
  After about a year, however ... other squires began to remind me that I 
had "forgotten" my chain again.  Bowing to peer (little p) pressure, I found 
a lovely 97.4 fine sterling silver large link chain. It was heavy to wear, a 
pain to maintain, and would have doubled as a weapon in a street fight, but 
it got the rest of the red belts off my case.

In Artemisia, squires do not wear chains.  The huge honking behemoth now 
resides in the fire safe with the rest of my mundane weaponry.

In Atlantia, the armigers wore circlets of less than 1/4 inch.  Given that I 
loathe headgear, this was a quick answer to “What do I do for headgear”.  
Given that I was two years there before I was offered the Award of Arms, by 
that point in my military life I was pretty much accepting of the local 
customs of my host country.  Mine was constructed of three strands of copper 
twisted with the assistance of a 3/4 inch electric drill and then hammered 
flat.

In Artemisia, the armigers do not wear circlets, so I converted mine to use 
as a hairband ... until my daughter spirited it away a few years ago.

The point here is we, as folks, need to be socially aware and mindful.  Play 
nice.  Assimilate as far as possible without surrender.  If your behavior 
offends others, one has the choice to either modify the behavior, or prepare 
to face the consequences for not modifying the behavior.  Either way … it is 
a personal choice.

My two pence only

Cheers

Malkin
Otherhill
Artemisia



"It is a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word" ...
Thomas Jefferson

Jo (Georgia L.) Foster
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