Time Warp

[fictional]

Time Warp Wives.

What do you lot think of this? I am at a loss. I never know what to make of these people. On the one hand, I admire their dedication to detail. For another, I am really into vanished worlds as well. (Hello, cosplay! Dressing up is awesome. Recreating lost worlds, equally so.) In addition, it's nice to live in a time, where people can be this weird, and not get, y'know, stoned to death or whatever. I support people's constructed, fictional lives, no matter what fashion, as long as they're not hurting anyone, - and it's great that they've been able to find people of like mind to live with etc.

BUT. They are crazy. tin. hats. Like, I get the desire, but not the 24/7 of it all, you know. Obsession can be taken too far.

Here's the other thing. It's like the male-dom thing in bdsm. Like, I've been known to find it really hot. BUT. in sex! Not in real life, right? Politically I find it to be repugnant and stupid. (Femme-dom too, for that matter, but you know what I mean.) For me, the great thing about recreation of these vanished times, means that we can keep the things we like for play, and lose the things we don't. Also I like running water, the internet, eyeglasses & contact lenses, etc etc.

I just don't know.

Thoughts?

Comments

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

Their worlds will come crashing down the moment one of them gets sick. Has the woman dedicated to the 30s lifestyle ever taken antibiotics? Do the ones living in the 40s and 50s observe strict rationing? I notice that they've chosen eras which are relatively comfortable. They're not, for example, living in cottages in rural late 18th century Yorkshire.

I love the aesthetic, but...

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I kinda want to tell them that life is not, in fact, a buffet, from which you can choose all the nice bits, and forgo all the nasty bits. Or at least, if that's what you're gonna do, then freaking own up to it! It's not all pretty dresses and bakelite, y'know?