Peter Pan readthrough

[helenic]

I met up with many many strange people (as in strangers - although they are all strange, too, in a deeply wonderful way) yesterday for fluffymark's birthday party and a readthrough of Peter Pan, which was a fantastic success. Highlights included: andrewwyld's remarkably eloquent (and grammatical!) Tinkerbell (and his suggestion "drink every time someone says something gender-bending!"), mirabehn's casually cruel Peter (and beautiful tin whistle playing), the dialogue between Hook and Peter where Peter imitates his voice, which was done quite uncannily by mirabehn and the_alchemist, quite how many rude bits there are if you're looking for them, and robert_jones proving to be very very good on the piano.

Many thanks to the_alchemist for having the idea and putting all the effort into organising (and for having the most extravagant costume by a mile), fluffymark for hosting it, and everyone else for being there and being so damn talented!

I'd already started in on the alcohol during the readthrough, and toppled about afterwards being what Ellie described the next morning as a "delightful, inoffensive drunk" - which probably means embarrassing - before passing out on the sofa at about 11pm. I didn't regain consciousness until the next morning (someone actually had to put me to bed - thankyou so much, I'm so sorry) and don't remember a thing after about half past ten, which is incredibly disconcerting. I've been hungover all day but it was very much worth it, although it's stupid to drink so much at parties and miss most of them (I even missed the non-sexual stroking orgy! although we had something similar this morning with many soft toys and foot massages and toast and tea, so I don't feel quite so left out.) Remind me not to in future, especially on the back of an unusually anxious and sleep-deprived week five ...

Anyway, photos. These were very dark, so I've upped the brightness on a lot of them which has made them grainy. Sorry about that. But rah!

yvesilena as Wendy, mirabehn as the oblivious object of her affections.


neonchameleon as a frighteningly happy Crocodile


the children: robert_jones as John, yvesilena as Wendy and fluffymark as Michael


the lost boys: libellum as Slightly, mirabehn as Peter, pink_dormouse as Second Twin (or was it first?) and andrewwyld as Tootles


the fairies: andrewwyld as the Voice of Tinkerbell, mirabehn as Peter, and Lucy in a rather fab Tinkerbell costume (although she actually played Mrs. Darling)

             
mirabehn as an insufferably smug Peter, and                   the pirates: Sarah as Cecco, Catriona as Hook
the_alchemist as Capn. Jas Hook                                     and evil_nick as Smee

             
Hook rather kinkily seducing his captive Wendy                the lost boys again, with Andrew looking thespy


and last but not least: Peter and everyone in love with him! from left to right - yvesilena as an adoring Wendy, ixwin as a rather stunning Tiger Lily, mirabehn as the "wonderful boy" himself, Lucy (mischievously) as Tink, and finally the_alchemist as Hook, reluctantly admitting to his secret t00by lust. rah!

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[libellum.livejournal.com]

rah! I suppose I could have said much worse. That's relatively tame. I can breathe easy :) but okay, let's stop the compliments now, it's making me nervous.

I'm not sure if this is going to happen at all. I certainly don't want to commit myself to anything ... it wouldn't be easter weekend itself or Palm sunday weekend, as I'm on pilgrimage, but probably one of the two weekends in late march/early april during the vac. I'm not exactly a hardcore rpger- I've only ever done very very freestyle games of the type described above, and I've never really used rules or dice. Should probably learn at some point..

anyway, I'll think about it. might end up being too much to organise what with revision and all, but we'll see :)

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[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

but okay, let's stop the compliments now, it's making me nervous.

*bose* Of course. :)


Argh, late March/early April is precisely when Nick and I wouldn't be able to attend.

Oh well, still think it's an excellent idea, and best of luck if you decide to organise it!

Nick and I took part in a Harry Potter one a few years ago organised and DMed by a friend of ours. I think there were dice and rules. It was great fun, though a very uneven amount of preparation went into the conversations between the DM and the players. He got massively interested in one character and so she had tonnes to do (admittedly she was very interesting), whereas some others had very little to go on. I was somewhere in the middle, which worked out well.