Peter Pan readthrough
Feb. 22nd, 2004 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helenicI met up with many many strange people (as in strangers - although they are all strange, too, in a deeply wonderful way) yesterday for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
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 Hookthe_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!![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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on 2004-02-22 05:45 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2004-02-23 01:33 am (UTC)*boggles at photos*
Heavens, I see exactly what you mean...
Glad you managed to find something appropriate to wear too. And I'm sure you were delightful and inoffensive, as you so often are ;)
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on 2004-02-23 01:52 am (UTC)hee hee! guess it's hard to be offensive when you're sleepin' unawares on the sofa ;-)
hook and croc costumes are amazing. as are all the rest, actually. looks wicked. good luck with essayness babe! xx
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on 2004-02-23 01:53 am (UTC)It was a delight to meet you, and I assure you that you were nothing short of wonderful (as well as being by far the most strokable person there). Yay. *strokes*
Your photos could have done with some flash. As usual, I come out like a grinning idiot. Ah well.
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on 2004-02-23 02:00 am (UTC)it was a delight to meet you too! I'm tempted to throw a party of my own at some point... hmm. if only I had a decent sized kitchen ...
yep, I realised the lack of flash when I was downloading them. d'oh. natural light wouldn't have been bad either ...
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on 2004-02-23 02:03 am (UTC)I'm auditioning to be a pirate at Robinson May Ball! so I'd get to have a pirate outfit too! yay!
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on 2004-02-23 02:06 am (UTC)catriona's costume was WONDERFUL. we covets it, precious. are you going to be working at any may balls? I've applied to all of them, and it'd be cool to work together :)
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on 2004-02-23 02:07 am (UTC)Re:
on 2004-02-23 02:33 am (UTC)You must throw a party at some point! And invite lots of wonderful people! :)
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on 2004-02-23 04:14 am (UTC)Hello my dear!
Yay, fab write-up. And thank you. :)
And you were both delightful and inoffensive. If there was flirting then I guarantee that you flirted with no one who was not more than happy to flirt back. Including those of us who were relatively very sober. :)
*whistles innocently*
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on 2004-02-23 05:07 am (UTC)I don't remember flirting with you (damnit!) although I wouldn't be at all surprised if I did. twas absolutely fantastic to meet you and nick, so yay.
if I don't find a decent larp group in cambridge this term, I'm tempted to run a one-off weekend-long game over easter (not necessarily DMing it myself if anyone else is willing to, but doing the organising and hosting and stuff). do you reckon people would be interested? it's an idea I've only had this morning, mainly because I'm going to be way to poor to actually GO anywhere over easter and I need some sort of incentive to drag people to the pits of Leicester :)
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on 2004-02-23 06:10 am (UTC)Re:
on 2004-02-23 06:15 am (UTC)And it is true that some one at some point refered to you as, "That girl who's flirting with every one". But it was great!
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on 2004-02-23 07:18 am (UTC)And oi, less of the flirting while sober in a public forum! I'm only an outrageous flirt when I'm drunk. honest.
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on 2004-02-23 07:47 am (UTC)*grin*
You told me I was unattainable and gorgeous and I couldn't stop grinning smugly about it for the rest of the evening.
See - that's not embarrassing, it's just outrageously lovely of you. I'd been feeling terribly ugly all day and then this beautiful woman tells me *that*!
Easter larping game sounds like a marvellous idea! I would reckon that many people would be interested. Aside from the crowd who were there on Saturday, I'd also particularly draw your attention to
Which is the Easter weekend? April's getting a bit frantic for
If Nick and I were there it would have to be suitable to ickle beginners, as we've each only role-played once before!
*hugs you*
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on 2004-02-23 07:49 am (UTC)Re:
on 2004-02-23 07:52 am (UTC)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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on 2004-02-23 07:54 am (UTC)there's just far too much gushing going on in these comments. it's making me nervous. It's far easier when everyone's being dour and cynical and self-deprecating ... I'm not used to all this stroking nonsense! eep!
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on 2004-02-23 08:08 am (UTC)*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.
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on 2004-02-23 08:41 am (UTC)Re:
on 2004-02-23 09:06 am (UTC)Yes yes yes yes yes!
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on 2004-02-23 09:07 am (UTC)How does one get to audition to be a pirate at Robinson May Ball?
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on 2004-02-23 09:08 am (UTC)Re:
on 2004-02-23 09:12 am (UTC)I think I'm going with a general CULES group, if we get parts ... otherwise I'll hopefully be working as a general waitress or something. I've applied to all the May Balls I can find, so I ought to get something...
(I should know better by now than to post anything about acting where you can see it!) xx
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on 2004-02-23 09:54 am (UTC)Will now attempt to be very dour and cynical and self-deprecating.
*screws up face and concentrates very very very hard*
:)
Actually I can do the latter two quite well (though the number of people who actually get to see me being cynical is rather small, so it's easy to miss...). Dourness has always escaped me though, to my chagrin. And readthroughs bring out my inner fluff-monster like nothing else. Apologies if it can be rather alarming! It is a bit, well, fluffy. And big. And purple too, I find...
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on 2004-02-25 08:08 am (UTC)no subject
on 2004-02-25 08:11 am (UTC)Yves was looking rather girly, wasn't she? Extremely disconcerting. I'm afraid to say I can't seem to stop looking like a girl, it's really quite depressing.
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on 2004-02-27 08:55 am (UTC)no subject
on 2004-02-28 02:31 pm (UTC)Re:
on 2004-03-01 02:28 pm (UTC)oh yes, and this is my LJ. Me being Lucy. :)