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Themes

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What is this larp about?

Alma Mater is a larp about a close community under threat of destruction. It is about the end of an ancient way of life. It is about social and personal conflict within a homosocial (all-female) environment. It is about experiencing a flavour of the order and rhythms of monastic life in the early 16th century. It is a larp about change, loss, and yearning.

Encouraged themes

Please note that Alma Mater explicitly includes the following themes, and roleplay on them will be encouraged. In-larp conflict and discrimination will be encouraged on these attributes.  

 

  • Catholicism and early Protestantism

  • Gender, sexism and misogyny

  • Gender-based violence

  • Trust and betrayal

  • Loss

  • State oppression

  • Poverty, bankruptcy, financial ruin

  • Chastity and unchastity (where same-sex, criticism should focus on the unchastity rather than homosexuality)

Opt-in themes

In addition, the following themes may be part of the larp for some characters but should be roleplayed with care, with an awareness that they may distress other players. Roleplay on these themes should be considered “opt-in”.

 

  • Consensual sexual contact

  • Visions, voices and mystical experience which nowadays might be thought of as "mental illness"

  • Physical illness, including terminal illness and euthanasia

  • Physical and verbal intimidation 

  • Unspecific fears of sexual violence (no more than brief, non-detailed references)

  • Past experience of domestic violence and abuse 

  • Pregnancy

  • Restriction from eating meat, fish or cheese as penance 

  • Corporal punishment / humiliation 

Not in this larp

These themes are not part of the larp and it is not acceptable to make them part of roleplay or refer to them:

 

  • Discrimination on the basis of any off-larp attribute.

  • Non-consensual sexual activity (except unspecific fears as above)

  • Sexual activity involving children under 16

  • Incest

  • Miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death and abortion

  • Self harm or suicide

  • Eating disorders

  • Racism or antisemitism

 

The lists of potentially distressing themes are not exhaustive and are based on our experiences. If there is something you would like added to this list to make your larp more comfortable, please Contact Us. 

 

Remember, at all times you should take reasonable responsibility for your own wellbeing and that of others. You must respect other people when they ask you to stop doing something, and allow them to leave a scene before continuing to roleplay. 

See Expected Behaviour for more details.

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