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usagi-mitsu · 4 years

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The Dirndl - Lore X Real Life

Guys - I’m from Bavaria, which is one of the two most southern regions in Germany. Our traditional clothes include the world famous Lederhosen and Dirndl. There are many different versions of these to be found all across my home country, but the most famous iterration is the one from my region in southern Bavaria all around Munich and towards the Alps.

The story goes, that the Dirndl got it’s fame from US soldiers stationed in Bavaria after WWII, where they saw it and appareantly travelled the world and told everybody “that’s what Germans wear”. If you for example look at what A-1 Pictures decided to throw Asuka and Kirito into when they visited a German convention for the release of the last Sword Art Online movie, you’ll know just how famous the so called “Tracht” is.

I am not a professor of history, nor do I know too much about clothes and styles. But since I am Bavarian with accent and all and since my favourite game just decided to release a version of a Dirndl to be worn in-Game, I thought it would be neat to give some background info on it. :)

Again: Since I’m most certainly not a professional, there might be others with different oppinions and more knowledge on this topic. But I am a Bavarian woman who regularly wears Dirndl. Nothing more and nothing less.

ME RANTING ABOUT DIRNDL BENEATH THE CUT!

Usually a Dirndl is made up of one long dress (bodice and skirt together), with a detacheable apron and a white blouse beneath. Since the game has released the dress in pieces, I’ll start from top to bottom.

I am ignoring the hat because that is the only non-traditional part.

The Bodice

The bodice of the in-game dirndl is very accurate: you have the very low cut and even the different parts it’s made of. The gold embroydery is a nice element to have and not quite common right now, since simple dirndl are in style, but it is something you can have. In RL the golden triangles would be connected with a ribbon or a delicate chain, depending on the dirndl’s model and manufacturer - and current style.

The blouse is what keeps the boobs covered up (and what keeps them from falling out above the bodice). There are many different types of them: no sleeves, long sleeves, puffy sleeves or like - simply shirt sleeves. Currently, lace blouses which cover up the whole chest are the shit. The one used in the game is what you would wear to a folk festival - fun fact: The world famous “Oktoberfest” is nothing but a fair, a folk festival, with the difference being, that it’s being done by the city of Munich which has a lot more money than smaller villages. It started out as a celebration of the marriage of a Bavarian prince in 1810.

I know games get a lot of flag for this, but the cleavage is actually very much accurate too: Women wear special dirndl bras to get the girls up and make them pop. Whoever designed this seems to have done their research because that is literally how 90% of my teenage and early 20s selfies look.

Concerning jewelry: the part between neck and boobies is a bit empty here because I have not yet found a fitting necklace. But depending on your preferences you could wear a fine choker, a thick “dirndl necklace” with many and big gems or a simple pearl necklace with perhaps a small heart shaped pendant.

The back of the bodice loooks good too - no complaints here! The lacing up is optional though in RL.

The Skirt

The skirt of a dirndl is usually attached to the bodice. There are some versions though for more mature women, where you can have a dettacheable one. It usually depends on a persons choice. The lenght can also vary from “Oktoberfest” short as in miniskirt to kneelength to full-lenght (meaning down to the ankles).

Depending on the type of cloth your dirndl is made of, you might have it exactly like the one here with embroidery on a simple colour or you might have it with checked patterns or flowers in white on a colourful background. The white rim is also accurate: In RL it would either be crepped or made of lace. It’s optional though. (But it’s not an underskirt - usually!)

The apron looks great here, but I don’t think I have ever seen this pattern on anything but pottery. ;) But it works with the skirt and that’s all that matters: A dirndl usually comes with an apron and when choosing one freely, you always pick one to match the dress - if the dress is simpley, you want your apron to be less so and the other way around.

My only problem would be the ribbon in red here. It’s usually not that thick and big - and this one looks more like someone tied a scarf around their hips. I’d say that’s artistic freedom. ;)

The Shoes

THESE SHOES ARE ACCURATE AS FUCK! Even with the socks (Germans are known for combining socks and sandals after all - yieks).

Traditionally, you’d wear exactly these made of black leather. Black, because in earlier days, shoes were quite expensive and black usually fit with most Sunday garments.

The socks come in in winter, when it’s cold. Women couldn’t just go around and by warmer shoes, so they knit themselves warm socks to match.

In General

I am VERY pleased with what they have done here! The dress is not perfect most certainly, but it is as accurate as it could be and for once I’m not even mad about the boobies, because that’s how they are supposed to look.

This does look like the dress of a young woman in her late teens, early twenties though. Older and/or married women tend to wear less colourful dirndls with more muted colours. The placement of the bow is also a political thing: Depending on where you live having it on one side might mean you are married and on the other that you are single - and no region can agree on which side is which. If you tie it in the middle or on your back though, you are most certainly the waitress.

If you want to see what’s currently “in” in the region I’m from, I can only recommend you checking out the english homepage of “The Grasegger”, one of the oldest and also most expensive dirndl and lederhosen makers around: https://www.grasegger.de/en/ You can find the most current stuff here for example.

Thank you for reading and I wish you all the fun with the dirndl! :D If you have any further questions and wishes or just wish to tell me how wrong I am - just message me :D

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wizardsnwookies · 7 years

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The Story Thus far: A Fistful of Credits

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away...

It has been 3 Months since the Battle of Yavin and the Galaxy is still in turmoil. The Rebellion has seen its first real victory against the Empire and already they are making plans to move with the forward momentum. Meanwhile the Empire is doing its best to swiftly regroup their efforts in the aftermath of such a devastating loss. Suddenly planets are seeing that the Rebel Alliance may not just be a ragtag group of idealists, they might actually offer some change.

In this turbulent time, people like the Gungan Rugor, the Wookie Graalbar, and the Mrlssi Virssl are just trying to make their way in the galaxy, and the galaxy isnt’ exactly cooperating. In a set of holding cells at the reception center for the infamous Kessel Prison, the three scoundrels find themselves pitted against the Empire and forced to join forces with the human Lady Kara and Ithorian Erd if they are to have any chance of escape.

Graalbar’s fearsome strength takes out a monitor guard and gains him access to the security datapad as well as his side pistol. When they use the codes to escape into the hallway they are met with an Imperial officer and a squad of stormtroopers who arrived ton inspect the new meat. Laser bolts flew through the air, Graalbar threw several troopers around as if they were rag dolls before being gunned down, but it was a frag grenade borrowed by one of the Stormtroopers belt that allowed the band to escape.

Finding their belongings in a storage closet the made way to the hanger where they commandeered a corellian Freighter and made the jump to hyperspace. While in Hyperspace Lady Kara introduced herself as a fellow scoundrel, a smuggler mostly, but she also has a knack with droids. Whatever lines her pockets. Since they were so kind in helping her escape she returns the favor by bringing them to Nar Shaddaa, smuggler’s moon, where she promises to find them a very lucrative job. Having gotten to know their other ex-cellmate Erd more, the group decides they don’t like him very much. Erd is twitchy, overly nervous, and apparently is quite addicted to the Sabacc tables. It’s decided between the other four he is a liability and is to be ditched as soon as they get planetside.

While on Smuggler’s Moon, the three managed to find themselves in the middle of a political squabble. While in a small cantina just outside Huttown, they were hired to help free a local politician from an imperial outpost. Polski Maar, incumbent planetary representative to the empire was accused of rebel entanglement by an anonymous message sent to the local imperials. Our three anti-heroes made quick work of the outpost, using a combination of Virssl’s guile, and good old fashioned brute force. While there Rugor and Kara managed to break into the computer and find the incriminating message, downloading a copy for themselves, before wiping the computer clean and returning Marr to his safehouse.

Back at the ship they managed to trace the message to Marr’s political rival Traad Araan. The group decides that this information could be played against them both and send an encrypted ransom demand to each of the politician. After their attempts to ditch Erd at the hanger failed, Kara creates a hidden trail from the ransom demands to Erd for one who looked hard enough. Should things go south, at least they won’t take the fall for it.

Graakus the Hutt not only is a notorious ganster of Huttown, but is also an avid collector of jedi memorabilia. He has received word that there are rumor’s floating around the Sickseen system that there is a strange cave that may be of interest. They are to investigate the cave and bring back anything they may find of value, for which they will be paid handsomely.

The trip to Sickseen is not without it’s bumps. Halfway there the newly dubbed MINNOW is pulled out of Hyperspace by a carefully laid gravity trap and brought face to face with an Imperial Star Destroyer. This hyperlane has been used for rebel activity as of late and they are stopping any and all craft who may pass by. Virssl attempts to sweet talk one Captain Darwyne of the NEFARIOUS while Rugor continues to fly the ship as casually as he can towards the edge of the gravity well. Virssl freely offers their final destination to the Captain, hoping the casual and unassuming nature of the planet will let them slide. However the MINNOW had already been flagged as stolen and Captain Darwyne sends two TIE fighter’s to escort the back to the Star Destroyer for boarding. Thankfully a last minute disablement of the speed regulator gives them the last push they need to get beyond the gravity well and resume the jump into Hyperspace.

The MINNOW lands in Valaak City, a tourist town circling around and down a mountain in the middle of one of the planet’s massive Jungles. After getting some food in their bellies, the group spends all of their funds from the Polski Maar job in the market on supplies as well as a shiny new medical droid by the designation of B0N35.

As they make their way down to the base of the mountain they ask the locals about the cave and get a collection of superstition and lore. At the jungle’s edge they found that they had no money to purchase Varactyl mounts to traverse the jungle. However they do get a first hand account of the cave from the stable owner. When training one of the new Varactyl’s the Sullastan camped in the cave for the night before falling ill and feeling overcome with a heavy darkness. He never returned to the cave again, but could easily direct them to it.

On the way through the jungle Rugor noticed a tail, a small group of hired thugs who upon discovery chose to blast their way out of trouble. While they managed to capture and question a Duros thug, his partner, an Aqualish managed to get away. The only information the Duros could offer was that they were hired by an anonymous patron to follow them through the jungle, find out their destination, and transmit the coordinates.

Once the Duros was dispatched the journey continued to the cave, where they immediately felt a sense of unease. Lady Kara stayed behind to cover the entrance just in case the Aqualish returned.

The three scoundrels made their way through the cave and it’s oppressive atmosphere. Every chamber offered a new challenge, a Tra’cor hidden within a glassy lake, a vibroblade stuck in a stone, a dark chamber and an unlit torch, twin decrepid battle droids from the clone wars era...all leading to a chained chest. If the inexplicable oppressive cold haunting them wasn’t enough, in each room, scorched into the wall was a phrase of verse...

“Peace is a Lie, there is only Passion. Through passion, I gain strength Through strength, I gain power Through power, I gain victory Through victory, my chains are broken...”

Using a key they found hidden within one of the battle droids, they open the chest to find the final verse burned into the lid...

“The force shall set me free.”

...and within the chest they find a dark hide bound book and a strange looking amulet.

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Back outside they are greeted by twin bowcasters held by towering wookies flanking them on either side, and Lady Kara held at blaster point by a tall, dark human with a wide brimmed hat. Next to him stands the Aqualish who had escaped them earlier.

“Nik the Dick” as Lady Kara refers to him, is an old rival who simply wants to steal their findings and return it to Graakus himself. But the group is not giving up without a fight. Blaster bolts send debris flying through the air as missed shots hit trees and earth. By the end, B0N35 is tending to a scorch hole in Kara’s back she received from the Aqualish as she tried to escape Nik’s grasp. “Nik the Dick,” is a steaming crater in the ground. During the confusion, Virssl crep up behind him with a pack of flex-taped grenades and planted it on his body. The Thermal Detonator in Nik’s pocket did the rest.

With the Nik’s wookie bodyguards reluctantly in tow, the group make the return journey back, exiting the jungle and looking up to unobstructed blue skies again. At least, that’s what they thought. Instead, although looking like a day star, they see the unmistakable visage of a star destroyer in orbit. Tie fighters and Lambada class shuttles can be seen in the airspace around Valaak city. The empire has made it to Sickseen.

When a preliminary scouting mission shows that stormtroopers are regularly patrolling the city, it’s decided to try and contact Erd to swing by for an emergency pickup. Just to be safe, they first use pieces from datapads recovered from Nik and his goons to create a web of transmission signals to route their call through. This precaution proves to be well worth it, Senior Officer Brand of the NEFARIOUS answers and demands their surrender.

With few other options, they contact Nik’s pilot via the datapad and negotiate a pickup and delivery to the next nearest settlement, Joonpa, until they can figure out their next steps.

Unlike Valaak City, Joonpa is a small settlement, who’s hanger mostly serves as a rest spot for weary spacers and freighter pilots. In fact, when they enter the cantina attached to the loading bay they find the place filled with all sorts of working class folk of all species, their business grounded by the no-fly orders issued by the orbiting NEFARIOUS. The large mass of pilots and ships could be just what they need to make a run for it, but they’d have to win the crowd over first.

The cantina bartender, a surly and battered human female by the name of Nileen agrees to help plead their case in exchange for a favor. There’s a Kel Dor in Joonpa who services the local biotech, Nileen’s prosthetic arm is malfunctioning but no one has seen the Kel Dor for days although some have reported strange voices answering the door comm.

The group don’t fair much better when knocking politely, a humanoid voice dismisses them promptly. Graalbar decides he’s not patient enough to wait for Rugor to hack the air lock open, and destroys the metal door with his vibroaxe. As the air pressure equalizes the group is confronted by three strange humans, or at least they appear human. After one final warning to leave shots begin to fly in the cramped quarters. When the dust settles, scorch marks reveal not flesh but metal underneath a plastic skin. Replica droids.

They feel a rumble below them as a hole is blown through the basement wall, leading into the sewer system. After tracking the final replica droid and her hostage through the twists and turns Rugor manages to talk her down. They never wanted to hurt the doctor, they just needed some repairs, but could not afford to be caught. Rugor allows her to leave, but not before she gives him coordinates and a name...”Puppetmaster”...with the simple statement that he needs to be stopped at all costs.

With the Kel Dor doctor back safely a plan is forged between the scoundrels and what pilots Nileen managed to convince in joining the venture. They’re going to make a run on the Star Destroyer, but not without some firepower behind them. Virssl rigs up two spare escape pods with what explosives he can find and jerry rig. Once in orbit the small group of freighters and shuttles ignore all transmissions of warning by the NEFARIOUS, firing the two escape pods at the Star Destroyer, creating enough debris as to block the launching of TIE squads.

With a grin and by the skin of their teeth, the group makes their way back to Nar Shaddaa with a new ship, a new pilot, and a chest of strange artifacts to deliver to Graakus the Hutt.

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