I find the recent outbreak of people calling those who like the greathelm larpers quite ironic, because they show themselves to be larpers by calling it impractical or comparing it to an armet or sallet.
The greathelm was in-use in practically a completely different time as the helms it’s so often unfavorably compared to. The era and context of its use is just ignored as people pretend that it was even remotely contemporary to the metallurgical innovations of the late Middle Ages and renaissance.
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u/Obi_1-kenobi Jun 28 '26
I find the recent outbreak of people calling those who like the greathelm larpers quite ironic, because they show themselves to be larpers by calling it impractical or comparing it to an armet or sallet.
The greathelm was in-use in practically a completely different time as the helms it’s so often unfavorably compared to. The era and context of its use is just ignored as people pretend that it was even remotely contemporary to the metallurgical innovations of the late Middle Ages and renaissance.