Done been told --[EDITED for further accuracy]

[scyllacat]

Just in case anyone is actually reading this who ISN'T in the SCA, peerage associates [EDIT] are not official, and Baronial Coronets are given at the pleasure of the Crown for almost any reason.  I've had it pointed out to me that there's nothing about the way I listed these recognitions yesterday that keeps people from assuming you have to do one to do the other. 

There was a lot of discussion on one of the local mailing lists about orders of precedent lately, and it was on my mind, and I threw it in.  I was NOT trying to imply that I was discussing anything in actual order of precedent, or --for that matter-- order of necessity.... one honor is not dependent upon another.  I was simply speaking as a relative newbie to an even MORE new newbie about what they would be most likely to notice and see people Oooh and Aaah over.

Protegés, apprentices, and squires are associated with households, an entirely voluntary and traditional association, not regulated by the rules of the SCA.  But, as I said, with the belts and colors associated, plus the deference one sees given to those with expertise, you'd think (I've thought) that was what it was all about.

I feel like I should have an official disclaimer:  I am not making any statements on behalf of Anyone besides myself.  I do not speak for the SCA, and I'm sure I'll be incredibly bewildered if I ever actually do.  When I stand up in court, I'll speak for the Baron and Baroness, so I don't take this idea lightly, but I'm NOT wearing my tabard when I'm writing in my journal. Unless it has a herald's tabard on, do not take what it says as having legitimacy or weight.

I did not throw in a discussion of Kings, Princes, Counts, Dukes, and Territorial [EDIT] Barons yesterday, most primarily because I don't know, really, anything in actuality yet about the order of precedence, and I didn't want to make it confusing.  Perhaps I SHOULD have made it confusing, just to point out my own admitted confusion about the whole thing...

Yes, I tend to attempt to cover embarrassment with a lot of babbling.

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