fandomhigh | Lying and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Class #6

"Hello, everyone," Jarod waved, "and I hope you've all decided on what part you want to play. Today it's about dressing the part. As convincing as a person's lie may be, if they haven't paid attention to the details, it will be easy to find them out, or to poke holes in their story."

"For instance, if someone says they are a soldier in the Army, but wear an Air Force dress uniform, you know something's wrong. With a military uniform, in particular, you want to pay attention to the ribbons, and what they mean. Or if someone is an FBI agent, but flashes the wrong badge, or worse, has no badge, then, again, you know there's a problem and to be on your guard."

"However," he said, pacing, "that's not the only issue. Here in Fandom, we have some unique temporal issues--can you tell from a person's clothing whether they're really from the century they say they are? Just because someone's walking around in a bodice, corset, and hoop skirts doesn't mean they're from the deep South during the Civil War, after all. However, if they are walking around dressed like that, and they're not from that era, the next question is why they're doing that--which helps you uncover their lie, or ultimate goal."

"So, today's assignment: When you sign in, tell me what part you would play. Then, I want you to find magazine pictures or websites or even the clothes, if you have them and can find them, and bring them back, and explain what specific details you've added to support your story, whatever that story happens to be."

Jarod grinned. "Go, have fun, be creative, but remember the details."

[ooc: No Jarod until 6 pm EDT, as usual. Also, I'm keeping this post open for a week so people can be as creative or detailed or OCD as they'd like going around town or finding links or photoshopping or whatever. Of course, as usual, you're more than welcome to handwave the assignment, as well.]

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It was Sam who'd given Jack the idea. Sort of. She used to be in the Air Force, and she always had an air of competence, no matter what she was doing. People trusted the military, right? And pilots were sexy and exciting - or at least Jack had always thought so - but Sam might not appreciate him impersonating someone from her Air Force.

So he'd ~~handwavily as it turned out~~ gone to the library to find a book on British Military Uniforms to take to class with him. And he'd ended up completely engrossed in a book on the Eagle Squadrons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._133_Squadron_RAF), American volunteers (:http://www.fourthfightergroup.com/eagles/133.html") who'd joined another country's fight, and flown planes called spitfires and had just generally been dashing heroes.

Jack hadn't been able to resist. Which was why he'd ~~also handwavily, because it turns out sleep is good~~ hunted down a bunch of bits and pieces to complete the uniform of a Flight Lieutenant (http://www.answers.com/topic/flight-lieutenant). He hadn't been able to find a great coat, but considering it was the middle of summer, he wasn't too upset about that.

Jack figured it was a good choice. As long as there weren't any actual members of the squadrons around, any anomalies in his behaviour could be explained away as simply because he was from another country. The time period in question had very primitive communications, so papers could be easily forged and there'd be no easy way to check up on him. And he had to learn about adapting to different time periods eventually, given his intended vocation.

All in all, he was pretty happy with how it had turned out (http://pics.livejournal.com/time_agent/pic/0000p3ya).

Lying and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Class #6

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