TW: sexual assault and abuse, grooming, bullying, threats, talk of suicide, racism.


Raquel Skellington (she/her), the world’s first full-time professional LARPer, tells the story of how she built her career, survived a traumatic public character assassination during the peak of cancel culture, and now represents some of the biggest companies in the LARP sphere. She also shares her thoughts about being the first pro LARPer as a woman of color, and what that means for her.

00:02:06 -- Meet Raquel!


00:13:02 -- “LARP fundamentally changed me”


00:22:49 -- Becoming a professional LARPer


00:39:38 -- When modeling and LARPing converge


00:47:59 -- Surviving a racially fueled public attack


01:06:51 -- Recovery and growth


01:21:21 -- What keeps Raquel going

Games


Sims series -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims


House of the Dead 2 -- https://bit.ly/39cqL25


Civilization series -- https://bit.ly/3zpXWK9


Paladins -- https://www.paladins.com/


Dystopia Rising -- http://www.dystopiarisinglarp.com/


Dammerung -- https://www.larpcoop.com/dammerung

Other Resources


Calimacil -- https://calimacil.com/?aff=117


Ateliers Nemesis -- https://ateliers-nemesis.com/en/


Drachenfest US -- https://www.drachenfest.us/

Support my show! www.bubblegumbitchcraft.etsy.com

Credits


Guest -- Raquel Skellington, https://raquel-skellington.carrd.co/


Production by Victor Media Group, Inc. -- https://victormediagroup.co/


Original Music by Byson -- https://spoti.fi/3eoC47l


Creator / Host -- Clara Mount (@bubblegum_titan on Twitter)


Executive Producers -- J.B. Adams and Gerard Mitchell


Sound Editing -- Anna Hughes