Safety
The True Love Initiative’s primary view on safety is about taking care of your own needs and being able to set your own boundaries. We will expect our players to be able to opt-out of situations they do not want to be in, and be clear about their boundaries and wishes with their co-players.
The game will rely on slow escalation of play and meta-techniques including saying “off-game” to express explicit needs and using tap-out to deescalate certain play. All of these will be workshopped before the game.​​
Physicality
The True Love Initiative will include play that relies on physicality. This can include dancing, touching and kissing. In some of the in-game exercises these activities can even be asked of the character to participate in. It is of course always possible to opt out of any game you do not want to partake in, and there will be a meta-technique for that as well, so it does not break character. You are never forced to do anything you do not want to do as a player.
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However, we recommend that you do have a baseline of in generally feeling comfortable with a stranger touching your arms, kissing you on the cheek or holding your hand. Also, being able to kiss (or mimic kissing) your partner and sharing a bed with them, is expected to participate in the larp. If you are not comfortable with this amount of physical contact, this is probably not the larp for you.
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Sexual tension and other physical intimacy
The themes around sex in this game is about sexual tension, and not simulated sex. Sex (understood as touching or simulated touching of genitalia) is not allowed in this game, neither in-game nor offgame, and therefore there is no meta-technique to simulate this.
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The technique to show sexual tension will involve touching someone else's thigh, but will never escalate beyond that. How to do it will be shown and used in workshops at the game. Otherwise there will be no sex or simulated sex at the game, including touching anyone's private areas or the like.
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As standard, there will not be meta-techniques for other forms of physical contact. This includes kissing and slapping, which will happen using primarily slow escalation or off-game calibration if needed. It is however allowed to do theatre kissing (putting your thumb in between the lips), if you choose to do so.
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Full nudity will not be allowed at this larp.
Possible triggering content
There are some themes in this larp that we believe will be present during the game.
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Present in almost all characters and stories
Most of these themes will be present in almost every character and are mostly necessary to be alright with to be comfortable to play this larp.
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dysfunctional relationships
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codependency
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desperation for connection
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“arranged marriages”
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relationships with power imbalances
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expectations of monogamy
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sexual tension and sensuality
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asexual erasure
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class differences and discrimination​
Present in some, not all
There are also some themes that we expect to be present in some characters. You can choose to not have them be present in your character or near relations, and you can also choose to leave scenes you are not comfortable in, but we cannot promise that you will be able to avoid this content during play.
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abuse
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violence
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emotional abuse
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bullying
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infidelity
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fertility issues
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miscarriage
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death of a child
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death of a family member
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neglect
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oppression
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gaslighting
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sexual abuse (will not happen at the larp, as no sexual play is allowed)
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controlling behaviour
No off-game discrimination
Off-game sexism, racism, body-shaming, non-consensual sexual behaviour or bullying is forbidden at this larp.
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If a player needs it, there will be two in-game facilitators who will act as support crew for anyone who would need to talk about anything during the game.