gypsygrl
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I can assure you, it's quite realistic in that I've had such relationships and currently maintain one. I'm sure you have. But, the ad hoc provision that allows you to step out of the dynamic every time your slave says 'no' or something similar, then back in may well be the reason they're realisitic. Basically, what you are saying is that you can suspend the dynamic as necessary to accomodate the slaves 'no.' quote:
I am unsure, though.. what would a slave have to say "No" to, assuming a mature Master and a truly submissive slave? I could probably think of a couple dozen situations in which a 'truly submissive slave' might have good reason to say 'no' to a 'mature' Master. The first that come to mind are those where something really bad, something unforeseen by the Master, would happen if his wishes were acted upon. I'm assuming that in addition to being mature, the Master is also human and might make a mistake. If a Master wanted the slave to do something that would jepordize the life not of his or her self, but of the Master, wouldn't it be her duty to disobey even at the risk of punishment or incurring the displeasure of the Master should he survive? Would it really be any service to the Master to say 'yes, sir, right away sir! And would you like me to kiss your dead ass when I'm done, sir?'? Of course not. Obedience in such a situation might win that slave brownie points in some 'truely submissive slave' heaven, but on this earth, the only result would be tragic. The above is an extreme example and not likely to be an issue in everyday interactions. If Master calls the slave and tells her to be somewhere at 10:00 and the slave says no, my um is sick and can't go to school so I have to stay home, does that undermine the M/s dynamic? Is she any less a slave in that moment? Presumambly, assuming maturity on the part of the Master, they've discussed priorities and the Master does allow the slave to say 'no' in such situations. Or, if Master and slave are doing a routine sm session, and the slave unexpectedly has some kind of trouble: Master orders slave to kneel or get in whatever position to take a flogging, and slave says, 'no, I can't.' They stop, figure out what's going on, and then decide whether or not to continue. Again, is this somehow a break with the Master/slave dynamic in which they become two vanilla people trying to deal with a problem? No, because two vanilla people, by definition, wouldn't have a problem in the middle of a session because they wouldn't be sessioning. Perhaps you might say they become Top and bottom, but, in my mind, that would move us in the direction of ptolemaic astronomy with its retrogressions and all that. I say they are still Master and slave, and the slave says no, as a slave, even a 'truly subissive' one because if she continues, something really bad might happen. And the Master, being mature, deals with it as a Master without any thought to the integrity of their M/s dynamic because thats the last thing on his or her mind. Being the 'mature' Master that he or she is, his or her first concern in that moment is the well-being of his slave. Those are just some possible scenarios in which a slave might have to say no to a mature Master without undermining the M/s dynamic. quote:
I'm afraid that the subject tends to drift to more specific aspects by page five of a thread. True enough. But you responded in a sarcastic manner to a poster who was, in fact, explicitly addressing the thread topic. And, as I indicated in my original comment to you, you might have misunderstood the comment you were treating sarcastically. So, I think it reasonable to expect that your defense of your comment would have something to do with the original topic of discussion which was the sub slave distinction.
< Message edited by gypsygrl -- 8/26/2007 5:55:47 PM >
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