Madame4a -> RE: Not your average punishment thread (12/3/2008 4:20:47 PM)
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very good.. thank you for this... quote:
ORIGINAL: NihilusZero A rhetorical answer to the tone of an unspoken question I can sense here: Why am I being so harsh? Because her Dom shouldn't have to be. No caring Dom ever likes being the bad guy, but often it's not possible to empathically express if something has wounded us and to what extent. And, if our sub (who we depend on) is questioning our ethical integrity (based on our choice of punishment) enough to air it out in public...and then handfuls of people are gasping about how awful it seems...who is left on the Dom's side? There is a thread in General about 'vulnerable Doms' and I can only imagine how discomforting it must be to be in his position through this...especially if he's seeing this thread play out. Has there been any indication that he's been a bad Dominant to her? Abusive? Negative in anyway? He finds out someone he trusts has lied to him...and then that she kept the lie a secret. He takes time to choose a punishment that, to me, seems adequate. Sure, it leaves some people with that "it's in public!" itch...but that's the point: to put her in a place where she could not hide as a contrast to having spent however long doing just that. And...the response he receives to that? Refusal, and then the opening of his choice to public ridicule. All these criticisms of his choice of punishment (which wasn't that bad, really) seem ignorant of the fact that that is what he felt he would need to arrive at a place of understanding of her remorse and a sense of closure to this episode. And, frankly, his feelings don't seem to be getting attended to by anyone...even the person he is trusting the most. If X is what he needed to get over the situation, I'm having trouble comprehending how deciding to critique the choice was the default reaction by his sub, rather than caring acceptance (obviously, so long as X is within extreme reason...and it was, in this case). So...he shouldn't have to be the one to point out the utmost negative view in order to have the point(s) brought to light. Maybe he's more easygoing than I'm making everything sound here and he's open to giving her even more leeway to make up for her mistakes...but even if he isn't, it doesn't translate to some automatic 'bad Dom!' trait in him. He shouldn't have to be the one who could conceivably come in here trying to defend his decisions because even his sub will not do it. Paint me the bad guy, then. That's fine....but hopefully in the process it will open up some eyes to how it must be in his shoes, to where maybe (just maybe) the perspective changes to where his sub (presuming that she cares for him and wants to be with him) actually starts acting like it (within the context of this discussion).
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