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xssve -> RE: what does vanilla mean? (2/24/2010 8:37:38 AM)
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In culinary terms, Vanilla is sort of like a universal mixer, it tends to blend well with, and enhance other flavors - sort of like the confectionery equivalent of MSG.
And face, it if there was no "norm", it might be a lot less fun rebelling against it - not saying that's the motive of everybody engaged in BDSM, or even the primary motive, but it often does eventually factor in there somewhere, otherwise, there would be no word for it.
And all in all, "Vanilla" is much less pejorative that "square" or "Sheeple" for example, which mean roughly the same thing.
The culinary metaphor that first sprang to my mind was not Vanilla, but unadorned oatmeal, which like grits are not bad alone (they taste like corn to me), but seldom suffer from the addition of a little butter, salt, cream, sugar, etc., i.e., it's just the basics, and the truth is, it would be hard to sustain metabolism if you only ate the condiments - a slab of sweet butter always tastes better melted into a nice bowl of steaming oatmeal.
I believe however, much like Domiguy did in his own inimitable way, that I have probably strained the limits of the metaphor to the breaking point with that last.
Now I'm just hungry.
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