ChatteParfaitt -> RE: The "meaning" of a scene? (11/4/2012 2:50:00 PM)
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Your thread appears to have been misread, perhaps b/c the responders were not following the forced bi thread that I believe (in part at least) engendered this one. I'm going to change your words around just a bit and say the "intent of the act," as opposed to the meaning of the scene. To me, this is what is crucial, the intent. For example, I routinely flog Himself, all over his body. He's not a masochist and he's not "switching" with me. He *is* a over 50 dom male with diabetes who gets achy and loves the feel of our suede flogger. He knows I am very proficient with this implement and can give him a fantastic massage with it. The *intent* is for me to relieve his achy muscles and give him pleasure, much more so than I could with a traditional massage, as I have tiny hands and wrists, and my joint pain means I am very limited in my massage strength. (This man has a massive back, with huge muscles, so that's an issue.) Now if I said, "I flog Himself on a regular basis," someone may think this means he's my sub. But the "intent" of the flogging is anything but. Now, that is a physical example. I think "intent" and "meaning" get far trickier when you are talking humiliation, or emotional sadism. Example, I have heard you say more than once that "Piss play for me isnt me humiliating my partners, it is a deep act of intimacy." And I agree. It's not humiliating to me in the least, it's pure intimacy. But if the *intent* is to humiliate, then that changes everything, does it not?
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