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BitaTruble -> RE: You Might be a Master if................ (2/11/2007 1:59:29 PM)
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ORIGINAL: CelticPrince
Lots of Masters around but consider this if your carrying that title.
I have so many problems with this on so many different levels. I'm going to tackle them (with the exception of the first two) one at a time.
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Are you available 24/7 [even on line] to help your "s" with a r/t problem?
Are you ready to wire some emergency funds to your "s" to help when needed?
These two I could change the word "Master" in the title of the thread and the 's' in the body of the post and substitute the word friend quite easily. Neither of these say the word "master" as opposed to 'sir' or friend to me.
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you let it be known when visiting a new site/chat that you already have "s" and are pleased?
Change the word Master here to husband or boyfriend. I see nothing that differentiates this behavior to belong to a Master as opposed to a sir, husband or boyfriend.
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Do you devote as much time to after care as you did for the interaction?
Aftercare, if it happens at all, takes as long as it takes. How can you quantify it based on the length of the session and then use that to differentiate between Master and Sir?
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If on line do you take the time to travel to your "s" when time permits?
Someone who requires a submissive to travel to them (regardless of the reasoning behind it) is a Sir rather than a Master? Can't buy that even with Monopoly money.
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Do you make that time?
It seems to me that circumstances need to be taken into consideration and that one will do what one can if they want r/t involvement. Again, how does this say Master as opposed to Sir?
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Are you open to your "s"s input re technique?
Technique as in S/m? What of those who don't partake of S/m? Can they not be Masters? If it's meant to speak to the technique of D/s interaction, then it seems to advocate that a Master will want a submissive to have an expectation of how their service should be rather than service as their dominant requires. In my world, that used to be true.. but I grew beyond such thinking by the very fact that Master helped me to see the light by causing me to reflect internally on submission and how it works in our dynamic with one another.
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These are key items but there are many more.
In my view, these are fluff which have little to do with Master vs Sir. So many other 'titles' could be substituted in lieu of Master and fit. Where's the authority 'key'? Where's the service 'key'? Where is the power exchange? The self-Mastery? The internal reflection to get to a point where one has the ability to take and/or keep the power of someone else?
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Unless the above answers are principally yes, perhaps Sir might be a better way to go, re salutation.
Truly, with few exceptions, I don't see any of the above as being the domain of a Master as opposed to a sir, a husband, friend or lover. Without some sort of authority dynamic as a 'key' element, perhaps the most important 'key' element, I don't see this as related to BDSM D/s at all.
We surely have different ideas of what it takes to be a Master. With that said, the fact that you used the words 'might' and 'if' in the title, I fully support your right to your view and if that's how you Master or how you consider one to earn, gain or use the title of Master, I'd defend your right to do so quite emphatically even though I disagree with it completely.
Celeste
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