MedusaOblongata
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Joined: 4/4/2005 From: San Francisco Status: offline
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While a lot of the things I like (e.g., knives, fire, electricity) can be considered edgy, what feels like edge play to me is doing something that is new and/or scary to the submissive to whom I'm doing it. Not too long ago I gave a woman her first little "scene," where I bound and blindfolded her, and caressed her gently with fingertips, fingernails, a rabbit fur, vampire glove, and spiked rolling pin. That felt more edgy to me than using a knife and violet want on a sub who's felt them before and knows she loves it. But there are varying definitions of edge play, so really the term needs to be defined every time it's used. E.g., I saw a demonstration once where the demonstrator insisted that puppy play was edge play. I couldn't quite see it that way, but I didn't have to - I wasn't playing with her. I was reading the rules online for a BDSM dungeon I hadn't been to, and it was required to notify a DM before engaging in any edge play. They defined edge play as anything involving knives, fire, needles, electricity, blood, or sex. I can honestly say I've never seen sex described as edge play, but to them it obviously was.
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