LRM wrote:P-Slayer wrote:And who knows, maybe the Lagooner's views on S&M have softened. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of people here are fans of D&S.
I haven't/won't play. D&S I was plenty for me (I played it once). I think you'd be surprised at how many share my feeling.
Lou
I did watch Arnulf's walkthrough once!
Lou. If you haven't played D&S3, you should. It is much less of a piece on sado-masochism (actually, there is no s/m action in the piece), and more on exploration of sexual boundaries. I, like you, played D&S1 once... but because I wanted to see where he was taking it, I played 2... once. That was enough for me. But I think you will find 3 far more acceptable. Try it. Once. You never know... It is something that, I think, depends on the player. Some would see it as one woman dominating, forcing another woman to be submissive. I tend to see it more as one woman opening another woman's eyes. Am I a D&S person? No. I will not dominate another person. Nor will I let that person dominate me. I will not submit to another and I will not force her to submit to me. I will be a lover's guide if she wishes me to help her find herself (but I ain't gonna tie her up and stick a sock in her mouth, or.. what ever), and if I had a lover who wished to help me expand my horizons, I would let her lead (until she tried to stand on my chest and make me lick her boots or pulled out a whip and...). While the writers may have been working from the point of view of a dominatrix and a submissive person, I saw it from a different point of view. No one was bound. No one was forced to do anything. No one feared retaliation (except from the butler if he caught them).
You can listen to me or not. Your choice. I am just giving you another way of looking at things. 8-)