LadySonelle
Posts: 269
Joined: 8/24/2004 From: Santa Fe NM Status: offline
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Can I hear an "AMEN!"? Actually, the style you describe, being a caring Domme, is NOT *new*... it is closer to Old Guard than the current online crop of Dommes I see. The bratty, demanding seemingly uncaring Mistress would seem to Me, from 23 years' perspective, to be a newer thing. I loathe the idea that to some newbies it seems that the scene is all about losing one's temper and becoming a right brat! When.if a slave of Mine misbehaves, they are quelled not with a shout or a whip, but with a sharp, soft voiced word. "michael! No..." and The Look. And as for care of the sub... that ought to be first, formost and frequent. My standard is what I call the "comfort check" which meand that every toy I own is tried out first on My own flesh before being used by/on the submissive. I repeatedly test and try all My toys and bonds. When I own a dog (canine, 4 legged) I will regularly run My hand under his collar and over his bedding to be certain that they are comfortable for him. Why? Because a dog cannot verbally tell Me if he is uncomfortable. I check My toys because, while a slave or sub *can* tell Me, sometimes, sub headspace precludes such complaints, or, by the time damage is discovered, damage has resulted! I want my beloved submissives and slaves to be *better* for serving Me. Currently I have a sub who is a college student. I reward his study time although it takes time away from serving Me. His academic work will make him better, sharper, it will improve his overall life and tHAT is what I *want*! We dominants are favoured by selection... there are far more submissives than Dons, and in many ways we can become spoilt for choice... but that does not excuse us from responsibility... in fact, it makes such responsibility heavier. There is no finer gift than the willing submission of the human being kneeling before us and if we are to be worthy of that gift, we MUST be compassionate and loving along with all our other attributes of Dominance! Have I turned awa slaves? Yes! One man came to Me and begged to be humiliated. When I began the scene, he was sobbing freely. I began to question him, to elicit the causes for his distress. He was not pretending, he was not "in role" he was *suffering*! It turned out that he had been abused horribly as a child. I told him that while I might be able to ameliorate his distress for a short time, that I was NOT a professional psychotherapist and his problems were, at that time, FAR to severe for Me to do anything meaningful to help him. I referred him personally to a kink-friendly therapist. I love every one on My slaves very much and if I didn't, I would have no right to call myself 'Lady'. Lady Sonelle
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