Chaos and the swirling madness

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So...my office was two hours of utter chaos this morning. My boss is in the office today for the first time in months (he's been overseas and on vacation)...bringing with him changing priorities, quick exchange of piles of information, shifting of workloads and other chaotic fun.

Because I didn't think my life was busy enough between now and when I leave for Phoenix next Thursday, I decided I needed to make an afghan for my father and his wife. I started on it yesterday. Fortunately, it seems to be one that will go quickly. It's done in panels, nine panels to be exact. The original pattern called for 9 bright colors. I opted for shades of brown and muted greens. I finished one panel last night.



Which makes it sound all intellectual, when really it isn't.

I make no secret of the fact that it's the psychological side of BDSM that fascinates me, the control and release of control, the use of physical stimulation to cope with mental/emotional turmoil, the limits and what happens when we reach them, when we over step them. When too much isn't enough, and when too much is...too much....all of this really appeals to me.

So yesterday, as I was chatting with badfalcon by g-chat and managed to bunny her into writing a not necessarily BDSM fic, but certainly one that skirts around the world of BDSM, I suddenly found myself bunnied as well.

Both stories will be a similar setting: a group of friends, one of whom is fondly thought of as the group slut (no shaming involved, I just think it's the best word to play with here, as the boy in question has slept with just about everyone in the group, and is about to be the object of a gang bang of sorts)...where kidding leads to action, and action leads to the slut in question being stripped and used by both men and women over the course of however long it takes.

But as we were talking, and she was writing, it occurred to me that in a situation like that, where none of the friends really had any experience with what it's like to be the sub in such a situation, it would be easy for the submissive to fall into sub-space, to be psychologically incapable of self-care, and one of the group would need to figure out how to help him. Of course, badfalcon picked up on that right away once I'd said it, but it wouldn't let me go and I thought about it all afternoon/evening.

This morning I sat down to write it myself, knowing we would end up with two very similar stories, but also knowing that the differences between them would also intrigue me. 1200+ words and I'm done with the porny bit and into the part where one of them realizes that the sub needs help.

In my story, I'm seeing them all as relatively inexperienced with the dynamics of group sex, let alone the dynamic of group sex focused largely on fucking the ever-loving daylights out of one person, including the man who is that center of attention. I'm imagining that he, at least, has thought about it, and that it turns him on, and that he's a completely willing participant in everything that follows the suggestion, but has never actually experienced it and is unprepared for how it affects him emotionally/mentally.

I will hopefully finish the piece tonight and post it, and I look forward to seeing badfalcon's version as well.



Interestingly, the idea of the two of us writing off of the same basic idea made me think of a writing challenge that I think could be fun. Unfortunately with as dead as LJ has been, I'm not sure LJ is the place for it, so I'm considering using AO3, but that will require a little more research on my part for how that works.

Basically, the premise would be I (or whatever other mods want to help out) would post a summary that is character/fandom generic, but gives the basic premise of a story. Whoever wants to participate in the challenge has a month or so to write a minimum of say 1500 words in whatever fandom (including original) with whatever characters, as long as the end story fits the summary.

Sound like fun? Any interest at all?

Okay, on that note, now that the chaos has settled around me, I should get to work. Crazy ass deadlines yet again.


You:

a) Are you a crafty kind of person? If yes, what is your BEST crafty-craft?
2) If you were offered the opportunity to go do something you love doing for a full year but to do it you would have to go someplace where you don't know anyone, don't speak the language and can't easily leave to come home from...would you do it?
c) If you suddenly were handed $100,000 tax free and obligation free, what would you do with it?
4) Giraffe or Elephant?
e) Define compassion.
6) Skittles or M&Ms?
g) Define persecution.
8) Monkey?
i) What if someone really is out to get you?
10) Have I told you lately that I love you?

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