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"why are people suddenly saying kink isn't always sexual" hello! you seem to have picked up on something that is actually de facto considered true in IRL kink scenes and often trotted out as one of the basic foundational truths of kink in educational contexts (i.e. beginners' workshops, it'll be in guides for first-timers at dungeons, etc). come take my hand and let me introduce you to the vast and wonderful world of IRL kink.
"kink," contrary to what a lot of internet-only kinksters seem to think, is not referencing your relationship to a concept--it's referencing the concept itself. for example, "bondage" in this context is not referring to "being turned on by tying someone up/being tied up," it's referring to the concept of being tied up/tying someone up itself. this is one of the most common kinks you'll see people playing with in entirely nonsexual contexts--most rope groups have at least a handful of players who are asexual or entirely sex-repulsed, for example. at a lot of rope play sessions, sexual activity will be banned entirely & you'll generally be expected to not show signs of sexual arousal while in that space. because it's not the space for that--sexual play parties are their own thing.
so what makes something a kink vs. a "normal" interest, if it's not a sexual aspect? mostly social stigma. the group of interests considered "kinks" have developed a shared umbrella due to a shared societal pathologization of those interests in similar ways, and one of the ways that pathology manifests is by considering those interests fundamentally sexual. there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a sexual dimension to your kink, to be clear--but society sees sex as inherently disgusting, and sexualization is frequently weaponized to pathologize all kinds of people.
portraying interest in domination/submission as inherently sexual, for example, means those explicitly navigating consensual d/s play are relegated to the realm of "the bedroom" and signifiers of their relationship (i.e. a collar) are considered "obscene" and not fit to exist in public--even when equivalent signifiers of vanilla lifestyles are allowed and not considered obscene, i.e. a wedding ring. if you portray an interest in roleplaying as a dog as inherently sexual, it means anyone roleplaying as a dog in public is subjecting the public to nasty, perverted sex, it can be classified as obscene, you can arrest people for barking and wearing leashes even if they are deriving zero sexual pleasure from it whatsoever and are not exposing themselves or harassing anyone.
why are most kinks expressed sexually to some degree, or have a sexual dimension to them? because sexually active adults tend to enjoy sex. i don't know how else to explain this, genuinely. if you are a person who experiences sexual arousal and sexual attraction, then you will often be aroused by your interests in a sexual context.
like, i am really into fandom. i love a lot of different things about fandom. one of the things i love about fandom is that it's horny; i'm a big enthusiast of smut, horny cosplay, et cetera and so on. but that doesn't mean that i don't like fandom in completely non-horny contexts, or that my interest in fandom is always sexual and can never be separated from sex. just because i cosplay erotically doesn't mean that i don't also cosplay in other contexts entirely. cosplay turns me on, and i also love cosplaying at conventions and for entirely non-horny reasons.
kink is the same. sometimes the exact same person is both turned on by petplay and interested in it nonsexually. this is actually like... really common, it's not even just "sometimes," i would say it applies to the vast majority of IRL kinksters active in my local scene, and i would hazard a guess that this isn't a major outlier, it's fairly common in scenes across the world. but if you can understand "i like cosplaying, and sometimes i'll cosplay at a convention, and sometimes i'll cosplay for sex, and sometimes i'll cosplay for fun alone in my room, and sometimes i'll cosplay to jack off, and sometimes i'll cosplay for money, and none of these are The Only Reason I Like Cosplay, and sometimes when i cosplay i will do it in a way that only includes some of these reasons and not the others at all," it shouldn't be too hard to apply the same reasoning to kink.
anyway, trying to relegate "kink" to only and solely refer to "this set of stigmatized interests and relationship dynamics, but only in reference to sex specifically" is closing the barn door after the horses are gone. sorry y'all but the kink community developed in response to medical pathologization and severe social stigma. there's no post-hoc way to turn it into an ontological classification of some form--kink is messy and abstract as a category because it isn't a category based in, like, scientific observation or ontological meanings of words. it's a category based in "we think these people are freaks and we need a diagnosis for their freakishness" lol. the forcible sexualization of every aspect of kink is part of the initial classification of this loose social realm as "fetish" and/or "paraphilia." sex is not evil or scary or bad but equally the structures doing the pathologization do consider sex to be evil and that's not something you can just ignore when discussing how sex is utilized rhetorically in these discussions.
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Bound by Blood - Chapter 2
The second chapter for my absolutely crackship story is out. The lesbians are coming. Well, so far not very lesbian. So far it is just Aurelia being a neurotic mess. But it still is... that way.
Bound by Blood
Chapter 2: The Travelling Alchemist
Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3
Shipping: Araj/Aurelia
Genre: Slowburn Enemies to Lovers
As Aurelia tries to spend time with her siblings, he hears about a drow arriving at Grymforge.
@g-vlssz Update!
#baldur'S gate 3#baldurs gate 3#bg3#araj oblodra#bg3 aurelia#bg3 vampire#vampire spawn#enemies to lovers#slow burn
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A part of me wants to commission a picture of the BG3 crew post Netherbrain fight basically in the Shawarma scene from Avengers.
Because it is how I imagine the "hurray, we won" party to look like. Everyone just being half-dead, and just sitting there in silence. Though with more mead, and probably some other food.
But the same atmosphere.
I just do not have the money for that. lol Not right now.
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Summer Spice 2024
Some might remember, that last year I had decided to do a summer smut challenge called Summer Spice. And because I had fun with it, I decided to do it again this year.
As I have been asked for my prompt list, I decided to also share it here now. You will find the list underneath the cut.
I will not properly moderate the challenge, but anyone who wants to join me writing some spice for the summer, you are more than welcome. I will start uploading my own stories starting June 15th and then upload three stories a week. My own stuff is gonna be all Castlevania and BG3, but again... Feel free to join with whatever.
The List
Day 01: Nipple Play
Day 02: Walked in On
Day 03: Cowgirl
Day 04: Against the Wall
Day 05: Dirty Talk
Day 06: Wax Play
Day 07: Roleplay
Day 08: Mirror Sex
Day 09: On the Tabletop
Day 10: Anal Fingering
Day 11: Blow Job
Day 12: Bondage
Day 13: Threesome
Day 14: Collar
Day 15: Orgasm Denial
Day 16: Aftercare
Day 17: Begging
Day 18: Consensual Non-Consent
Day 19: Aphrodisiac
Day 20: Laughing during Sex
Day 21: Outdoor Sex
Day 22: Rough Sex
Day 23: Pussy Worship
Day 24: Edging
Day 25: Face Fucking
Day 26: Tied to the Bed
Day 27: Blindfold
Day 28: Sleepy Sex
Day 29: Tease and Denial
Day 30: Domination
Day 31: Spanking
Day 32: Breath Play
Day 33: Anal Sex
Day 34: Striptease
Day 35: Bath Sex
Day 36: Post-Coital Cuddling
Day 37: Gagged
Day 38: Finger Sucking
Day 39: Cunnilingus
Day 40: Multiple Orgasms
Day 41: Humiliation
Day 42: Drunken Sex
Day 43: Scar Kink
Day 44: Fuck or Die
Day 45: Seduction
Day 46: Bukkake
Day 47: Large Insertion
Day 48: Furry/Scaly
Day 49: Overstimulation
Day 50: Orgy
#summer spice#summer spice 2024#fanfic challenge#fanfiction#smut#smut challenge#prompt#prompts#prompt list#smut prompts#fanfiction prompts
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You may not like it but this is what peak masculinity looks like.
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The People He Saves [Tav/Astarion Whump]
I ended up deciding that I will still finish up the 15 stories I had planned for @whumpril, even though April is now a good month away. Due to my hospital stay and stuff. But I still wanna write those stories. :D
This story had the prompt Broken Glass.
The People He Saves
Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3
Shipping: Astarion/Tav
Genre: Whump
While Astarion is struggling to understand their situation, Tav runs off to save people.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56307112
#baldur's gate 3#baldurs gate 3#bg3#astarion#astarion ancunin#astarion x tav#tavstarion#whump#whumpril2024#whumpril#prompt: broken glass#my tav
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Closure - Chapter 12
Another Friday, another chapter. This one focuses on Trevor and Alucard. Just giving them a sweet moment.
Closure
Chapter 12: His Weakness
Fandom: Castlevania (Netflix)
Shippings: Trephacard + Draculisa
Genre: Hurt/Comfort
Trevor sits in front of the waystation, waiting for his husband.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/54014047/chapters/143057197
#castlevania#castlevania netflix#castlevania alucard#trevor x alucard#trevorcard#trevor x sypha x alucard#trephacard#hurt/comfort
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I really do not understand it
I know, this topic is probably gonna be the neverending evergreen of this fandom, but I really do not get it. Why do some people honestly do believe that Ascending Astarion is "good"? Like they honestly believe that this is good for him, because "he wants it" and stuff. While the game makes it so very clear that mentally Astarion is off far worse after ascending, compared to him being a vampire spawn in the end. Spawn Astarion heals after the end - or starts healing at the very least - while Ascended Astarion only gets worse.
Like everyone else I will say: If having the big evil vampire dom is your kinda kink or fantasy... All power to you. We all can enjoy a good dark romance when it is fiction. I am not talking about people, who just like the Ascension ending for the drama or the sexual thrills. I am really talking about those, who keep claiming that it is Astarion's good ending.
The argument usually boils down to: "But it is, what he wants!" Which just... makes me wonder. Is the issue a lack of media literacy, a lack of empathy, or a lack of general understanding on how abuse victims think?
Let me put it like this: A drug addict might know that drugs are bad for them, and yet they will plead you for more drugs, when the withdrawel kicks in.
Astarion is like this in a way. He does know, that ascending is bad for him. He knows it the entire time. If you really press him on it, you can see his doubt. But he is afraid. He is so afraid of becoming a victim again. If not Cazador's victim, then the victim of someone else. So he wants this power to secure himself - but he knows that it is not good for him.
If you really press him on it before, he is actually fairly easy to talk down from it during the ritual. Even if you romance him (which generally makes the "talking him down" part a lot harder).
And we know that if you are in a relationship and he ascends, he starts to become controlling towards you - just like Cazador had been towards him. And we do know that on the long run, he does not even go out into the sun anymore, because he becomes too enarmored with political power play and stuff.
And of course there is the choking kiss animation with Ascended Astarion. (Once again, if that's your kink, all power to you - but you gotta admit, that this is pretty much the creators being like: "Uhm, he is bad now.")
The creators really tried to make sure that it is clear how this really is the bad ending for him.
The game is very much about breaking out of generational abuse. By stopping oneself of becoming the next abuser. Which is why Astarion ascending is really bad.
#baldur's gate 3#baldurs gate 3#bg3#astarion#astarion ancunin#ascended astarion#vampire spawn astarion#astarion x tav#tavstarion#astarion x durge#durgestarion#media literacy
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all im saying is if Laios had a youtube channel, his first video would be a four-hour breakdown ranking the edibility of every Pokèmon. He would be That Kind of youtuber.
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~ On this decisive night, he appeared before the knight in all his glory
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Voice of the Voiceless - Chapter 21
And there it is. The sex chapter. The very romanticy sex chapter.
Voice of the Voiceless
Chapter 21: Sweet Touch
Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3
Shipping: Astarion/Tav
Genre: Hurt/Comfort & Adventure
Astarion does not want those memories to have control over him. And for once it seems, that his mind agrees.
#fanfic update#baldur's gate 3#baldurs gate 3#bg3#bg3 fanfiction#astarion x tav#tavstarion#hurt/comfort#adventure#smut#male tav#trans male tav
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There is no magical place that doesn’t have antisemitism btw it exists everywhere and yes this includes israel it just manifests in a different way such as cultural genocide towards entire Jewish minorities who lose their language and cultural heritage because it’s seen as antithetical to Israeli national identity
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Greek Mythology and the Thing often overlooked
I have recently been thinking a lot about mythology adaptions in media, especially with the new season of Blood of Zeus being out, me finding out some interesting things, and also me reading into Greek history.
Within Western Circles it is pretty universally accepted, that everyone can use Greek Mythology as a free for all, because it is white, European culture, and we were the ones doing the colonialism and stuff. So while a white person using Japanese mythology for example can be quite iffy, it is totally fine if anyone uses Greek mythology. Because it is like part of the western canon.
Buuuuuuuut... It is kinda a lot more complicated than that, right?
The issue is, of course, that Greece is part of Europe, yes, but the Greek myths are not that widely known because Greece went around at some point pushing their gods on everyone, who would listen (like Christians do), but rather, because the Romans took those gods and myth, while they colonized Greece, and then popularized the stuff. And more than that, because later on the British Empire found those stories and was like: "Oh, this is a neat thing to build our idea of white superiority on. Hey, hey, Greece, nobody said that you are white, did we?"
Because, let's face it. In most of Europe for most of the time the Meditterrean people were not considered to be white. Including the Greece. And I mean, I kinda knew that, but I never really thought about this until recently.
The moment I actually thought about this was actually, when I was looking through the VA profiles of Castlevania, found out that Theo James was actually Greek, and went like: "Oh, that is actually really neat." And then I was like: "Why though?" And then I went: "Ooooooh."
Same happened when I realized that Blood of Zeus is actually written by Greek writers. (Mind you, I still am not a huge fan of the series, but still, I think this fact is neat.)
It is in general something I am realizing more and more. How our discourse about colonialism often lacks a lot of nuance in those regards. And because of that the discourse about stuff like cultural appropriation does, too.
Especially as cultural appropriation is already such a big, complicated issue, that is far from Black and White.
Still, considering the history, I do not think that it is fair to look at Greece in the same way we do look at the actually colonial empires like Britain, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium and Germany for the most part. Because their history is quite a different one and a lot more complicated.
#greek mythology#greek myth retellings#blood of zeus#greece#ancient greece#greek gods#colonialism#history#colonial history#percy jackson#rick riordan
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I have a proposal towards the bg3 fandom:
✨Them✨🥹
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