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Nihilistic_Impact

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For more then three years I have been a member of BMR, I have witnessed the site transfer from one server to another, I have seen the administration change hands multiple times. I have been a silent witness with little site presence beyond chat where I am a nigh omnipresent force. A few times I have ventured into this alien water which I now dabble and if I'm honest with myself it's never really been successful; perhaps it's due to my lack of experience, I have always been more indulgent in group rps historically. So with some trepidation I toss my hat in the ring and make myself openly available for one on one rp.

Now there is one thing I must share, recently I realised that in the entire time which I have been a member I have never actually engaged in a sexual rp. How amusing that I join a site predominately focused around the fulfilling of erotic desires, of course I came here primarily to escape the rabble of youths. With all that, what possibly could be my erotic thrill?

Power. I am by natural inclination possessing of a dominate personality; but what boils my blood is the struggle for power. Sexual tension is just as good as ejaculation when presented in such a context. Which is probably why I have always been a lover of byzantine intrigues.

As for baser fetishes I've long enjoyed such notions as lactation, squirting, orgasm denial, clothing, breath play, tits, toys and voyeurism/exhibitionism. Sensory deprivation is fascinating; but for non sexual reasons. If you can't tell I enjoy the fuck out of women, at most I can only flirt with men.

Ones I do not like are shit, piss and vomit; there's probably more, but I can not recall them at the moment.

What I want from a rp is simple, how I go about them is difficult as I have issues becoming bogged down in petty details. What I want is intrigue, violence and mindfucks.

To me these words hold special meaning as they are the refined essence of what defines good to me. Intrigue is wide reaching, but typically is personified by the scheming of the Byzantines or Machiavelli's Princes. Nobles at one another throats, military coups, civil war and insurrection. Which leads into violence, whether on a personal scale with sword in hand, a knife in the back or the ultimate destruction of the state I need it. The idea of two individuals fucking with society as foreplay is masterful in my mind. The last one though, that one is tricky as it's easy to do wrong. When I say mindfucks I mean psychological nightmare fuel, from Lovecraftian Horror, to Neon Genesis Evangelion, to Jorodowsky's films. This last one is not required in great detail; but I love it as a background piece, occasionally intruding into the foreground to just mess with the characters.

One last thing, I work primarily with medieval fantasy, planetary romance and other soft science-fantasy also works for me; but I love stone castles.

So if any of this has intrigued you at all, or if you have any suggestions for me feel free to respond to this thread or message me. I am always open to conversation.
 
I suppose that I provided a rambling diatribe above since I neglected to really lay out anything beyond the bones of ideas. To rub even more salt in the wounds I didn't even state what sort of writer I am or the sort I'm interested in. Now in order to remedy this I present the following:

As a writer I am rusty; I cannot tell you how many paragraphs I will provide. All I can say is that I will endeavour to provide something satisfactory that will move the plot along. I would however prefer posts to regularly be only a couple paragraphs, and even then I'm not going to count sentences. If things do go longer though, I don't care so long as I am entertained.

The rate at which I can respond is slow, once or twice a week I would hazard to guess. I can not say for sure as I can be occupied with items outside of BMR.

Settings, now these are lacking of a plot. They are set pieces.

Hanging in a Clouded Sky-
A verdant moon hangs above a barren world. It is dominated by green foliage where the Fey dwell, the Green Man roams with his Consort. Within this forest, which is snaked with streams and concealed pounds, is a city of stone. From there the Duke fears what moves in shadows, relying not upon thick walls but an expansive maze to hold the Fey at bay. Powerful magicians twist and warp their bodies into monstrous forms in order to wage war against the City.

Crossroads of Nations-
A small geographical area, rather unimportant save for the fact that numerous borders happen to converge there. Nations hirer mercenaries, raid one another's lands and are generally destructive to the local populace. Gunpowder booms and mystical tyrants rain lightning and the lowest soldier drowns in the mud and blood.

Green Hell-
Fantasy Fucking Vietnam, it's a fucked up place where dying happens casually and everyone seems high on acid. Takes place on the shell of a mountain size snail which just happens to have a jungle upon it. If you're not familiar with Dungeon and Dragon parlance then the term Megadungeon is what you seek.

Dreaming City-
A nightmarish cult of necromantic liches with enslaved ogres wages war against a city which for half a year is frozen in icea and perpetual night. Of course the city is a fortress of massive stone towers and thick walls with shanty towns blooming like mushrooms in their shadows. It is a frozen fantastical vision of Venice.

More can arise from my mind, it's just a matter of proper stimulation. So venture forth my Venus in Furs.
 
Arabian Nightmare Fuel-
A fantastical notion with a hellish twist. The Djinn aren't so kind in this, and Sinbad's Tales don't end so happily. A climbing of Vathek's tower to rend the secrets of the cosmos from his sorcerous mother and her slaves. A war of the very soul as the Other intrudes upon the mundane. Scimitars clash and rend sinew and bone from ghouls risen. What power do long dead necromancers hold?

Swords & Sorcery=
A land dominated by the power of Mystic Tyrants. Merchants pay homage to them, tithing a portion of their profits in order to not be experimented on and destroyed. Normal folks are chattel, little more then slaves living in fear of what might occur. Few are brave enough to rise against the power.

Perhaps I should shift gears a little and list my influences, to be fair I'll restrict them to say five, please forgive me as at the moment I am a little intoxicated.

H.P. Lovecraft, he was the first and foremost influence upon my tender psyche, while I've come to terms with his limitations I still find the ideas and concepts presented to be compelling.

Frank Herbert, I love Dune and the whole series that follows; even after it gets weird with God Emperor of Dune and down right bizare with Chapter House Dune when the Jews show up. I'm sad that he died before he could finish and I do not acknowledge his son's works in setting.

Jaqueline Carrey, she is probably my first real introduction into BDSM, and she presents it wonderfully in conjunction with an element which I have come to adore, intrigue. Her first two trilogies are rife with it. And while I feel that her Naamah trilogy is lack that essential element I still find the writing compelling.

Glen Cook, the Black Company series is nothing sort of amazing. The apt describtion of a vietnam war story on pyote is most accurate and I have pulled many ideas from it. The early works have a simplicity which is to cherished while the later had subtle nuances and an increasing schism between old and new guard in regards to management of recourses.

Scott R.R. Bakker, I'm not sure what to think of this fellow and the world he's presented. I both love and hate him, which is a great feat for an author. Something only Orwell's 1984 had accomplished before hand. The characters are rich and well developed, you feel for them. He also presents a brutish medieval setting with all it's failures.

Now I can't claim that this is all of them, and if I was to give a list of ten fiction books to keep some of them wouldn't even show up; but these folks in their writing have presented something more. Runner ups would be Steven Erikson and his Malazan Book of the Fallen, Joe Abercrombie with his First Law books, Karl Schroeder's Virga books, Heinline's Starship Troopers, one of the few books I've read more then five times, and Kameron Hurley's Bel Dame Apocrypha for her portrayal of a strong female protagonist in an interesting and nihilistic world.

We'd be here all day if I went beyond written text. If there's any commonality to be found between all these, they are the elements I outlined earlier.
 
One of the items I do for my world building is constructing theologies. I'm generally influenced by a combination of Hindu myth and Gnosticism. For monotheistic ideas I turn to Islam and Christian Orthodox for inspiration.

Would anyone wandering by like to toss out an idea for a piece of doctrine, holy relic, saint or cult?
 
I've been toying with a science-fantasy setting based upon Dune and H.P. Lovecraft; granted this idea is being primarily developed for table top campaigning; but the elements I enjoy most are easily done on a forum.

Another idea I've been teasing at is what I've begun to call Orkpunk. Ork's have always been rather punkish to me, so I think it a natural state of things when you toss them into a brutal combination of plague styled europe with rapid industrialisation and a shit ton of war for profit. My mind just screams out for belching noxious smoke stacks, putrid water, cheap life, rot gut booze and a revolting of the masses against society that has destroyed them.
 
-cackles-

Over a hundred views and only two people have responded, one taking forever to message me and the other realising we have different tastes.

At least the later wished me luck.

-edit-

And a third has inquired, we'll see what fruit this tree may bare.

-addendum-

My own issues has caused me to prune that branch, I wish them good fortune; but rping established characters and the modern era just don't sit well with me. I am a through and through fantasist.
 
Earlier I mused as whether or not I should attempt to pursue an entirely smut related rp, and slowly entice my partner into a plot.
 
I have to love the do it yourself mentality of a lot of OSR bloggers. They have given me so many creative ideas to plunder and produced so many new thoughts as to how to implement my own.

Each day I become closer to establishing the setting which is the collective whole of my mental landscape.
 
I would have to remain sober and you slightly inebriated for this to be a fair playing field, and even then it might be a long shot, but your ramblings have caught my attention and so I'm here to see if there is a story 'out there' for us. Stone castles, complex plots, betrayal and tension, mixed into a landscape of boiling political intrigue and sexual conflict seem to be the ripest ingredients for a captivating thread.

Only I ask that we not follow Steven Erikson too closely; he left too many plot lines hanging unanswered for me to be satisfied, and I found myself hurling his book across the room and cursing him for being such a wonderful wordsmith with no seeming direction in his plot. Otherwise I find that I have been nodding at your list of authors and thinking to myself that we've at least read many of the same books to completion, and many of your kinks overlap my own. Perhaps this could work.

A little about myself since I recently joined BMR. I try to post once a day, but weekends are sporadic for me and sometimes the week is as well. If I'm going to be offline for more than a day I'll tell all my writing partners. I prefer posting in threads, though I don't mind working on plot ideas through PMs or on skype. I'll post an appropriate length response. For instance, if description is warranted then there will be adequate description. If the action is moving rather quickly then my post will be shorter to allow for more back and forth banter between our characters. Sometimes I'm inspired to work wonders with words and sometimes... my writing is more straightforward. I try to spell check my work and I aim for correct grammar. It's so much nicer to read something that has been written well. You will very rarely see any form of text speak from me. Rarely in "I'd say 'never!' but that would require that I be omniscient, which I'm not".

The hour is getting late. If this interests you at all then feel free to PM me. If not... then perhaps someone else will read this who is compatible and we will both benefit.

~Cheers!
 
Well, my communications have gone quiet. I trust they're busy with things, I know one was river rafting/camping last week.

Regardless I have certain had more time to plot out my latest table top setting, just a shame that I've so far failed to come up with a title for it.
 
I feel the tug of an idea at the corner of my mind; but I'm not yet sure in what direction it has me going.

Though I feel that I need to focus more on a personal level of drama than the sweeping epics which my thoughts tend to wander towards.
 
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