Ya'll still have your cocks? Damn bros, mine popped off when I was a wee lad and left when it went to buy milk. To this day, it never came back and pissing is a bitch.
I woke up this morning and my penis was missing again.
I just got through reading about 300-ish pages of this thread while looking for ch 2 teasers, and realized I couldn't stop even when I found them- you're all a bunch of lunatics, and I love it.
I have roughly 17,000 questions, only one of which I can remember at the moment (sorry if it's been answered- 300 pages in 2 days, I'm sure I missed lots of stuff). Many moons ago, in the Before Times, ShinyBoots gave some insight into the girls' quirks about how they're not just sexy kinks- they're unhealthy coping mechanisms. I can see that for each of the girls, and last time I played (0.7b, before I read any of this thread) I got that feeling from Rogue's hesitance to even order her own food during dates.
My concern is... well, I'm into those quirks- at least, the non-femdom ones. But as into them as I am, I'd rather rip out my own toenails than hurt the girls in any genuine way. Will we be able to- while those quirks are active- actively realize how harmful they can be, help the girls overcome their issues, and engage those quirks in a healthy, kinky way? Or will they always be emotional crutches?
OH ALSO- I remembered a second question. It's also been said that my man Spidey has his own selection of ladies, if I read that right. I imagine they include MJ and Felicia; is that correct? Who else is Peter porking? And who else in Earth-69 has their own gaggle of gals/guys?
With the former, it's something we'll be actively addressing as time goes on. It's something we've had many a discussion about: when it comes to stuff like Rogue's obvious depression, it's not something that just 'goes away' or you can 'cure', it's an ongoing struggle and if you can manage it or learn to live with it, you're doing better than a good 80% of people who have to deal with it. But just because you're fiercely protective of your loved ones or you like getting a little naughty in the bedroom, it doesn't mean you're completely fucked in the head. Some women like the daddy kink because it feels naughty, not because they had no strong male role models in their life growing up. Lots of people like being submissive or being spanked because, at the end of the day, it feels good to them, not because they have a masochistic psychological need for pain. And, at the risk of sounding incredibly artsy-fartsy wanky, the story we're planning is meant to be a journey, and part of that is helping the cast understand who and what they are. There's some stuff we have planned for chapter 2 that I'd love to be able to go into, since it covers a lot of 'what is unhealthy/what is part of her actual sexuality', but you'll just have to wait and see. Someone give me a shout when it's over with though, I'll give people a brief rundown.
Oh, and as for the latter, I think Shiny will put rat poison in my energy drinks if I say too much.
It's also worth noting that almost the entire staff of editors and co-writers that Claremont was working with were women. All the kink stuff wasn't him alone in a vaccuum, it was a whole group of people writing the kind of soap opera that they would want to read.
Worth remembering as well, that, at the time Claremont took over, and for a long time after, the X-Men was completely ignored. It'd been nothing but reprints for years, so he was allowed to do whatever he wanted without much oversight for years. And, when you get down to it, it was harder to notice the subtext because people didn't talk about this shit openly. Yeah, now, all the bondage gear, the Damsel In Distress motifs and everything stick out like a sore thumb, but back then, it went over everyone's heads. And in those days, comics were still primarily thought of as a medium for kids, adults weren't looking at them and asking why Young Billy's funnybooks have so much corsetry and leather and lace, so they were able to get away with a lot more.
