basanos and Adrenaline

Huh. Mebbe I'm onto something here.

In the wake of the Adrenaline post, I received a few emails along the lines of "Fuck yes. That's exactly what I need."

When I described the germ of the idea to Diabolique, his response was a smile and one word: "Edgy!"

Edgy, indeed.

What kind of way is that to play, getting the bottom all pissed off at you? Where's that energy gonna go once the scene is done? Then you're gonna be all buddy-buddy?

Uh... yeah. Very buddy-buddy, in fact. I'm thinking of couples who follow a screaming match over putting the cereal box away or something with hot sex.

But the scene does involve losing control. Not just for the bottom, but also to a certain degree for the Top. You can't fake that. You can't even 'role play' that.

Edgy.

So I get email from basanos, who took it off on a different trajectory. Think: Drill Instructor and military recruit. basanos, who once wore olive drab and jump boots because he was in the army, presumably knows whereof he speaks. The closest I've come is watching An Officer and a Gentlemen.

But same deal. Provoking a man to anger in order to get at the extreme frontiers of his humanity, where the road reason becomes tangled and choked with thorns before disappearing altogether into some dark and dangerous jungle. Reduce the man to his most basic, feral existence, and when he comes back, he's ready for whatever cage in the zoo you want to put him in. Training men, training horses, training dogs. There's that same element of pushing to the limits, beyond the breaking point. And after that, there's not anger or fear or loss, but a bond of love and trust. And a newfound strength.


Gotta love that basanos guy.

What a great slave he'll make.

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