scoobdog

Physically, not mentally.

Pfft.

Uh, what kind of assignment is that?

Well, you see, stilgar started this all out by reminding us all how incredibly old you are.

Hah. Elephants don't "sneak" anywhere.

Everywhere! It's free love, man.....

Maybe x amount of reputation point value for certain levels of donation. The gift would be one time so that one might be encouraged to continue giving and it would additionally make it so that those who can't afford to give aren't necessarily excluded from bonuses through the reputation system.

She got younger?! Where's she getting virgin blood to drink?

It's not a fucking hedge fund, bro. Just give if you can or don't.

Now we're talking. I'll gladly match funds for that to happen.

What about reputation points for donations?

Cool

Were you trying to write "Sexophone?"

It's true, I am licensed comfort dog. Who wants comforting?

He knows it when he sees it.

Sure. Be sure to include a SS# so I can turn in your W2 for you while I'm at it.

GTFO with that shit.

Because he knows what he's talking about, and you don't. I swear to God, if you ever tried an actual collegiate level fiction writing glass, you wouldn't last one workshop.

Getting flogged by Jesus sounds like one of the best things ever.

I get that this is supposed to be fiction, but such a conceit is highly improbable given the the very rigid rules governing the practice within the community (by the dominatrix themselves). No dom would ever "supervise" someone with Deja's traumatic background explicitly because rape victims have had the line between control and abuse blurred. It's a safety issue at the very least.

No, it's not, legal eagle.

Buddy already alluded to it. This isn't a story about a rape victim becoming a dom, it's a story about a rape victim being redeemed by love with a good man. I didn't come up with any of this; this is how she's developed the story over the years.

Exactly (This part is for @fuggnificent) It's not that BDSM or fetishism are a bad thing; relinquishing control of your sexual desires is an important part of having a realistic and healthy relationship and its something that a lot of men (and even a few women) need. But for Deja, sexual desires are secondary to the fact that she was attacked and assaulted. Asking her exerting control over her new husband isn't going to allow her to open up to him as make her reenact the abuse she endured in the role of perpetrator, and that can only end up a few ways - either she embraces the role of abuser or (more likely) the process opens up a lot of ugly, panful wounds that makes it even worse. BDSM doms are highly experienced individuals who understand that what they're doing takes a good deal of care and that, if done improperly, can easily become abuse.

Ugh. Why on earth are you having your protagonist get into BDSM after she was brutally raped? Maybe I'm not the best person to point this out, but BDSM is going to reinforce control issues with a woman who has been violated, even if she is given the opportunity to be the dom. I'm not saying it can't be done, but there are definitely psychological barriers that would make intimacy more difficult if what you're trying to do is make Deja and Whateverhisnameis open up about their feelings for each other.

Differ if you must, but learning a new skill is not the same thing as learning to expand one's understanding. The latter is possible for everyone, the former is not (nor should it be). There's nothing wrong with not learning a new skill, and as brutal as we can be, there's nothing wrong with being a janitor. The OP, however, isn't about refusing to learn a new skill as much as it is about casually musing that those who do will be easily devalued by bosses for learning a "useless" skill.