Hello all, just curious about how my fellow BDSM enthusiasts are playing D/s relationships in the game here. I thought I'd start by talking a little about my own play and sharing a bit of what and how I have found translates well through this very anonymous and impersonal medium, First of all, my personal taste in domination is what would be considered very light sadism, heavy manipulation and medium to heavy humiliation. I have often played with subs through forced nudity, insertion, posing, fisting, random sexual partners, tease and denial. One thing I have found over the years, is that playing online simply having really deeply involved conversations about technique, about the psychology of why and how we play are almost as exciting for both my subs and myself as actual play. This almost always gives us more fuel for future scenes and brings us closer together in terms of how we can both find our fun from the experiences we share. Describing sadism through online play is almost never rewarding for me. Not sure how other domme's feel, but for me, it's a near pointless waste of characters in chat. Unless we find a sub willing to actually hurt themselves based on what we write, (and that is far too dangerous an activity to ever encourage, it's not safe, don't do it) all you ever really do is end up catering to another sadist's fantasy. Now, describing and executing humiliation and manipulation on the other hand, very doable and very rewarding. That's why I heavily base my online D/s activities around this. Most of the time, I can create scenes that will make this a very rewarding form of play for both me and my submissive. I am very curious to hear how others play and what you have found works best in this type of environment.