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Re: What do other slavery fans/authors like from it?

[(Anonymous)]

Hm, I guess I should word it differently. I didn't mean 'realistic' in the way that fantasy-slavery has anything to do with real-life slavery, but that, in direct opposite to what excessive torture/gorn does for you, it breaks the suspension of disbelief if it is *too* fluffy. I guess I'm wondering how to keep the balance, and where the lines can be drawn. I do agree with the other poster that understatement is a great way to go, often probably more powerful than downright stating what is going on, but even that is of course not always easy.

Re: What do other slavery fans/authors like from it?

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, for me, I try to tread the line by having both realistic progress in the Matt + Foggy relationship, followed by setbacks and new problems arising, because IME that's how relationships go between people who are traumatized/have issues, you take one step forward, two back, and three to the side into crazy town. I also think that having things build up requires some downtime afterwards, but my own ratio of fluff to fucked-up leans heavily on the fucked-up.