Monday, January 20, 2020

Class notes for: Once more with Feelings


 These are notes from the first time I presented this class, on January 18, 2020, at Charmed in Annapolis.

o   Content warnings, splash damage warning
o   I won’t be doing emotions from roleplay, and pure emotion
o   Suggestions, but not for me to do with khatsha today
o   Emotions are one of the easier things: they are naturally contagious, and naturally sticky. Also makes them hazardous to play with.
o   More about the what than the how. Only two tricks I know:
o   Visualization (imagining a time when you really felt it)
o   Dialing up intensity (you can always imagine one notch more)

Sheet 1 (least edgy)
·      Fear
o   Less edgy because somewhat understood in BDSM
o    Still needs tons of negotiation and aftercare
o   DEMO: Goggles
·      Submissiveness
o   DEMO: Subspace 10
·      Euphoria
o   Why I like the idea of control with non-sexual pleasure
o   DEMO: Face-slapping induces euphoria
o   Satisfaction of a job well done
·      Never use to modify emotions in a relationship
o   Bubblegum anecdote
·      Gratitude
·      Awe and surprise
o   Magic anecdote
o   Plot twist
o   Startle
·      Cosiness
o   Cosiness bondage story
o   Bedgasm
o   Hygge (Hoo-guh)
·      Calmness/emotionlessness
o   In combination with roleplay, layers of scene (“You are kidnapped, you should feel scared, but you are calm instead”). Making the calm feel natural or artificial.
·      Disgust
o   Special warning
o   DEMO: Slugs
Sheet 2 (edgier)
·      What you consider edgy emotions to play with differs a lot
·      Safer way to do edgy emotions: harmless memory, then magnify that
·      Sadness
o   Story about it going wrong
o   Nostalgia as a safer alternative? (“Come tastes like the best day of summer”)
·      Anger
o   What about defiance instead?
o   DEMO: Angry kissing
·      Cuteness
o   Anecdote of why it’s dangerous
·      Love
o   This seems very fucking edgy
·      Jealousy
o   I don’t know man

Sheet  3 (Weird)
·      Oddly satisfying
·      Enhancing emotions is easy
·      Alien emotions
o   DEMO: An alien emotions by telepathic link with k’s alien friend Jim.


Sheet 4 group brainstorm & storytelling

Class notes for Hypnotic Adversarial Memories: A Serious Reality Fuck


These are notes from the first time I presented this class, on January 17, 2020, at Charmed in Annapolis. You can also read about hypnotic adversarial memories in the form of a scene log on Fetlife or my blog.

Class description
Presenting a new technique, inspired by recent innovations in AI, that can obliterate the distinction between imagined experiences and reality, dilate or expand time, insert or erase memories, and leave your partner thoroughly and pleasantly fucked up. Divney will discuss the principles, take his partner through the different stages, demonstrate specialized aftercare, and interview her about the subjective impact.

Outline
·      Content warnings and recapitulated negotiation
o   Groping
o   Memory play
o   Derealization/dissociation
·      Introduction to the neural network concept
o   Generative adversarial networks. Ian Goodfellow 2014
o   “The coolest idea in machine learning in the last 20 years” Yann LeCun
o   Generator and discriminator. Generate synthetic images and identifying them.
o   Deepfake. Aging captain america, monet to van gogh transfer, zebras to horses. Synthesizing brand new faces.
·      Other inspiration
o   False memories. How they’re distorted with every access
o   Memory for repeated events
o   Déjà vu
o   Hypnotic time loops
·      Warnings about HAM
o   Negotiate sense of unreality. Very informed consent
o   Shitload of time to come back to reality
§  Looking out the window
§  Either or questions
§  Counting together and tapping
§  Being with them and breathing
·      Components of HAM
o   The first time I tried it. “I think that was much stronger than you intended it to be”
o   The loop
§  Things they perceive
§  Things they do
o   Alternating real and unreal
o   Making them as similar as possible, both during and as memories
o   Erasing or creating memories
o   Producing timelessness and unreality
·      HAM tips
o   Use the same exact language every time
o   Slow enough to notice details
o   Partner must trust you to get them back to base reality – no teasing
o   Multi-person loop
o   Get playful with it (not strict alternation)
o   Gradually shifting the loop, so that it ends in a different place but seems like it was always there
o   Might strengthen ability to make false memories
·      DEMO: the loop (all in trance)
o   Open eyes and look at the laptop
o   Hand back glasses to put on
o   Look to the exit sign
o   Tap forehead to say “Well, interestingly”
o   Snap fingers to drop back into trance
o   Repeat, alternating actually doing it and imagining doing it (sometimes mixing it up), 12 times
o   Grabbed breast twice, once while awake and once asleep
·      Extensive aftercare and questions