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

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