kink, noncon //
sometimes I try to imagine what a genuinely, mutually loving relationship between a human and an entity that is fundamentally incapable of understanding that humans care about "consent" would be like
I feel like it there are ways for it to be really hot but this is probably dependent on said entity understanding that humans require sleep, like, for real
re: kink, noncon, accidentally philosophical //
🦁💭 does real, healthy loving-kindness / love-as-nurturing *necessarily* require respecting respecting the other as an agent, and what would it look like if it didn't?
A1: not recognizing the other as being actually Other than one's self
A2: gardening?
A3: the love an author has for their characters? (dangerously close to theology, this one)
kink, petplay //
also thinking about what it would look like if an alien entity kept a human as a pet, but well, as in making sure their human has proper physical and intellectual stimulation & understanding that humans are obligatorily social creatures, which may or may not include "integration into human society"
re: kink, petplay // (Terra Ignota book 1 spoilers, in-fiction theology)
@Lioness What immediately springs to mind for me is a character in Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series, who sees himself as the visiting God of another universe
He only really sees the God of the universe he's inhabiting as his (so far silent, but present) equal. In his perspective other creatures have minds and experiences, but their actions are ultimately the deterministic manifestation of an omnipotent God. As a result, he treats those humans closest to him more like pets than equals, which is explicitly highlighted a few times.
(There's a whole lot of complications thrown in by the setting/characters in question + unreliable narrator, but this risks going both wildly tangential and wildly spoilery)
re: kink, petplay // (Terra Ignota book 1 spoilers, in-fiction theology)
@pastelbat this is not the first time I've heard that series in the context of being a thing I might like & I think by the rule of "if you hear a rumor three times, it's probably true" that means I should really look into reading it soon