Interview Answers for Adrian.
Jun. 11th, 2003 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
reynardoIf any of my friends didn't know this bit of me, they'll know now. There's some NC-17 material in here - you have been warned. And no, I'm not locking this - You open the door, you deal with what's behind it.
1) Name an attribute that most attracts you (sexually or other) to other people.
The brain. braiiiins... Looks might make me look twice, but if that brain is active, agile, and intelligent the heart starts pounding. The fact that my beloved has looks, brains and humour is in my books a triple-whammy I couldn't ignore, but I consider the looks to be an added bonus extra.)
2) Describe your favourite, signature, or most common role-playing character, with a brief stat sum-up and a history of how it came into being (real-world or otherwise).
Reynardo the Not-A-Symp! When I first met the devilbunnies community, I was determined not to be a cute fluffy creature (like I know I am in reality) so I went for a big mean tough Fudd - and, not surprisingly, after a very short while the fluffyness started to creep through. So I decided to incorporate that into her character.
Some of it happened by accident - I wrote a really nice intro of her being a Fudd and her parents trying to persuade her otherwise (and being secretly controlled by the buns), and the work server ate it. Then, as the character developed the fluffy streak, she became very close to my own personality.
The other character, another devilbunnies one, is Anna Bunny, who as a young doe got involved with a ne'er-do-well and ended up with kits. She's based a little on me in my younger days and I have a lot of sympathy for her, as well as wanting to slap some sense into her. She's now driven her daughter into doing silly things because she's too controlling and protective - luckily, the buck Lily-Rose got involved with is a gentlebun.
Enough - I could go on for ages on them.
3) What attracts you to BDSM? Which practice in particular and why?
The concept that an adult can make the choices they want to make, whether those choices are considered normal by the general community, is a biggie. So long as those choices are not hurting another human (non-consensually), what's the hassle? Some of the kinks are definitely NMK - but then mine aren't that cool for everyone either. That and I like certain sorts of stories.
I like the idea of being in control by not being in control. Thus it's the bondage and the subbing and the faked-non-con that I adore. And constriction. And thus corsets. And a little spanking.
I also really enjoy knowing that I have trusted the other person to a certain extent. This has been a wonderful thing to learn - I'm probably very very lucky that I didn't end up with the wrong sort of partner before when I wanted to try all that stuff.
Yeah - it's nice not to have to be the one in charge all the time.
4) How do you find society treats the fact you married a man quite a few years your junior? Does the fact he is frequently mistaken as your son and not your husband irritate or amuse you? Why?
I've been called a cradle-snatcher so often (Reply - "If the cradle's unguarded...") that I barely flinch. People who don't know Geoffrey think I've possibly coerced him. Anyone who knows him knows that there is no real age problem there. So after I had satisfied myself that he was mature enough to know what he was doing, I didn't worry about what others might say.
The mistaking him for my son usually amuses me, especially since we've gotten free drinks and stuff as a result of the offending party's embarrassment. It irritates me if I feel I'm looking tired as it makes me feel that I must look ancient. This is rare.
5) What singular possession to you prize above all else and why? What was that item's history for you to prize it so highly?
It's a simple drawing, chalk and charcoal on brown paper, about 25 cm square, of a lion cub's head from the London Zoo in 1902. It was done by Edmund Caldwell, an artist who came from a talented family. His sister married the editor of the London Daily Telegraph, and started up a little cartoon strip called Rupert Bear. His brother was in charge of the stained glass in Canterbury Cathedral, taking in out for each of the two World Wars and replacing it afterwards. Edmund himself illustrated a book called "Jock of the Bushveld".
And the other brother in the family had absolutely no artistic abilities, and from whom I am descended.
1) Name an attribute that most attracts you (sexually or other) to other people.
The brain. braiiiins... Looks might make me look twice, but if that brain is active, agile, and intelligent the heart starts pounding. The fact that my beloved has looks, brains and humour is in my books a triple-whammy I couldn't ignore, but I consider the looks to be an added bonus extra.)
2) Describe your favourite, signature, or most common role-playing character, with a brief stat sum-up and a history of how it came into being (real-world or otherwise).
Reynardo the Not-A-Symp! When I first met the devilbunnies community, I was determined not to be a cute fluffy creature (like I know I am in reality) so I went for a big mean tough Fudd - and, not surprisingly, after a very short while the fluffyness started to creep through. So I decided to incorporate that into her character.
Some of it happened by accident - I wrote a really nice intro of her being a Fudd and her parents trying to persuade her otherwise (and being secretly controlled by the buns), and the work server ate it. Then, as the character developed the fluffy streak, she became very close to my own personality.
The other character, another devilbunnies one, is Anna Bunny, who as a young doe got involved with a ne'er-do-well and ended up with kits. She's based a little on me in my younger days and I have a lot of sympathy for her, as well as wanting to slap some sense into her. She's now driven her daughter into doing silly things because she's too controlling and protective - luckily, the buck Lily-Rose got involved with is a gentlebun.
Enough - I could go on for ages on them.
3) What attracts you to BDSM? Which practice in particular and why?
The concept that an adult can make the choices they want to make, whether those choices are considered normal by the general community, is a biggie. So long as those choices are not hurting another human (non-consensually), what's the hassle? Some of the kinks are definitely NMK - but then mine aren't that cool for everyone either. That and I like certain sorts of stories.
I like the idea of being in control by not being in control. Thus it's the bondage and the subbing and the faked-non-con that I adore. And constriction. And thus corsets. And a little spanking.
I also really enjoy knowing that I have trusted the other person to a certain extent. This has been a wonderful thing to learn - I'm probably very very lucky that I didn't end up with the wrong sort of partner before when I wanted to try all that stuff.
Yeah - it's nice not to have to be the one in charge all the time.
4) How do you find society treats the fact you married a man quite a few years your junior? Does the fact he is frequently mistaken as your son and not your husband irritate or amuse you? Why?
I've been called a cradle-snatcher so often (Reply - "If the cradle's unguarded...") that I barely flinch. People who don't know Geoffrey think I've possibly coerced him. Anyone who knows him knows that there is no real age problem there. So after I had satisfied myself that he was mature enough to know what he was doing, I didn't worry about what others might say.
The mistaking him for my son usually amuses me, especially since we've gotten free drinks and stuff as a result of the offending party's embarrassment. It irritates me if I feel I'm looking tired as it makes me feel that I must look ancient. This is rare.
5) What singular possession to you prize above all else and why? What was that item's history for you to prize it so highly?
It's a simple drawing, chalk and charcoal on brown paper, about 25 cm square, of a lion cub's head from the London Zoo in 1902. It was done by Edmund Caldwell, an artist who came from a talented family. His sister married the editor of the London Daily Telegraph, and started up a little cartoon strip called Rupert Bear. His brother was in charge of the stained glass in Canterbury Cathedral, taking in out for each of the two World Wars and replacing it afterwards. Edmund himself illustrated a book called "Jock of the Bushveld".
And the other brother in the family had absolutely no artistic abilities, and from whom I am descended.
