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littlesarbonn -> RE: My bdsm novel is being published (1/15/2007 10:53:01 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Kondolinni
Instead of the typical congratulatory remarks, I thought I'd give voice to an opinion on the subject matter of the book. Specificly, that of fantasy fullfilment.
In an intellectual consideration based on your provided synopsis, allow me to suggest the idea, put forth by others than myself, but to which I subscribe, that a fantasy fulfilled is no longer a fantasy, and therefor no longer serves it's intended purpose within the psyche of the person engaged in fantasizing.
To wit; the purpose of a fantasy, by it's very nature, is self-motivation. Having a fantasy, no matter how passive a point of view the person having one maintains, has the function of causing the individual to project his/her desires onto a potential future scenario. A goal is implied. If the fantasy scenario is achieved, the goal is achieved, and the basis for the original fantasy becomes not just irrelevent, but non-existent.
Healthy minded individuals produce new (replacement) fantasies and goals, as required, throughout their lives.
I'd be interested in knowing a bit more about the structure of your novel, with a thought to whether this aspect of fantasy fullfilment is addressed. Also, how does this line of reasoning, if you deem it to be at all relevent, relate to the mind-set of the prinicpal character vis-a-vi the underlying motivations which create the foundation for his fantasy in the first place?
Your synopsis suggests an intriguing premise. I look forward to knowing where I can locate a copy of your book after it has been distributed.
Incidentally; congratulations.
Two things:
1. The last post I made indicated where the book can be found. I think you may have read the first post and responded to that.
2. I'm not sure I agree with the belief that once a fantasy is fulfilled it is no longer a fantasy. One of my oldest fantasies has been living in the home of a dominant woman who keeps me caged in her dungeon. It's not everyone's fantasy, but it was mine. Well, at the time of writing this novel, I actually succeeded in becoming owned by a professional dominant who moved me into her home, which was also the location of her huge, multistoried dungeon. In the lower level, there was a cage, and she kept me imprisoned in that cage almost every night for the years that I lived with her. It was the complete fulfillment of a fantasy I had for the longest time. But the fantasy didn't go away while it was being fed. I didn't find myself needing something "more" or different. Long after the relationship ended, I still maintain that fantasy and think back with fondness on actually having achieved it at one point. But it didn't eliminate the fantasy because at one point I finally achieved the ultimate satisfaction of exactly what I had been seeking.
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