i'd like to contribute an opinion in the same way others have, just to say how things have gone for my characters in the game and offer less of an idea of what needs to be created or changed in regards to this idea. i don't have much to offer in that respect. all i can state is my story and experiences, i think. and that other thread probably isn't the place to post it.
like it or not, some of us are already roleplaying this. i've been confused on what a slave is for years as well. i am someone who is not educated in Gorean or any other slave realm and is just an average roleplayer (and i'm really okay with that
). a good pure slave is someone like a tu`turadil. they have eyes cast down. they kneel and bow and prostrate and flatter, at least some of them do, even to strangers. we should know what to expect from them and of them. they cook, they clean, they are amiable and well behaved in an
ideal situation. i don't want to roleplay that. i try it with t`larryo and it has it's happy moments. but i am most pleased being vhid`anon. and vhid does not bow because she has a collar and someone else doesn't. vhid hisses and spits and laughs and sits with eyes up and direct. she has secrets and goals separate from her master, who she despises but can't get enough of when it comes to fucking.
i would be happy roleplaying a concubine. i don't want to do dishes and cook and clean and do errands and all of that. i want to fuck and to fuck well. no, it's not the same as roleplaying a slut free person. i want to be owned and belong to someone. i want to roleplay a girl others are dominant over, despite her lack of submissiveness. i want to roleplay driving my master and lovers nuts with pretty clothes and jewelry and jealousy and hunger. i would love a title that acknowledges what i want to roleplay, what other ppl want me to roleplay...separate from what other good slaves are roleplaying. my rp for vhid tarnishes what someone like gwyn is trying to achieve. it's not because i don't roleplay a slave very well. i really do. i am enjoyed and appreciated. but vhid is better off as a concubine. don't give my character equality. recognize where her skills lay and separate her from the tu`turadils and their trainees. she would go insane if she didn't have a collar, she doesn't know how to be a free person. but she makes for a great fuck toy and is most happy when she is being coveted and desired. owned.
ubique would make use of this differentiation too. some of her boys are for fucking. some she expects them to clean up after her. it's nice to own someone that you know, and that they know, is just for sexual pleasure. you buy them some clothes, some sex toys, and leave them be except when you hunger for them. and the other ones, meh, wash my horse down, fetch some food from the market, go see who is telling rumors.
i am excited about this new idea. i wish we could take it further and a House could own a harem. no equipment slots lost then!
either way, thanks for considering this concept. i'm glad that like someone said, recognition of the evolution of the channel is possible. it's different from years ago. most of the changes are good. it's great to keep going in that good direction.