Good points cutielady. I do agree that words are powerful. Words in my experience were just as important and evocative in the rt relationships I have been a party to. Perhaps it is simply the term "role play" that I stumble over. I think of role playing as taking on a role of a character or another person and acting it out with a partner. Acting the operative word of course. I love that of course with regard to a good movie or play. But the idea of that within the context of a D/s relationship of any description or within any intimate context for that matter just rings hollow to me. I do much appreciate your contribution to the discussion and as I mentioned in the post, it could very well be that it is I who does not see online play rightly.