Love is a very intense emotion, if you love someone (and i'm assuming that you all love eachother, right?!), then you have intensity, plus all the other important things, trust, equality, etc, because love breeds those things, if you don't have them, then it's probably because the relationship is not based on mutual love. i suppose a one-off scene can be intense, due to the build up and the novelty, but thats not the same as the intensity you get with a longer-term Master/slave relationship.

i don't believe that O was weak, or that these things could not happen in reality, the author simply chose not to weigh the story down with practicalities. i submit myself, and i believe it makes me stronger, i feel stronger with every submission i make. i also believe Gorean philosophy has much to offer in the way of guidance, but it does tend towards romanticising the lifestyle a little too much to take it all totally literally, unless you want to spend your life in an assylum.....which has its plus points... *shivers*

Submission is not weak, but love can make you do dumbass things

nikki