Something of a historic expansion on Slemhogen's comments. In some cultures it was considered a mark of power to be incapiable of work. The extremely long fingernails cultivated by the elites during China's Ming dynasty, for example, were a demonstration of the fact that not only was the elite currently incapiable of labor, but had not labored for long enough to grow out the fingernails.
While there aren't any historic examples quite like this (darn it), it does much the same thing. The bound woman is saying, in effect, "I'm so rich/powerful that I can afford to have someone do *everything* for me, and I trust in my power and wealth to protect me even though I can't even move without help."
Pure power politics.
Posted by Guest on Wed 03 May 2006, 08:21 EDT
Aaron
Under the water, he's milting.
Posted by Guest on Wed 03 May 2006, 02:25 EDT
Q
Very nice. One note though: invisible stalkers are actually represented by a white 'E' when you have the see invisible intrinsic.
Posted by Guest on Mon 01 May 2006, 19:04 EDT
mpread@chiark.greenend.org.uk
I do believe she's met her match.
Posted by Guest on Mon 01 May 2006, 16:37 EDT
Celestial Goblin
'The statue...' said the artist. 'It is nice, but lacks something that would make it more...' his eyes narrowed on a pretty girl walking trough the square, obviously foreign to the city. 'Beautiful! Splendid! In the name of art, seize her and fetch the nipple-piercer. By the local law, you my dear have just become a part of a work of art!'
Posted by Guest on Mon 24 Apr 2006, 20:11 EDT
Hagane
Very nice. Could use a merchant with a cartload of floggers and eager customers looking to try out his wares, though?
