The New Age term for that is "holding space" for someone (or a group); allowing them room to let their guard down and play. And it's really quite an important concept, and perhaps under-recognised concept, in a lot of areas.
The one thing I'm left wondering in your story is the extent to which in the "official" narrative, there is an expectation that the Dom with which said Sub arrived (or is playing) is supposed to provide protection from others ("don't you touch my Sub without asking me first"). The historical (patriarchal) received wisdom was basically along those lines: the patriarch was supposed to protect those under him (reality... varied). (Which isn't to stay she shouldn't have gone straight to the person looking after the space, or that he shouldn't have been responsible for acting. But I'm left curious whether there's another expected protocol too, or if the "I'm a Dom, you're a Sub, I can Dom all Subs" mindset has... conveniently forgotten that bit of context.)
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Holding space
Date: 7/29/12 05:37 am (UTC)From:The one thing I'm left wondering in your story is the extent to which in the "official" narrative, there is an expectation that the Dom with which said Sub arrived (or is playing) is supposed to provide protection from others ("don't you touch my Sub without asking me first"). The historical (patriarchal) received wisdom was basically along those lines: the patriarch was supposed to protect those under him (reality... varied). (Which isn't to stay she shouldn't have gone straight to the person looking after the space, or that he shouldn't have been responsible for acting. But I'm left curious whether there's another expected protocol too, or if the "I'm a Dom, you're a Sub, I can Dom all Subs" mindset has... conveniently forgotten that bit of context.)
Ewen