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This is based on a discussion I had with pet two months ago.
I've always been intrigued be the capitalization etiquettes in the online kink world. For the most part I didn't much care or notice how anyone capitalized in reference to me or any other dom. I didn't get a rush by being 'Him', or get annoyed by being 'him'. If anything I got annoyed at caps since it is grammatically incorrect and I like when people can write. This is a good time for some background -- My mother is an English teacher; my grandmother was a teacher; her mother was a teacher; in fact every direct maternal ancestor for 150 years was a teacher. Teaching is in my blood, and good grammar haunted my childhood. And suddenly everyone is using capitals for any person claiming to be dominant. I coughed, gagged, and swallowed my annoyance.
Then, just one month after meeting elf, she wrote about my eyes. Suddenly I was capped, and by her. Yes I had dommed her, but I wasn't yet her 'Master'. We had talked alot and I knew how smart she is. I had seen her writing and I knew she could write well -- and didn't go in for all the silly online shortcuts and gimmicktry, just beautiful well written prose. This time I was honored. I really couldn't believe it. Somehow, for the first time, the capitalization meant something. There was pride, honor, respect and devotion in her writing and I could feel it. It still looks strange to me to see her capitalize 'Him' when referring to me. That just makes it stick out more when I read and ensures that I feel that pride and devotion every time.
I still don't entirely like the capitalization etiquettes. Darn it, 'him' is not a proper noun! But now I understand in my heart why people do it. I still dislike seeing subs putting 'I' in lowercase as it just looks sloppy to me, but amusingly elf has always been in lowercase -- like all humans I can be hypocritcal.
I've always been intrigued be the capitalization etiquettes in the online kink world. For the most part I didn't much care or notice how anyone capitalized in reference to me or any other dom. I didn't get a rush by being 'Him', or get annoyed by being 'him'. If anything I got annoyed at caps since it is grammatically incorrect and I like when people can write. This is a good time for some background -- My mother is an English teacher; my grandmother was a teacher; her mother was a teacher; in fact every direct maternal ancestor for 150 years was a teacher. Teaching is in my blood, and good grammar haunted my childhood. And suddenly everyone is using capitals for any person claiming to be dominant. I coughed, gagged, and swallowed my annoyance.
Then, just one month after meeting elf, she wrote about my eyes. Suddenly I was capped, and by her. Yes I had dommed her, but I wasn't yet her 'Master'. We had talked alot and I knew how smart she is. I had seen her writing and I knew she could write well -- and didn't go in for all the silly online shortcuts and gimmicktry, just beautiful well written prose. This time I was honored. I really couldn't believe it. Somehow, for the first time, the capitalization meant something. There was pride, honor, respect and devotion in her writing and I could feel it. It still looks strange to me to see her capitalize 'Him' when referring to me. That just makes it stick out more when I read and ensures that I feel that pride and devotion every time.
I still don't entirely like the capitalization etiquettes. Darn it, 'him' is not a proper noun! But now I understand in my heart why people do it. I still dislike seeing subs putting 'I' in lowercase as it just looks sloppy to me, but amusingly elf has always been in lowercase -- like all humans I can be hypocritcal.