FIC: The Promotion

[gypsyflame]

Title: The Promotion
Author: gypsyflame
Pairing: Snape/Draco/Harry
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~5,400
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of J.K. Rowling, et al. This was created for fun, not for profit.
Warnings: D/s; humiliation; consensually-roleplayed dubious consent (say that three times fast)
Summary: Harry really needs that promotion. Draco is

Comments

Re: Well....

[gypsyflame]

I think you may be misreading the intent of this story.

They treat him like a plastic puppet to manipulate to there wishes however they want

That is not at all what is happening here. The power exchange between Draco, Severus, and Harry is based on mutual trust and respect. Draco chooses to surrender his control to his lovers because (a) he finds it sexually gratifying, (b) it gives him an outlet for his anxiety regarding control issues, and (c) it's a way that he expresses his love for and trust in Harry and Severus.

Severus and Harry enjoy dominating Draco in part because it is sexually gratifying, and because for Severus it fulfills an innate need for dominance that is as strong as Draco's need for submission. They have total, absolute respect for the responsibility that dominance confers on them, and they are grateful for it.

Consensual D/s is not abuse, and there is nothing unhealthy about it. These three men are fulfilling each other's desires in a healthy, loving way. Draco is not a "puppet" to Harry and Severus - he is their lover, and someone whom they respect a great deal.

It's hard for me to picture Draco as a COMPLETE sub, because I see him a strong and stubborn person

This statement is extremely misinformed. Being submissive does NOT make a person weak. There is no reason a submissive person cannot be strong and/or stubborn. The act of submission - of turning your self-control over to somebody else - can in itself be an act of incredible strength. This misconception of "submission = weakness" is unfortunately very prevalent in the slash community.

Now, perhaps I didn't make the loving relationship between the three men in the fic as clear as I could have. But I think that you are coming at this fic with a lot of misconceptions about D/s and the psychology of it.

Re: Well....

[blackmagicthing]

That is true. I did miss the point completely, and can see how it can be seen as strength to give up your power to the ones your trust, but I never really did get the complete concept of the D/s, and how it really worked.

I word it wrong. I didn't see this as abuse or anything at all. When I said 'puppet' I was thinking of how they really didn't just outwardly ask him if he was okay with it or not, but I guess that is were the trust comes in.

I wish there were fics out there that explains the D/s relationship better, especially to those who is new to the whole thing. Most just start head first into the relationship(they are already together) and never really explain how they got there.

Sorry if I insulted you with my comment, but I was just typing what I felt without really thinking about it like I always do.

Re: Well....

[gypsyflame]

I wasn't insulted, only frustrated. It's certainly not your fault if you're not familiar with D/s! And as you said, most D/s fics do start when the relationship is already established, which is unfortunate.

They really didn't just outwardly ask him if he was okay with it or not

Hmm, I think I might know where the misunderstanding here is. As I stated in the header, this fic depicts sexual roleplay - in other words, the men are in an established relationship, and they decided to run this fantasy scene to spice up their sex a little.

Because I assumed that everybody knows what roleplay entails - which maybe I shouldn't have - I didn't explicitly explain in the fic that they planned the entire scene out beforehand. In other words, Draco knew everything that was going to happen from the very beginning. In fact, in my mind, this scene was his idea. So they didn't have to ask him if he was okay with it because they had already talked about it together. Make sense?

Consensual roleplay is always planned out to some degree. It might not be detailed, but the participants involved always know generally what to expect. In addition, Draco - like most subs - has a safeword that he can use at any time to end a scene if it's getting to be too much for him.

I hope that clears some things up! :-)

Re: Well....

[blackmagicthing]

Yes, that does clear things up to a very sparkly degree. ;D

I do know what role play is, but I didn't read that part since I was a bit excited to read the piece and skipped it. x_x

I know of a few stories that builds up to the D/s relationship, but none of them are in the HP fandom, all of them are from the Naruto fandom(though I haven't read any stories from this fandom for some months now). The stories were well written, but I never finished them.

Re: Well....

[ffaddict89]

Lol that's why I was a little confused until I read this comment. I forgot to read the warnings before hand.

At the part when Draco was thinking that he couldn't pretend to be unwilling anymore is where I got confused. I couldn't tell if he was RPing or if it was real.

Great story though!

Re: Well....

[gypsyflame]

Thank you! Warnings are important, LOL. I'm glad you liked it.