Comment on Inspiration: The Muse

  1. Wolfsheart on Chapter 3 Sat 09 Sep 2023 07:49PM UTC

    I've read a lot about that happening in real BDSM situations - older person with experience, younger person without experience (and has either read about BDSM or not) who is overly eager to please and gets impatient because they're led to believe by the older dominant person that they have to be perfect little good boys/girls right out of the gate, even without discussion or negotiation. Steve starts out kind of like this with Scott (more than kind of) and like we've talked about, he probably did the same with Bucky because he was younger, and because both of them were young at that point, Steve probably thought he was getting it right. LOL It's good that he really took in Scott's emotional outpouring there because this will help with the trust between them - real trust, that is. Scott would've said he trusted Steve and kept trying to please him, but he wouldn't have been open about his feelings. This will give them the chance to build really good and healthy trust between them and have a strong relationship. Once Steve uncovers so much of Scott's trauma, I think that Steve will first off be pissed as hell to find out what all he went through (even with Charles), but he'll also be able to figure out where his actions and words will be helpful and where they'll trigger him. And maybe even once they've got Bucky squared away and they start untangling his abuse, Steve'll have an understanding on how to help his friend and how to help Tony help Bucky.

    Yeah, I haven't seen that much in fics I've (tried) to read that involve BDSM. Usually I don't read them anymore because the way a lot of people write them, I get panic attacks (or just really squicked out at the way they write them), but you come at it from a much healthier angle - I suppose like older people who've been in the scene longer come at it. You let characters learn in the process of what they're doing together, and if it doesn't work, they don't force it. Steve in this started to insist that Scott keep pushing forward, and Scott tried, but it was taxing on him, and instead of continuing to call Scott a brat, Steve recognized that Scott doesn't even really have it in him to be a brat (BDSM or otherwise) because he's been too traumatized, and too conditioned to seek praise instead of punishment.

    In a lot of ways, Scott having all of this heavy emotional trauma to deal with - so much so that he broke down sobbing with Steve - will be a good thing. Steve will help him through it (and no doubt wonder why Charles Xavier a known telepath isn't doing fuck-all to help Scott at all).

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