From: jmars@mta.ca (Jennifer K. Mars)
Subject: Re: Tinisex
Reply-To: jmars@mta.ca
Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada 
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 21:54:12 GMT

Well, it's always nice to start reading a newsgroup and find it so
active. :)  I share the opinion of the majority about the logs so
there's really no need to get into that.

An interesting thread that was brought up in this mess though, is the
tiniseex issue.x issue.  This is something that I've bothered thinking about,
never you mind why :), and I think that I can present an opposing
view, if I may, to the earlier article that called it basically
sick.

I'm not going to deny that there are one handed typists who use
tinisex for pornographic purposes, and indeed, it may be seen as
such.  There is of course, as always with people, a wide range
of behaviour shown , from sweet ts to what might be considered
truly disgusting.  As long as both people are consenting, I don't
really see a problem with what goes on behind 'closed doors',
although the whole log issue has pointed out, sadly, just how
unprivate MU*'s can be. (See Amberyl's manual, NO CONVERSATION
ON A MU* IS EVER PRIVATE)

But tinisex itself goes a bit further than that.  If you are 
establishing a character, and I mean a good solid character who
doesn't just go around slitting his'her wrists for entertainment
value, you are going to have to come up with aspects of his or
her character involving sexuality.  People are sexual beings,
and therefore people-like characters are probably going to need
some kind of sexual code/history, be it abstinence or promiscuity.

That doesn't mean you need to roleplay the actual ts itself. But
ts has a function other than simple character background.  If its's
something the player feels comfortable with it, even if they're
cribbing from Harlequins or what-have-you, it can be a nice way to
get to know someone one-one -one.  The characters can establish a
physical rapport and in some cases an SO relationsyhhip, and the
players can see how well they roleplay together.  A lot of decisions
have to be made in ts - the actual setting, who's in charge, the
descriptiveness level, and then the poses themselves.  For example,
say you and someone are having ts and you pose two opposing poses.
Someone's has to win oput.  How you make that kind of decision can
affect/enhance how you roleplay more publically.  It's also a way
of being creative without being melodramatic or in a public forum.
I enjoying writing occasionally, and someday I'll pull together a
lot of really neat moments in ts and write a fantastic lovemaking
scene.


Ts is also about trust, which is why the logs posted here were so
volatile.  Unless you really don't care at all, which I suppose is
possible, running through a session of ts does put a little bit of
the player as well as the character on the line.  RL lovemaking is
a physical expression of love (As opposed to RL sex) and ts can be
a creative expression of love/friendship on a more verbally expressive
level, kind of like a poem. only not really.  At its best, it's a joint
endeavour where two people express some kind of connection via
an electronic medium, be it love, friendship, or just plain, 'hey
you think the way I do sometimes.'  One of the best things people
have going for them is the ability to communicate, co-operate, and
compromise, all three of which are necessary for good roleplay and
good ts.

Just a lot of spam opposing the view that ts is all a bunch of 
computer geeks typing with one hand in the solitude of some dark
room somewhere.

					-Shandra
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