Discipline
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Discipline at Southern ComfortThe focus of Southern Comfort is on the building of relationships. This is, in fact, part of the reason for the site's name. Those relationships are most often built for us through two things: Punishment and sex. There are files to address both of these particular issues at Southern Comfort and this file will deal with discipline aspect of what we do here at Southern Comfort.
Before I go on, however, let me repeat: Discipline is a huge element at Southern Comfort and if it's not your thing, there's a good chance that Southern Comfort won't be your thing either! I don't feel like this can be stated enough. We've had people join our previous sites before who didn't have an interest in physical discipline and it was very difficult for us to find the best fits for them. Please keep this in mind when you're joining. We're all about family, and it's difficult for us to put you into a good family if you don't enjoy some discipline in your role play. Please make sure that you read through the various files on the types of discipline that we employ at Southern Comfort. These are very important files. Who Can Discipline Child or Teen Character?This is a question for the FAQ, but because it was relevant to this particular topic, I wanted to get it covered.
Nobody can discipline your character without your permission. However, by being in the group at all, you are giving your permission for your character (if a child or teenager) to be disciplined by at least one person: the primary caregiver. When you join Southern Comfort, you will be given an opportunity to determine where your child or teen character is going to live. For children, there is the New Beginnings group home for children, or you can make your child character a biological child of an NPC family (meaning that he or she will receive no parental discipline until player character parents can be found). Teenagers may choose between Second Chances Teen Home, St. Jude's Academy (boarding school) and having an NPC family on request. Your choice constitutes your agreement to be disciplined at the very least by the primary guardian in the setting in which you've placed your character. For either of the group homes, this means the head of staff (currently non-playable characters until we can fill these roles). At St. Jude's, this means the house parent(s) for the house where your teenager will be living. These adults are allowed to punish your child or teenager as they see fit within the color coding and the limits that you have outlined. They do not have to negotiate with you every time your character does something to warrant discipline. They do, however, need to adhere to your boundaries as previously outlined. No, you may not change your mind mid-punishment, provided that no lines have been crossed. Yes, you may request a change of placement later on if it's not working out for you. Your child or teen character will have other people in their lives as well, known as their "support staff." This staff consists of five people: a social worker, a counselor/therapist, a medical doctor, a "support cop" (who acts as a lawyer in case of judicial review), and an executioner (who performs the judicial punishments). These staff members may employ discipline with a child or teenager at their discretion and with the prior consent of the person playing the child or teen. This permission needs to be negotiated in the beginning and not thread by thread. These characters and their players must continue to respect the limits of the people with whom they play. Outside of the guardians and the support staff, teachers may administer discipline in school settings, but only with the express (case by case) permission of the child or teen's player. Please note that any public discipline (taking place in a public place) must be negotiated on a case-by case basis with your partner! Trust in DisciplineThis is something that has come up for us a lot, and which I wanted to address going into Southern Comfort before things become confusing and potentially troubled.
Disciplinary role play requires trust on the parts of both the "dominant" and the "submissive" partner in the thread.. Were I the person administering a spanking, I want to know several things about the person that I'm going to be punishing (usually spanking, but occasionally giving an enema or mouth soaping or some non-physical discipline as well).
These are all very important factors, but it also bears mentioning that the stronger the relationship between two players, the more inclined you are to get your specific requests answered. For the most part, we focus on flagellation (spanking and all its permutations) and not on punishments such as enemas, figging and diaper discipline (even though we do allow them). You're much more likely to get a spanking than you are a punishment enema (or a "Tommy's not feeling well!" enema) and it needs to be considered that it requires a lot of established trust between two people before reaching this point. A Note About the AdministratorsSouthern Comfort was formed for us. We realize that everybody wants to play and that nobody likes cliques, but we do play more together than we do with anyone else and we don't like to have our territory encroached by others.
By no means does this mean that you shouldn't join or that we won't play with you. However, we do things with one another that we will probably never do with you. Between us, we enjoy enemas and figging. We would never dream of crossing into this territory with other members. This pertains to the trust issue which is discussed above. We've been together (geographically, romantically and relationally) for two years now and that says a great deal about where our relationship has gone. I know that there are those who might want to have this kind of connection with somebody in this group. My advice to you is to work your butt off to find that connection with someone. It's work, but it's always worth it!
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