{"id":881,"date":"2014-12-14T14:15:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T19:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=881"},"modified":"2014-12-14T14:16:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T19:16:20","slug":"total-power-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/total-power-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Total Power Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It probably won't come as a surprise that I enjoy my D\/s with a healthy dose of TPE... it certainly comes out in my stories.<\/p>\n<p>I'm realizing now that it's definitely something that will alienate some\u00a0readers because, for most people, the idea of giving up complete control and surrendering yourself 100% to another person is unthinkable.<\/p>\n<p>Terrifying.<\/p>\n<p>Outrageous.<\/p>\n<p>You give up\u00a0your rights as a person and become an <em>object<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>See... because with TPE, the sub is more than just a sub. It's consensual slavery.<\/p>\n<p>The Master sets the slave's limits. Not the slave.<br \/>\nThe Master no longer needs the consent of the slave for <em>anything<\/em>.<br \/>\nThe slave does <em>not<\/em> get a safe word. *<\/p>\n<p>It's extreme, but it's amazing how utterly freeing it is for some.<\/p>\n<p>*I just want to point out that, like everything, there are variations. This is just my own understanding of TPE and how it's worked\u00a0out for me in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It probably won&#8217;t come as a surprise that I enjoy my D\/s with a healthy dose of TPE&#8230; it certainly comes out in my stories. I&#8217;m realizing now that it&#8217;s definitely something that will alienate some\u00a0readers because, for most people, the idea of giving up complete control and surrendering yourself 100% to another person is unthinkable. Terrifying. Outrageous. You give up\u00a0your rights as a person and become an object. See&#8230; because with TPE, the sub is more than just a sub. It&#8217;s consensual slavery. The Master sets the slave&#8217;s limits. Not the slave. The Master no longer needs the consent &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Total Power Exchange\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/total-power-exchange\/#more-881\" aria-label=\"Read more about Total Power Exchange\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[81,233,144,232],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-life","tag-bdsm","tag-consensual-slavery","tag-ds","tag-tpe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/chained-boy-edit.jpg?fit=1000%2C685&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-ed","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1696,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/kestrels-talon-the-stonewatchers-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":881,"position":0},"title":"Kestrel&#8217;s Talon (The Stonewatchers #1)","author":"Bey","date":"May 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Coming May 23rd to AmazonFollowing the Prentish\/Nemarri war, Kes is rejected by his homeland under the guise of religious purity laws. 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