Which leads to the puzzle. She thinks that Ryan wanting to own her in any way is offensive, she said that her reaction to him annoying her is, and I am attempting to quote here, "I felt like I was looking down on him, I was so angry..." ...see, that's generally not the response of a sub, or even an equal-ish. Yes, I know how it feels to be angry with him, and yes, to some extent I would take that view, but ONLY when I was already feeling posessive.

Part of me is still listening to the whole 'you have a double standard' arguement, but most of me is...

...hrm...

...the best way to put it is that I want her as a friend, like her a LOT... but I don't want her to claim that particular part of Ryan. I don't want ANYONE to claim that part, just as there are parts of Caleb and Torian and a particularly large part of Kadin - no snickering, please - that I don't intend to share with anyone, at least at the moment. *blinks* Again, been through this quite a bit. When the girl (or guy) in question is even remotely submissive instead of acting Dom/me (and yes, I'll explain that in a sec) they aren't a threat, they aren't some potentially-vanilla person who is going to get all... dammit. Who isn't going to be disturbed, is the best way to put it. A relationship is enough trouble all on its own, springing the whole D/s thing is NOT something you want to try when you're just getting started.

Bah, I am NOT typing 'anyway' again, except for just there, because I am tired of being repetive. And yes, I've had a LOT of coffee today. Not that you can tell.

Word-that-is-not-anyway, Bri has made it very clear that she finds Ryan's suggestion of a collar to be both insulting and unnecessary, that she thinks HE would look better in a collar, that she would kind of enjoy leading him around on a leash, that, in short, she's NOT going sub. Ever. *twitch*

So of course my first instict is to say 'oh, really?' and declare open season. I've already done that in part just by writing this, I suspect. *slight grin, glancing over her shoulder* Ok, if you watched enough cartoons early in life you'll get why Scott is chanting "It's Bri season. No, it's Becca season. No, it's Bri season. No, it's Becca season!" *is muchly amused*

Where was I? Oh. Yeah. Explaining. *blinks* I need more coffee. Bri is someone I'd like going out to coffee with, talking with, hanging out with... if she were attached to anyone else along with Ryan, or if she wasn't so blatantly both manipulating and attempting to Domme over him... is Domme a verb? Heh. Good enough. *grins over her shoulder again*

I could just have him write this entry. Dictation is fun.

An... dammit, I am NOT using that word. *blinks again* And have no idea what to replace it with. Hm. Fish.

Fish, I'm more than a little worried about how she's going to react to Ryan's backing off. He's said (both in his journal and in person) that since she's clearly NOT going to be submissive, she definitely WILL be treated as more of a friend than anything else. It's hardly her fault - I'd love to get her to date several of the guys I know, and NO, Scott, you'd tear her to shreds. That whole woman-of-kleenex thing. - but as I was saying... hey, can you DO that legally with the period-followed-by-a-bar? My English teacher would shoot me. Then again, I'm still doing better than John Norman.

Dammit, sidetracked again.

Fish, when she finally reads this I know it'll both shock and confuse her, if Ryan hasn't already spelled it out to her. Of course, there's another entire side to that coin, and a couple of other coins as well. See, Ryan has been doing that whole 'failure to communicate' thing to the point where he has repeatedly managed to get 2-3 women mad with him roughly every other day. NOT a good plan. So Bri and I worked up a list of all the things he's NOT doing, or SHOULDN'T be doing... and creating a nice bitmap of them all to put as the startup screen. *amused*

Heh. *quotes from over her shoulder again* Vengeful Techno Bitches. *smirk* Yes, yes I am, since you're reading over my shoulder. *MUCH amused* I haven't gotten to do this in quite a while and I'm enjoying it muchly.

Fish... where was I? *blinks yet again and suddenly looks all wide-eyed and excited* Eureka (Scott's spelling)! I remember what I was thinking! I want fish and chips.

*pads off, looking hungry*

Too much coffee. Need more coffee. ...Here, fishy-fishy-fishy...