Copy Editor vs. BDSM Capitalization

[pantryslut]

I just had a mini-meltdown at work over the capitalization preferences of certain BDSM practitioners.

Specifically:

a) The preference for Dom/sub versus Dom/Sub;

b) The fondness for constructions such as "W/we," "O/our," etc.

I finally just started ranting along these lines:

"Those uppity submissives should just stop asserting their independence and allow themselves to be subsumed under the capital letter of their Dominant, already!"

Yeah. OK. Maybe it's time for a break.

Comments

Re: I feel the hate FLOWING through me....Dark Side, here I come!

[whipartist.livejournal.com]

W/we C/call I/it S/stutter T/typing. T/to M/me, I/it's T/the C/clear S/sign O/of A/a W/wannabe.

It's also a really clear indication that the author thinks of dominant and submissive as ranks, rather than as roles one takes with a partner.

Re: I feel the hate FLOWING through me....Dark Side, here I come!

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Or two wannabes.

Re: I feel the hate FLOWING through me....Dark Side, here I come!

[mollena.livejournal.com]

I am seriously going to bite you, dude.

Re: I feel the hate FLOWING through me....Dark Side, here I come!

[imnotandrei.livejournal.com]

T/talking about my D/domination....

(P/people try to put U/us down...)

The Coroner Listed It As Death By ROFL

[ms-anthropy.livejournal.com]

Ow! You made my coffee go backwards!

Re: I feel the hate FLOWING through me....Dark Side, here I come!

[genderfur.livejournal.com]

It's all the internet's fault. All of it. Everything.