<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=75845.msg3543978#msg3543978">Quote from: Haibane on 27-08-2010, 14:38:42</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I was rather hoping you would decide Kevin's fate... for me that was the whole point of the exercise.<br/><br/>I don't see any value in setting this scene up just so the dommes can decide the outcome. So, I'll let you bring back a result one way or the other Mercurial.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>No. The post was written that way intentionally. There are a few points to the way I wrote it. The two most salient are these:<br/><br/>1. It helps establish a particular bit of ground-rules that are extremely important from the sub's perspective. Notably whether effort alone is sufficient to secure some bit of satisfaction from the two of them, or if success is the only actual metric. That, especially as I'm not playing Kevin as a Never Fail (tm) submissive (obviously) is an important bit.<br/><br/>2. It gives one or both of them the opportunity to show him a bit of kindness outside the context of his task/punishment. If either of them is inclined toward trying the "You'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar" strategy of building long-term loyalty on something other than fear and blackmail.