Safe, Sane, and Consensual/Playing With

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Basic Trope: If no one gets seriously hurt, no one's under the influence of anything, and everyone wants to do this, then it's fine.

  • Straight: Bob is a sexual sadist, but before he does anything with Alice, he talks with her about limits, Safewords, and consent.
  • Exaggerated: Bob consults several experts on the safety of every single detail of what he wants to do to Alice, gets a psych evaluation, and obtains consent in writing.
  • Downplayed: Bob tells Alice the Safe Word is thermos. Alice nods and they get started.
  • Justified: Bob has a strict code of ethics about harming people without their consent.
  • Inverted: Bob is a sexual sadist who rapes and tortures Alice.
  • Subverted: Bob gives Alice a Safe Word, but when she uses it, he ignores it.
  • Double Subverted: Because he didn't hear it. She says it louder, and he stops and apologizes.
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Bob is vanilla.
    • Bob follows Risk-Aware Consensual Kink instead.
  • Enforced: The author is into BDSM, and is tired of such people being demonized.
  • Lampshaded: "BDSM is not abuse. It's about inflicting intense sensations in a manner that is Safe, Sane, and Consensual"
  • Invoked: Alice will only play with Doms who follow this philosophy.
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: Bob and Alice, more than likely before Their First Time, have a detailed but intimate bedroom discussion, covering likes/dislikes, medical issues, Safeword(s), etc.
  • Conversed: ???

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