#i am not into hdg as a kink thing

[bug-in-a-cage]

Occasionally the Culture and the Affini Compact bump into each other in deep space. For the most part, the Culture is...intrigued, albeit not repulsed, by the Affini Compact's whole deal, but prefers to maintain a delineation between the two societies.

Following a few misunderstandings (involving high-powered weaponry that would make most civilisations roll over and crawl back into the sea), the GCU Shameless Exhibitionist presided over the signing of an accord amounting to "It takes all sorts to make a universe, Kumbaya, and all that", with the solemn promise that neither civilisation would try to annex the other, provided the parties follow certain stipulations.

It turns out that a small, but significant percentage of Culture citizens rather like being kept as pets, and the Affini Compact is endeared by the novelty of a spacefaring society with a standing army and a commitment to doing right by people.

Bless their hearts.

[pluralpaganidiocy]

Was reading some posts about HDG, written by someone outside the community.

What absolutely struck me is the lack of understanding about how the setting works.

First and foremost, I don't care what anyone says, it's a disability narrative. All the kink, and layers of horror and imperialism is in service to the disability narrative.

Because when your body or mind do not function like you expect them to, it's fucking horrific.

It's goddamn terrifying when my legs give out climbing the stairs, it's horrifying when I lose my ability to speak when I get overwhelmed and my stutter comes out full force, when I can't move because the pain from my knee is so intense I lose vision.

Quite often when I am like that I don't want help, I don't want anyone near me, I will actively refuse assistance. This is because of pride, fear, shame, a multitude of reasons. I don't want care, but I need it nonetheless.

One of the most powerful and meaningful things my current partner has ever done for me was telling me to shut the fuck up and let her help.

I needed to be forced to let her help me, despite being in so much pain moving made me scream.

She still needs to make me take painkillers, because I won't on my own.

This kind of care is an intrinsic part of HDG, you are so hurt you can't figure out what you need, so we will do it for you, and we will make you if needed.

Additionally, at least for me, another aspect is knowing that the people you care about are being cared for too.

A huge chunk of my life and daily stress is making sure my friends and lovers are okay, making sure I have enough reserve cash if I need to support or be able to make an emergency trip, anything at all to prevent another fucking lost friend and tearful memorial before their names get added to my sad list of loss.

I *know* I am deeply traumatized by loss, by closed casket funerals, of self inflicted wounds. Because I wasn't there, or fast enough, or didn't notice the signs in time.

I have as a result made myself into the kind of person that will drop Anything to be there. To drive across the country at a moment's notice because there was a Possibility that my friend needed me.

In the world of HDG, that isn't needed, everyone is going to be cared for and safe, and I would be able to finally rest. To relax. To enjoy the beauty of my friends instead of standing watch.

And that is a disability narrative too.

[foone]

would i regret asking wtf the human domestication guide is

Probably not. And people keep asking this so I might as well give the tl;dr answer:

Human Domestication Guide is a shared setting of kink stories involving Dommy-Mommy plant-aliens who want to keep humans as pets.

It's almost universally dubcon/noncon, the protagonists are nearly always trans girls, it's heavily wish fulfillment. There's drugs (space drugs! Like regular drugs, but better) and hypnosis and a lot of kink even if there's entire stories without any "sex".

It's weird but endlessly fascinating (at least to me!) setting. It zigs in a lot of places that most erotica zags, in part because it's got this heavy wish fulfillment angle where it's just "aliens show up and they give you everything you ever wanted and then you have kinky lesbian sex" but it's also unusual just for having the protagonists being mostly trans women (and I myself am mostly a trans woman).

Anyway if you're interested in learning more, the setting has a nice wiki, and a list of Foundational Works that's a good place to get started reading it. It's a surprisingly active fandom! It's only been around a couple years and it's got nearly a thousand works on Ao3.

Sometime later I'll make a longer post that goes into some more details, or I'll release that 5 hour video essay I keep threatening to make.

One final thing: 95% of all jokes about HDG are on the word "floret". That's what the plant aliens call their pets. It means "little flower" (which is very cute!) , but it's also the word for the little bits of broccoli that you eat. So it's RIPE for shitposting and memes.

[sheepwavehdg]

HDG story recs: Ongoing mid-long length works

Some more recs of stories that aren't front page on ao3 or SUPER commonly talked about. This time focusing on stuff you can sink your teeth into as they're currently updating;

Tears of lavender by callmeprismatic: a frustrated artist creates what might be feralist propaganda, and ends up in a wardship. an absolute hidden gem in the setting, criminally under-read.

Dollhouse by PyxxieStyxx: an egg is given an invitation to a mysterious dollhouse, but they definitely arent a doll themselves, definitely not...

Root Privileges by shitpostleft: a comedic story about a failgirl affini systems admin and her friends trying to get her to go outside. inspired by the idea of affini-swapping the cast of wellness check.

Ramifaction by fuckingterrify: a lawyer has her mind slowly eroded by the biorhythms of her Affini guardian. This story does some incredibly clever things, and is one of my absolute favorite stories in the entire setting.

Artful Manipulation by floof_likes_plants: while I am known as The Pladdy Writer, I was not the first. This story was, and it rules. An irate affini surgeon ends up helping a human who gets under his skin.

Empty shell by stimulacrum: an emotionally empty Terran prison guard helps arrange a defense from the alien invaders, until it turns out the invaders aren't quite so bad.

Irregular orbits by rocketmermaid: a safety scout on an outpost long abandoned by the accord is rescued from a killer solar flare by the affini. what first appears to be gentle help may be more manpulative than it seems. depraved kink and a heartfelt story of reconciliation ensues.

Knock upper bend over by sapphicsounds: a pregnancy kink mob-boss-to-housewife story. I have beta read the full thing, and it's one of the hottest things I have ever read.

Freedom's ember by kanagen: the ramifications of No gods no masters are explored in this sequel story set 60 years later.

Golden Ladder by ashinbloom: a depressed egg is rescued from a solar flare by a strangely human affini, and must navigate life in the compact.

Alder's Prize (M/f) /Adelira's prize (F/f) by Sheepwave and 4WheelSword- Hard noncon forcefem that plays out a lot like the original HDG but with the horny turned up to 11. Has both M/f and F/f versions. it's still my list and I'm still allowed to Include one of mine, plus I cowrote it so it's only half mine.

Sol is Short for Solace by witch_freya and Fluxom: a Terran rebel on the run goes on a hitchhiking space road trip and is constantly getting fucked along the way while her future owners stalks her prey from afar. this one is depraved and i fucking love it.

Angels on her shoulder by pyxxiestyxx: One of the setting's only drone fics, a rebel is given a mysterious latex suit that connects her to an affini from afar, and has to try to get out without being caught by her insane crewmates. yeah I'm including two by my girlfriend and nobody can stop me

[cadence-the-hypnotic-floret]

HDG and BPD

So Human Domestication Guide, as a setting, is very much built as comfort food for mentally ill, disabled trans folks (not judging, I'm at least two mentally ill sophonts 🤭), but one bit that didn't quite shine through to me until a moment ago is the Borderline Personality Disorder connection. More specifically, the "favorite person" phenomenon.

A floret's affini is their favorite person. They are utterly dependent on their owner, including on an interpersonal level. Thanks to biorhythms, the floret can feel what their owner feels, in a very deep, visceral way that directly influences their emotional state. They are desperate for praise and acceptance, the worst thing imaginable to them is disappointing their owner, and they often spend time gazing up at their owner in a hazy bliss, as though watching an angelic figure and being awestruck by their beauty as the rest of the world decoheres around them.

In turn, the affini is the perfect caretaker for their floret. The influence they wield over the person who adores them is typically clear and intentional. They promise to never abandon you, and they mean it in ways a real person never could, and can force you to believe them. They actually will take all that pain away from you. When you look upon them as larger-than-life, idealized entities, you're not so much putting them on a pedestal they couldn't live up to as you are accurately describing your relationship to them, and they foster that view intentionally and accurately. There is no equality between Terran and Affini.

This is, to put it bluntly, a relationship dynamic I am deeply familiar with. I have stared at someone for minutes at a time, certain that they have a halo and can do no wrong. I drove that same person away in no small part because the version of them that existed in reality kept chafing against the idea of them I was too infatuated with to get rid of. I have caught myself entering that same dangerous emotional spiral with a fellow author I've been collaborating with, thankfully quite early on.

A few harsh reminders seem necessary here.

If you seek the kind of mindless surrender a floret has from another sophont, check to make sure that the sophont you seek that from is aware of this, and make sure that you are seeing them, the person, not merely an afterimage in your head. Be careful! This dynamic is rife with opportunities for self-delusion and manipulation, and often, you cannot trust your rational brain to handle it well. I want nothing more than the absolution hinted at in Anathema in Blue chapter 4... But it would be deeply unhealthy and unethical to seek that out without dealing with some of my own baggage, or saddling the author with my perception of her author insert character.

If you are on the other side of this dynamic, particularly if you have the brand of narcissism that makes you want that kind of mindless adulation (typically talking about "Worship Kink" is a sign that you might wanna take stock, speaking from experience here), make sure you're aware of the dangerous power differential, and make sure your partner is aware of these warning signs. Being on the receiving end of an FP relationship can be incredibly rough, especially once you start to diverge from the idea of you they had in their head.

Oof. Not fun stuff.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going back to making a worship file based on Anathema in Blue chapter 4, because frankly this bee isn't leaving my bonnet until I process it. Have you read Anathema in Blue? Lady Lysanthae is bae.

🥰

[curated-hdg]

The Place Where We Can Stop Running by Dame Harmony (Glire)

Released: August 2024

102k words; 40 chapters

Status: Completed

Notable Tags: spoilers!

Chloë Sulla, our protagonist, has been running for too long. Clover Fabaceae, Fourth Bloom has plenty of experience with those who can't slow down. When you finally come face-to-face with the thing you've been trying to avoid all this time, do you have the courage to stop?

If I had to describe Harmony's writing in one wildly oversimplified sentence, it would be this: Harmony gets it. Harmony understands facets of the core appeal of HDG on such a fundamental level that I would honestly recommend The Place Where We Can Stop Running above several of the foundational works if you want to understand and write in this setting.

One of those bits of understanding is "consent by coincidence". Plenty of things happen to the main character entirely outside of her control or affirmative consent... But it's always okay. There are important reasons why it's always okay.

Also, this shit kinks on things that make no sense. And it works. Harmony literally wrote the book on Bureaucratophilia. You will be turned on by incredible things.

If you haven't read this fic yet... What are you doing in the HDG tag? Why are you still reading this blog post?! Open it up and read a few chapters! It's amazing! I recommend going in blind. Spoilers won't ruin it, but there is a twist, and it's quite good.

But wait, there's more!

Learning To Walk

Released: November 2024

65k words; 30 chapters.

Status: Completed.

Notable Tags: Still Spoilers!

That's right. There's more. Learning To Walk is a natural continuation of the story that Stop Running told. It is beautiful, and powerful, and bizarrely kinky, it expands on the world in intruiging ways, and... ugh. Just read it. It's good.

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!!!

To Follow In Their Footsteps by Dame Harmony (Glire)

Released: January 2025

35k words; 9 chapters

Status: Ongoing

Notable tags: THEY TURNED THAT BITCH INTO A KITCHEN! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?! THEY TURNED HER INTO A GODDAMN KITCHEN AND IT'S INCREDIBLE! AND THAT ISN'T EVEN THE COOLEST CHAPTER OUT THUS FAR! I AM DONE PRETENDING TO BE NORMAL ABOUT HARMONY'S WRITING! THIS SHIT HAS ME CLIMBING THE FURNITURE AND HOWLING LIKE A GIBBON!

Ahem.

These fics are good.

[dirtbag-dyke-hypnotist]

Introductions are in order, I suppose.

Lore, (Dr.) Adrastea, and Percy are our names. Lore is preferred, but we will tell you which to use if needed.

21, genderweird, plural, kinky bi/ace domme, @spiraleyedlore is my main.

Minors dni, cis man doms you aint wanted here.

Everything you see here is fantasy. I will be posting some very intense stuff here, but let it be known it doesn't reflect my real political or philosophical beliefs. If it still pisses you off, you might be the problem, not me. Every post is also from the perspective of Me as the domme, unless i actively say otherwise. Make sure you read everything here before dming me.

Don't fucking add extra "oh this is totally me" shit to my original posts (and id prefer if you didnt do it in general tbh). Its about Me, not you. And don't fuckin call Me titles out of the blue, you may call Me a title once you've earned it, with the only exception being Goddess. If you read this, tell me your regular drink order when you go to a cafe.

Now that pet peeves and general stuff is out of the way, kink likes and dislikes are under the cut. Keep in mind, this list is always updating and being elaborated on.

Obsessed:

Hypnosis, mind control, possession (as in ghost stuff), memory play, worship, personality play

Love em:

Drone stuff, tech control, genderplay, orientation play (esp just altering peoples sexuality to be just Me), forcefem/forcemasc, ego death and rewriting, hypnotized service (making people draw or write or do other things for me), cnc, intox (weed or alcohol, though i am open to other things!), dollification

Like em:

detrans (never permanent), rapeplay, fauxcest (esp sister stuff), cuck, findom, bimboification, boot stuff, emotional sadism, dombreaking

Occasionally in the mood (ask before engaging in it)

physical sadism, possessiveness (needs to be close, genuine, and im allowed to act on it partly, not just a scene thing), petplay, ageplay, mommy kink, vore, musk/scent kink, class play

Not into it:

feet, breeding, pregnancy, feeder/feedee, extreme inflation/extremely large parts, actual incest kink

Dont bring it up around me (i might block you if your posting this, nothing personal. this isnt a dni)

hdg aka human domestication guide (for personal association reasons), sissy anything, eating disorder kinks, watersports, scat, ab/dl, raceplay, real sexism and transphobia, b*mb* sl**p

Ask me to tag stuff!! If you want me to tag a certain kink I regularly post, ask or dm me and I will try my best to tag it. Also, if I have you blocked on my main but you wish to be unblocked, send an anon with your blog you want unblocked, and I might unblock it if I'm feeling merciful~

I use a modified stoplight system for check ins during scenes. I will either ask directly, or use a stoplight emoji to ask how you are feeling! If you aren't familiar with it, green means continue on, yellow means to take a minute and check in/slow down, and red means to stop completely. I will always respect these, no matter how intense the scene is. I also use blue, which you can use if you like the specific thing I am doing and want more. If you read this far, tell me a fun fact when you first dm me. Never be afraid to use these in scene, I would rather know you are comfortable during the scene.

Remember that kink isn't reality. I am still a person behind this screen, and you are too. I will play an exaggerated version of ourself here, and let my most controversial kinks be known. I try to be safe with my kink play, but I practice RACK and know that some kinks may come with inherent risks.

Final rules! Be respectful, don't lie to me (if you break my trust im not fuckin with you anymore), and don't be an actual bigot. Now go have some fun, n get a little bit Worse for Me~

[generalb]

Throughout all my life I’ve always been interested in nonhuman creatures. When I was young and my autism was in its rawest form I would often pit the ancient ancestors of animals against their modern equivalent, either in comparison or in battle(I remember doing a Rhino versus Triceratops once). As I grew older, and the internet allowed me to learn of the creatures of horror movies without being horrified, my attention shifted to that of the alien. I loved learning about the Xenomorphs and Predators, or the aliens from A Quiet Place. Recently, however, a new alien species has taken my interest, though not from horror film, but kinky horror fanfiction. I am of course, talking about the Affini from the Human Domestication Guide, created by GlitchyRobo.

The Affini of HDG are such an interesting species. Despite their peace-desiring nature we have to assume they were the top of the food chain wherever they came from. The strength to do what they do is built into their very biology. Super strength, ability to run absurd speeds, even the regeneration—their origins, whatever they are, were NOT peaceful, guaranteed. Not to mention the biological drugs that exist within them that can be used through either their flowers or needles hidden within their vines that can pierce human skin almost unnoticed. Another noteworthy trait is their ability to mimic or exist as different species of plants, like a fern Affini or a rose Affini. This level of adaptation mixed with the usage of drugs suggests that their origins could have been as prey, which would match with our known plants, unable to move from predators and thus evolving traits to deter them. The strength and speed, however, are things I’m not smart enough to explain away. Once they gained them, however—combined with their adaptation and ability to deceive using drugs, they would’ve been near unstoppable, similar to how ancient humans hunted megafauna and old predators such as the Sabertooth to extinction thanks to our newly evolved adaptive nature.

Their personality is curious, however—for a species in Post-Scarcity, I can understand the want and desire to help other aliens, including humans. But the specific pet dynamic they desire seemingly clashes with their message of helping sophonts(universal term for a non-Affini) be the best they can be. It almost seems instinctual, similar to humans and their pack-bonding ability. They desire other species to be at their peak, but refute certain things that don’t align with their idea, such as humans free will to make bad decisions at the cost of others and/or themselves. While modern human morals would agree with not wanting bad things to happen, the moderate to great usage of drugs the Affini are known for is less than acceptable.

The unfortunate fact is, any and all speculation about the Affini’s origins or why they do what they do is unknown. Given their extremely advanced technology and knowledge, it could be difficult to even know if they were a plant based species in the first place, or if becoming immortal through reblooming as vine creatures was a scientific advancement or not.

Granted, I’m analyzing a species from a hypno kink universe, and I shouldn’t expect crazy world building, but it’s just so much fun!

Edit: @arkkaxe has included a link to a site detailing the Affini in the replies, and it has been very helpful!

It appears that the low gravity environment the Affini hail from caused the evolution of prehensile limbs, and the xenodrugs might be related to their pollen from earlier days of reproduction using “beeple.” Speaking of that subject, their use of beeple lead to the cultural urge of master/pet dynamics, which slightly confirms my original belief that the desire felt more instinctual than purposeful.

I’m glad to be so pleasantly surprised at all the lore of this world! I take back what I said about the world building, there’s obviously enough to get its own website!

[morgantheblue]

"Hey Morgan, you're a kinky trans-femme person, you must love HDG"

"Woe, The Xeelee upon Ye."

(Can we stop assuming all Trans-Femme people are subs and find this setting appealing? Thanks. I'm a disabled trans-femme and domme-leaning switch. The idea of anyone "Knowing better" and having complete control about/over my body gives me intense dysphoria.)

Genuinely the "fantasy" of HDG would make me so dysphoric I'd rather die. My body is MINE to shape how I wish. I know what's best. I know my ideal self. No one else.

I understand wanting to share a thing largely by and for trans people, but you gotta stop making assumptions that EVERY trans person you come across is into what you're into.

We're different, and that's okay.

Y'all are becoming the second coming of (Some) Parahumans Fans who can't stop recommending your thing to everyone who talks about anything even slightly related to it.

Just because I like Kink and Sci-Fi and intensely kinky Sci-Fi doesn't mean I have any interest in "Imperialism is Okay when Plant-Mommy does it."

I'll take my Sci-Fi kink with a healthy heaping of mech pilot body horror and cybernetics play, from a Domme POV, thank you very much.

And I'll take my Monster Loving with a nice side of Vampire mindfuckery. Again, from the Vampire's POV.

Don't use this post as an excuse to recommend me HDG stuff. You can disagree with me, but please respect that I am not looking for a fight. I needed to vent because I am so sick and tired of people making assumptions about myself and my sexuality. I've had to deal with it from outside the Trans/Kink Community since I was 18. I don't need it from within too.

[eldritchamy]

Hi, its the former Feralist again.

The worldbuilding just really struck a raw nerve on first glance? On second glance it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought but it STILL infuriates me on a couple of points, mostly in implications that people failed to think through. I've calmed down about it, because it IS just kink, but there are parts of the worldbuilding that I still cannot touch without being viscerally upset.

(I could get into depth if you want, but once again, it is just kink; I don't expect kink writers to think about every last implication of their worldbuilding.)

Anyway, I am currently reading my way through Abscission, which is helping somewhat with certain things that upset me wrt disability and stuff. I'm really excited to read your suggestions!

Signed, A (Formerly) Committed Feralist

(P.S. *specific* things... What appeals to me wrt inevitability in D/s is less "I can MAKE you submit whether you want to or not" and more "We both know you'll submit, because we both know that you *want* me to dominate you", which is not always the vibe in HDG. Sometimes it is, though! And that's why I'm still here! Also that little bit near the end of Grand Folia where Celosia says something along the lines of "Its not that I'm an Affini and you're a terran and I'm better and you're lesser. Its that I would ALWAYS find you - in any time, in any place, in any form - because you ARE mine" really REALLY fucking got me.)

(P.P.S. I may have written a few hundred words of a fic about an Affini playing a convoluted game of cat and mouse with a cute, awkward, evasive little terran who may or may not be a feralist spy. The Affini can't make up her mind, because every time she catches her at something suspicious, there's always a perfectly plausible explanation! Its gonna drive her absolutely NUTS.)

It sounds like you're more into dubcon than noncon. On one hand, this is the noncon intox kink petplay bdsm scifi setting, so a certain amount of noncon is pretty baked into the world at a systematic level that you're either okay with or you aren't.

But on the bright side, there ARE fluffier options that skew more in the direction of what I think you're looking for, because the setting ALSO heavily features things like hurt/comfort, recovering from trauma, learning how to love yourself, and accepting that you deserve to BE loved and cared for by others.

Abscission is a really good one for a protagonist that consistently and very insistently reaffirms their consent at all times. Autumn is very sure about what she wants and frankly spends a lot of time bullying Solanum about not being afraid to give it to her.

From what you're saying, I think you would really like a newer story that's only 3 chapters in called Good Sensory. The tl;dr is that there's an independent human who's too ace and autistic to feel comfortable around most Affini (who tend to be very flirty and touchy and she can't stand a lot of their textures), and an Affini who is ALSO really ace and autistic instantly wants to give her the world. The Affini is VERY sensitive, patient, and accommodating with her neurodivergence and goes out of her way to be very direct about her feelings and intentions.

Marsha (the affini) literally has this internal monologue about Sally (the human): "I admittedly could twist her mind and dull her dislike of certain sensations, but it would be far more satisfying to simply alter her life such that she never experienced them in the first place."

The story was written basically in honor of how much the author (a very autistic woman) loves her very autistic partners, and the joy of giving them experiences that are comfortable for them.

In particular, I think you will REALLY like their first date in chapter 2, which is one of the most gentle and accommodating scenes I have read for all of HDG so far. It's SO sweet.

Someone in the server actually just collected a list of recommended fics that skew much more on the consensual side. NOTE THAT I HAVE NOT READ MOST OF THESE AND CANNOT PERSONALLY VOUCH FOR THEM.

Intake Interview Wild and Domestic Child of the Wilderness How To Tame A Polycule Fermata Art Exhibition Flotsam Heart Cross Pollination Surrogate Bloom Sycanthe Lantana Alone in the Dark, Together Germination Reading the Leaves Nurture and Acquisitions Perturbance A Normal Grocery Run During Which No Domestication Occurs No Gods No Masters (the primary storyline anyway) Hers to Have, Hers to Hold Petals and Vines Weeklong Stay at a J-Cafe (edited)

I AM currently about halfway through Petals and Vines and can absolutely confirm it's one of the cutest stories in the setting so far. I'm loving every minute of it. 500/10 adorable. Millie is everything, she is the light of my life and I would die for her. She's approaching DAWN levels of cute. DAWN LEVELS.

I would also add to this list:

Inosculate by SapphicSounds (the affini refuses to do ANYTHING with the protagonist until she explicitly asks for it)

Through The Looking Glass by PyxxieStyxx and TheMothCourt (the protagonist does get embarrassed/humiliated quite a bit, but she is VERY INTO IT and is given ample opportunity to back out or revoke her consent at any time, which she never does because she is having the time of her newly lesbian life right now)

I WOULD caution you against writing for the setting if you have mixed feelings about the worldbuilding, and especially if you haven't read some of the most foundational works of the setting like the original, Abscission, Divaricated, For A Better Universe, and a couple others. You should also familiarize yourself with the Rules and Axioms for the setting, as they're important for how the community functions as a creative space.

(The point is not taking things we like OUT of the sandbox to play with, it's bringing something of our own INTO the sandbox so we can play TOGETHER. But we play NICE in that sandbox, because we want the people who play in it after us to have that same joy we did. If your goal is to CHANGE something about the setting, then you're not playing the same game as everyone else in the sandbox.)

I'm pretty confident at this point that I have a good feel for the lore, vibe, and mechanics of the setting to comfortably start writing for it, but even I'm still holding off because there are some other Big Foundational Stories (Divaricated, Wellness Check, No Gods No Masters, probably Nurture and Acquisitions) that I want to experience and understand first, because when I'm ready to start contributing, I want to make sure I do it right.

Also, there actually IS a story literally CALLED Cat And Mouse, and it's one of the top 10 stories in the setting (sorted for Kudos on AO3). I cannot personally vouch for it because I haven't read it and don't know anything about it beyond that it's a Predator/Prey dynamic, but it has the same author as Good Sensory and her stories (though incredibly varied, tone wise) haven't let me down yet. Sheepwave is a very evocative writer and whatever kind of mood she's going for her in her stories, you're gonna REALLY feel that mood.

Sweet Poppy (one of her more famous stories) is a blood curdling psychological horror story. I am terrified of Poppy. She's easily the scariest Affini I've read yet. That's a HARD story to read if you can't stomach it, but it's very well done. It's the kind of story that you can't stop reading and ALSO it makes you sick to your stomach.

The only other story I've read from the setting so far that filled me with anywhere near that kind of nauseating dread was Independence Is Easy by SapphicSounds. If you're REALLY into doll kink, you might love it, but if you're not, it's absolutely a horror story. I don't regret reading it, but I was definitely way more into the first half than the second half. The protagonist DEFINITELY needed to be domesticated, but not by this specific Affini. I've seen lots of people be REALLY obsessed with it, but based on what I can gather from your tastes, I would NOT recommend this one to you.

In regards to the worldbuilding, the main thing to remember is that HDG is at its core a WILDLY SELF-INDULGENT kink setting where the most immutable aspect is that everyone deserves to be loved and cared for and given a better life. It was made by gay auDHD trans women FOR gay auDHD trans women, and the real fantasy is just that there will always be someone there who loves us unconditionally while accepting us for our truest selves and telling us that we deserve to not hurt anymore. All of the scifi worldbuilding exists to supplement that. The Affini are overpowered by design.

It's not intended to be realistic, it's intended to be wish fulfilment where inevitability is coming for you, and that inevitability is kind, and loving, and PROFOUNDLY horny.

[muteswitch]

Introductions

Hello, welcome to my blog love.

What I Post About: This is mainly going to be me posting/rebloging abt my kinks, but I will be posting whatever I like or find important, as well as things I have thoughts abt.

For My Mutuals: If you're reading this, hiii I love you all and I hope you have endless good days, or at the very least I can make it a little better. Oh and feel free to DM me if you want even though im gonna get too flustered to respond for the rest of the day probably. I'd initiate first contact, but its hard, you all seem so cool and funny.

About Me

Name / Age: Im Vivienne, but I go by muteswitch as well. I've made it to 19 years old and counting.

Pronouns: I am Trans(MtF pre everything) and my pronouns are She/It with Puppy thrown in on occasion.

Sexuality: I'm a lesbian/Sapphic and im some type of Asexual but not 100% sure what flavor I am yet.

Misc Info: Im self diagnosed with Autism after I decided an official test wasn't worth it a couple years ago. My dream job is to be a reaaally good welder and mechanic that girls lust over but thats a work in progress.

Kinks List and DNI

Main Kinks: Petplay(Puppy), Musk/Scent, Biting, Breeding(No Birth), Impact Play, CNC, Pred/Prey, Praise, Humiliation, Fauxcest, Knotting, Oral Fixation(Non-Specific),

Secondary Kinks: Bullying, Bondage, Exhibitionism, Forcefem, Hypnosis, Intoxication, Monsters, Needles(I Blame Hdg), Overstimulation, Somnophilia, Vore(Mostly Soft, Sometimes Hard),

DNI List: Minors, Terfs, Detrans

[laccaria-first-floret]

[Video Log; P-NN-D: X/X/XX56]

[Welcome to my Pinned Post, the top is my boundaries and the like. This goes mainly for me, but can be assumed the same for my character, the muse of this blog. Select "Read More" if you would like to read Fhaze's introduction.]

Hello! My name is Bee, I am the moderator of this blog! "Laccaria-First-Floret" is a blog located in the HDG (aka: Human Domestication Guide) Universe, and will likely surrounds topics within the universe. If this bothers you, please feel free to block this blog, I won't be upset! Your boundaries are just as important as mine!

Before I list my boundaries, I will say, that if I speak in text OOC (Out-Of-Character) the text will be surrounded by brackets [like this!] And may or may not be bolded!

Onto the Limits / Boundaries of my blog:

First is, of course, general DNI context: Absolutely no racism, homophobia, ableism, transphobic, or content that alludes to General DNI listings is allowed on here. Please do not interact if that is your intentions.

Aspects of HDG that make me uncomfortable: I understand that HDG is mainly a very kink-filled universe, but there are some things I, as an asexual, do not like. Please don't mention anything close to;

noncon / dubcon

forced-feminization

explicit NSFW.

If there happens to be other things that happen, they will be added to this list.

Besides that, please enjoy my newest muse, and have fun sending them asks!

𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊𓍊

"Man, I thought this would be easier with all the research I put into learning about old Terran tech..."

For about ten seconds into the video, the screen is black, and there is loud rustling and clicking noises over a androgynous, irritated-sounding voice.

Then, the black suddenly disappears, giving way to a hazel eye and light brown hair. There's a gasp, and the eye looks away, before the voice becomes triumphant.

"A-ha! I knew it was some button!"

The apparent camera is settled down on a flat surface— a desk, with neat, small piles of paper and a few pencils off to the side— and the figure leans away, settling into the chair they are in. It's clear they are a Terran, with the light brown hair and hazel eyes from earlier, their skin is rather tanned, covered in dark freckles. The most eye-catching thing about the Terran is three large scars across their face, narrowly missing their eyes. Their hair is thick and frames their face, and their smile is bright.

"Hello! My name is Fhaze Marsvin, an independent Terran sophont!"

They pause, and then smile a bit, seeming a tinged embarrassed.

"Ah— well, less independent, more of a soon-to-be-floret!"

The statement is stated with awkward jazz hands, before they cough and look away, as if they had embarrassed themself by simply doing that. It takes them a moment, but they regain composure, looking back to the camera with their hands in their lap.

"I was, and still slightly am, a pharmaceutical investigator, researching into the Xenodrugs that Affini have created, and their affects on others; sophonts and the like— Terran and not."

"But recently, it had come to my attention that I was growing some... attachments to a certain Affini who was helping me in the area I was working in."

Initially they had spoken near professionally, but at the mention of the Affini, their face splits into a soft grin.

"After asking around, mainly speaking to colleagues Affini-and-not, and sending an ask to a floret I had been seeing online, I had made the jump to ask her if she would be interested in having a Floret."

They flush deeper this time, smiling to themself as they cover their mouth with a hand.

"It has— um... She said yes, very eagerly. And... this is why I'm here!"

They look back up at the camera, smiling brightly and dropping their hand to their lap.

"I will be video-recording my progress as a Floret! This is to show the "Free Terrans" and Feralists out there the reality of becoming a Floret. Things have become misconstrued, which happens when things spread word-of-mouth!"

They look... sympathetic for a moment as they speak about Feralists and the like, as if they've just misunderstood things. Their smile turns into a happy one.

"The Affini I had confessed to, er, well... she's said that she is now my Affini—"

They blush again a bit, before continuing.

"Ah— eheh, my Affini is Hydnel Laccaria, Third Floret. She was the one that encouraged me to create this blog in the first place! And, well, the one who suggested the name, even if nothing is in paper yet."

The look they give is of lighthearted exasperation, yet they shrug.

"I can't blame her, I'm excited as well."

They pause, contemplative as they stare above the camera, seemingly at nothing. Their mouth screws up slightly as they think, before they shrug once again.

"I believe... that's all I had! Please, feel free to send me questions, and I'll get to them as soon as I can! Thank you for taking your time to listen and watch!"

They practically chirp as they reach over to the camera with one hand and wave with the other, their eyes crinkling with crows feet as they smile. It's the last image seen before the screen goes blank.

[foone]

(Sorry if this sounds mean) If you’re ace why are you looking for mind control erotica? This isn’t a bad faith question, as someone who’s aro but not ace I’m genuinely curious. Maybe expounding on it would help your followers point you at new things?

Also have you read Human Domestication Guide? It’s very mind controlly, though it does have pet stuff if you hate that or whatever.

Short answer: it's complicated.

So to answer in reverse order: I have read some HDG stories: not enough to remember what I read, but in general I like them. And petplay doesn't bother me. So I'll probably read more in future, it's just that it never triggered that "I should read all of this!" urge in me. Which isn't an indicator of how much I like it/the quality of it, that's just a thing that sometimes happens to my brain.

As for why I'm reading mind control erotica despite being asexual... It's complicated (as you might guess).

Basically I'm asexual in the "not attracted to men or women (or anything else/between)" sense. I don't experience sexual attraction, at all.

But that's only one part of sexuality. It may be the primary part for allosexuals, but it obviously can't be for me. I'm still interested in some sexual things, and I'm interested in them for sexual reasons, but it's just that those reasons are never "this person is hot" or "this sex is hot".

Like, not to give a complete listing of my kinks or anything, consider basic rope bondage as a fetish. You could look at the fetish from multiple angles:

It's sexy getting tied up, because of the physical sensation of being tied up.

It's sexy to be tied up, because you don't have control.

It's sexy to tie someone up, because of how they look tied up.

It's sexy to have someone tied up, because you have control and they don't.

It's sexy to have sex while tied up, because you can't resist it (in the scene. This is fantasy, there are safewords)

It's sexy to fuck someone tied up, because they can't resist (in the scene, fantasy, safewords)

And then in fiction you can do the last two minus the watsonian-bdsm: it's not a scene. (I won't discuss this further because discourse)

Only 5 and 6 really need sex itself to be a part of it. You can have the eroticism of bondage and no one has sex, or needs to be attracted to anybody.

I don't have a huge amount of experience here, but from what I've heard this isn't that uncommon in the bdsm community: there's plenty of people who show up at bdsm events solely for "non-sexual" tying/getting tied.

Anyway, once you understand that you can have a kink (even one that seems sexual) for reasons other than sexual attraction/sex* itself, you can probably see why an asexual person might still want to read about it.

Also there's elements of, like, exploration of personal impossibilities? As jms said:

So I cannot forgive. Which makes the notion of writing a character who CAN forgive momentarily attractive...because it allows me to explore in great detail something of which I am utterly incapable. I cannot fly, so I would write of birds and starships and kites; I cannot play an instrument, so I would write of composers and dancers; and I cannot forgive, so I would write of priests and monks and Minbari...

It can be interesting reading stories of people doing things you can't for reasons you never experience, obeying urges you don't have.

* "sex" is also a difficult thing to define, because especially in BDSM terms it gets very fuzzy. What things count as sex? Generally when I say like "they're spending too much time on the sex" or "the mind control is just an excuse to get to the sex", I'm defining sex as something like "some kind of insertion/licking/vibrating for sexual purposes", when many allosexuals (especially, uhh... What's the word for non-bdsm people? Them) would define it more narrowly, and many BDSM kinksters would define it more widely, including a lot of the things I'm not here: I've heard people call getting tied up or impact play as sex, for example.

Anyway you'd think this sort of perspective I've got on erotic fiction, where I'm here for the non-sex sexual fetish things, would be more common? After all, I'm talking about literature here. I tend to associate the allosexual attraction urge as a visual thing: this person looks sexy, so you experience sexual attraction towards them.

I can see how that'd work if you're talking about visual mediums: movies and photos of real people, even drawn images, but this is just words. I guess maybe people without aphantasia can imagine how someone looks from their description, and can experience some attraction based on that? I don't know. I've never really experienced attraction to written characters, so I can't say how it works. Feel free to enlighten me, anyone who does.

But you can definitely tell reading erotica which stories are "this is a sexy story because it has sexy people in it doing sexy things (sometimes kinkily)" and which are "this kink is the primary focus: any sex they have is in service of the kink, or is just a momentary distraction from the kink". I prefer the latter, by far.

Anyways, I think maybe I'm giving everyone a slightly misleading impression of how much I'm into mind control. It's more that I've found a few stories that actually were interesting to me for a couple reasons (first person submissive perspective, rules-based mind control, some worldbuilding) and then I've been looking for other stories that explore the same ideas as well (or better: the particular ones I liked had a little too much bimboification focus for me, which isn't one of my kinks) and failing. Thus I complain a lot about not being able to find the sort of stories I want.

Which, you know, makes sense? I'm an asexual reading through porn. Despite my explanation in this post, this is still not a great fit for me, so of course I'm disappointed. It'd be like if I was scrolling through a football site and not liking football, complaining about how much sports focus this site has. It's a little silly, you know?

But I'm a lot silly, so I continue.

[sheepwavehdg]

HDG story thoughts: The Place Where We Can Stop Running

The Place Where We Can Stop Running by Dame Harmony is a utopian fiction HDG story that goes light on noncon in favor of examining the nature of caretaking.

I cannot stress this enough. read this story right now. go in blind. know nothing about it when you open it. I will not be spoiling, but just the shadow of what I am not saying may give things away. it is one of the best completed longform stories in HDG.

Now, for those of you who have actually read it:

Holy fuck.

Holy fuck.

When I first got into Stop Running, as it has been collectively shortened to, I was initially impressed by the remarkably well written kink scenes, the cozy vibes. It seemed to be the median average of a fluff fic, with some elements that left me unimpressed.

I was a fool. the elements I was responding to were a brilliant ruse, a tapestry of hidden threads in plain sight. It is a story that preys upon your preconceived notions and genre savvy, and skewers you with them.

Few stories in HDG have ever made me cry from joy rather than sadness (that is easy, lol). this is one of them. the brilliance of the twist to this story cannot be overstated. the sheer poignance of the themes of the story are incredible. It insidiously disguises itself as a more one-note story to be something far, far greater. an examination of how the Affini compact is for everyone.

The significance of the title makes me tear up and get full body chills if I think about it. It has altered the way I approach the setting, it has effected how I interact with the world as a disabled person.

while it is of a more minor note, the story does some incredibly clever things with emoji as signifiers for affini speech. If you opened it, saw the symbols, and were turned off by them, then trust me, they matter and are used brilliantly.

the only bad thing about this story is that it was released all at once like a netflix season, rather than drip fed, so it is criminally under-read, since AO3 and the HDG discord mechanically incentivize a slow release structure. Harmony was too good to all of us.

I wish I could say more, but everyone deserves to experience this story like I did, knowing nothing at all, and i know some will open the "read more" when they shouldnt.

[holdmesoftlyplease]

hiya, i'm a 20 year old she/they lesbian doin some exploring. you can call me lilly. in case it isnt immediately clear i am very much a sub and a service dog, if you want dick i'll get the strap if you want pussy i'll keep my legs open but you have to order me around the whole time either way ♡

i'm open to being dmed about kink and nonkink things ! i will only interact if i feel comfortable but you're welcome to reach out :p

i want to be as anon as possible but will list kinks/maybes/hard nopes below so y'all know what ur gettin into

kinks:

tickling, puppy play, belly/navel, bondage/pinning, praise, worship, very light degradation, overstim, edging, denial, biting/hickeys/scratching, very light pain, very soft cnc, monsters, breeding, size diff, prey, feet, medfet lite, exhibition/voyerism to consenting parties, hypno, Enthusiastic consent

maybes (extra extra picky about it/need to be extra comfy/unsure but curious/etc):

dumbification, fabric gags, very very light choking, cages, blindfolds, roleplay, knives, musk, "mommy" but not in an active ageplay way

hard nopes (this isnt a dni list, just my personal preferences):

heavy pain, scat, piss, vomit, blood, intense cnc/r4pe, incest, humiliation (more than just bein a lil flustered/embarrassed), guns, nonconsensual voyerism/exhibitionism, vore, diapers, ageplay, heavy degradation, objectification, inflation, feedism, heavy choking, "daddy", dykebreaking, forcefem/masc, any degradation about being plus size, hdg, intox

[indie-s-i-t]

Decided to make a pinned post cause i got messaged by someone asking my age just to make sure i wasn't a minor lol Name: Indie. I have several named alters: Mira, Jaxx and Clara. I may have more i don't know about yet.

Age: 18 (I'm in sixth form college, i'm taking mathematics, photography, art and iMedia) Location: I live in the UK, you are always posting when i'm asleep (should be) but to be fair my sleeping habits are so messed up i think i have insomnia

Occupation: Currently in college but after a couple of years of working somewhere minor and training I plan on joining the army

Sexuality: Bi? I think? I may be lesbian but idk i'm too busy to think about that shite

Fandoms: HDG (human domestication guide) Hobbies; I'm currently teaching myself how to play piano (Interstellar by hans zimmer is my favourite song to play) I like taking pictures with my camera I like gaming I do art like all the time since it's both a school thing that i overwork on and a coping method Kinks (YES): Hypno (i want someone to hypnotise me so bad but it never works on me 😭) Light bondage Being dommed (especially if it's a woman lol) Clicker training (i want to get into it) Wax play kinks (hard no): Scat Piss anything to do with period blood (even my own creeps me out lol) anything to with bodily fluids really besides pre/cum/semen Also fair notice i am a slight bit fucked up

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

my regulars to interact with are @darkchampion and @regalityandspite i don't have many friends on this site or irl lol but i'm open to making more. oh and my asks are always open and always will be, send whatever you want i don't mind