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ysabetwordsmithThese are the notes for "Wanting a Little of Everything."
Popstop (Kyler Camilli) -- He has fair skin, brown eyes, and short wavy brown hair. Popstop works for the Westbord SPOON Base as a teleporter. He hires out to the Finns sometimes too. An accomplished traveler, he enjoys trying new foods in the places that he visits. Popstop has a second job as an entertainer in which he makes soap bubbles for birthday parties, weddings, street fairs, and other events.
Origin: As a boy, Kyler was caught in a collapsing building during an earthquake. Just before it crushed him, he teleported away. He still dislikes small spaces, although it's no longer bad enough to stop him from doing things.
Uniform: He likes athletic men's wear, usually either a tracksuit or jeans with a t-shirt and sweatshirt.
Qualities: Good (+2) Athletic, Good (+2) Bubble Sculptor, Good (+2) Citizen, Good (+2) Traveler, Good (+2) Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Poor (-2) Claustrophobia
Powers: Good (+2) Teleportation
A quirk of his talent is that he makes an expanding bubble of space for himself and anyone with him, thus ensuring that he can't collide with anything. It works much like a forcefield, but he hasn't managed to cast it under any other circumstances. This makes Popstop particularly good at teleporting indoors.
Motivation: Get people out of tight spots.
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"I think being a switch is one of the hardest things to identify as in BDSM. Dominants and submissives have their established places, and even a top or a bottom has a familiar role. But a switch often gets ostracized from the community because no Dom/me wants them; they’re not a “true” submissive (whatever the hell that means). Few subs want to submit to a switch because they can’t REALLY know what they’re doing if they enjoy being on the receiving end of the paddle as well. Tops and bottoms will only play occasionally with a switch, because a switch is still someone who wants something with a deeper dynamic. It reminds me, a little bit, of how the gay and lesbian community look on someone who is bi – wanting a little of everything and not quite fitting into the prepared boxes. No, I’m not trying to say that everyone everywhere harbors these biases, but the communities as a large do. For some people, it’s a lot to overcome."
-- EndlessSoliloquy
See a site map of the Pho Real Food Truck Park in Mercedes, California. It's inspired by pho, a Vietnamese street food.
For a first meeting with a new kink partner, it's a good idea to set up a safe call and follow other precautions.
Enjoy a recipe for Lavender Vanilla Dream Balls.
The original recipe comes out 101 calories per ball. Shiv dips his in melted gourmet white chocolate, then coats each ball with dried lavender, minced candied ginger, shredded coconut, or chopped cashews. The candy coating keeps the energy balls from sticking together at room temperature, and they come out closer to 200 calories. You can see why the teleporters are starting to follow him around.
Here is a recipe for Spirulina Hemp and Coconut Bliss Balls. These can be rolled in matcha, or you can mix it with the spirulina powder. The kick is a bit much for teleporters and speedsters -- especially since they tend to eat energy balls by the handful.
Mummy bondage is a style that uses a flat medium to tie someone such as ribbon, gauze, or Vetrap. Mummification doesn't have to cover the whole body. Wrapping just the wrists or ankles is pretty secure because it limits movement. Wrapping the whole forearms or shins is even more so. It's also among the safer ties because the pressure spreads out too far to leave bruises, and many submissives enjoy the sense of security it gives. The risks come from things like overheating if most or all of the body gets covered by something nonbreatheable like plastic wrap.
B&B Capery Tape is a special tape made for use on people with superpowers. The B&B stands for Bandage and Bondage. The backing material is capery, to withstand superpowers, and the glue is designed to hold securely without damaging the skin. It is available from Brooklyn Superhero Supply.
See an example of mummy bondage of wrists.
This infographic provides a beginner's guide to bondage. Here is a text article that covers similar territory.
(Some of these are explicit.)
Negotiation is an essential aspect of responsible kink. Assisted negotiation spans a wide range of techniques for helping people communicate things that may be hard for them to put into words. It helps to put short statements on cards or in a slideshow. A list of statements allows people to pick the relevant ones. This website offers many illustrated guides including ones on bruises, genital piercing, and hand signals. A useful addition is the ASL sign for Yes.
Going nonverbal can happen for various reasons, including subspace. Sign codes can help maintain communication. Know how to handle the situation.
Know the difference between BDSM and abuse.
A switch can function as both top/bottom, dominant/submissive. A negotiation guide helps navigate the territory. On a checklist, mark interesting items both for giving and for receiving. Learn how to be a good switch.
Bennett's scar is described in Part 3 of "Loose Ends and Finding Knots."
Last of all were the glimpses of his family by marriage, and his family of choice. A single glimpse of Bennett's scarred right wrist, a spiderweb slash at the protruding bone on the outside edge, which was kept hidden beneath a tooled leather cuff so consistently that the skin was pale bisque instead of the cool honey-brown that covered him nearly head to toe. The image crystallized, as though Il Dottore were memorizing it, then flitted back and forth in time, analyzing Joshua's interactions with the children he met, whether once or every day.
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Date: 2026-02-17 10:23 pm (UTC)Thoughts
Date: 2026-02-17 10:36 pm (UTC)So I've started copying over a few of the later microfunded poems, which I think is the main content where they're not already on here.