the_ragnarok

this concept has been conceived by takiki16 and bemusedlybespectacled, then i squeed about it a bunch with findundergrounddragoutofwater and, well.

so basically the idea is that in the D/s au there's this division - in the original concept it was only a thing for super rich americans, but findundergrounddragoutofwater and i expanded it to be a general society thing - where subs are divided to upstairs and downstairs subs.

upstairs subs are pretty. they are decorative and highly mannered and presentable. they are status symbols.

downstairs subs take the heavy punishment and do the heavy labor. they are the ones who get shared with other doms/households. they can serve as whipping boys/girls for upstairs subs.

if going for the wider-society thing, one can postulate subs who are sort of "in between", ones that became more common with the rise of the middle class - stairwell subs, who do white collar jobs.

to get fandom-specific, the original idea contained some nice Leverage headcanons, ( Read more... )

for POI, there is a plethora of possible readings: ( Read more... )