theatrical_muse Tell me a secret.

I don't have secrets as such. Oh, certainly there are only a very few out there who know my true nature, and I'm more than happy for it to remain that way, but in that same breath, my nature is hardly unknown. All it would take is for someone to some studying in the correct places.

No, it's not my secrets that are important but those of everyone else's. Their secrets are my bread and butter. I hear them and use them. Secrets make people so easy to manipulate for secrets are often the key to a person's weakness. Just take a look at my dear friends over at Torchwood. So many secrets from each other. Ianto trying desperately to keep his girlfriend hidden in their own basement, and Gwen happily fucking her colleague and feeding her devoted boyfriend amnesia pills so she can confess her sins and still not have to deal with the problem. Most of all there is their leader, the so-called Captain Harkness. Where do I even begin with all his secrets?

My secrets aren't important, yours are.

realmofthemuse Coercion versus Volition

What fun is there in straight coercion? None whatsoever. While I admit that the art of twisting a man's arm (or worse) to force him to do something can be very effective, it does lack something. There is no finesse or skill in it. All one has to be is stronger than the other, in short a bully.

What is far more satisfying is to encourage a person to do something of their own volition through a very subtle application of coercion. So much that they do not even realize they are being forced to do something and believe it is their own decision. Now, that ladies and gentlemen, takes skill, and one I'm proud of having in plentitude.

It all rests with a person's desires or their dreams. Give them the idea that they can obtain these and they will do anything. All it takes is just a little whisper in their ear.

DO YOU WANT TO TRY?