I have nobody to talk to about this and so I have chosen you. I feel, as if there is a lack of focus on something. Maybe I simply have not read enough danrat slash but I DOUBT IT!! The idea that Rat, is the only one that truly knows how Dan’s body works is something that I believe we should pay more attention to.
Dan is by no measure of the word a hypochondriac, we know this. But there is something inherently almost bdsm-esque in the forced reliance that’s going on there. To reference a point in time, there is that thing where Rat gets Dan to sing into the glass. Dan straight up, does not know what his new body is capable of and has to be talked through it.
And what I’m referencing here isn’t the fact that Dan does not know how his body works I’ve read things in reference to that, I’m speaking on the fact that Rat does. And if Dan’s body of flesh, microwave parts, and the esoteric were to fail him, there is literally one single person that could fix it. Rat.
Gather a surgeon, a mechanic, and a priest and they still would be unlikely to be able to glue Dan back together.
It makes this seem to me as if the way Rat looks at Dan not as some kind of saint or god, more of like a living temple to the esoteric itself you know? That Dan has been put in a situation where he has to cling to Rat like a life raft. He also has to view his counterpart from this position of reverence in its own way.
So, I’m conclusion. If you’re asking me (you’re not) there is something inherently submissive to trusting one single person with the maintenance of your body and it’s ability to run. (Be it on purpose/consensually or not)
I am once again drunk, I apologize if this is complete nonsense. This has been me blabbering to you about seeing BDSM in body horror.
Sincerely, your drunken anon.
(I’m still working on that fic I promise danrat blog, I’m a slow and horribly intoxicated author)
anon my dear anon please excuse this response i am on my phone and as a certified old person it’s hard for me to write cohesively this way.
1000% the bdsm vibes are there in the text! i love what you say here about rat knowing Things about dan’s body that dan could never (and no one else could) and the example of pressing him into the window is absolutely one of them (yeah rat physically forces dan into the glass i’m NOT insane).
rat and dan basically have a 24/7 arrangement if we’re. you know. being real! rat can and does do whatever he wants with dan’s body (which is a tool and beautiful and also kind of a Thing yay i love depersonalization kink) and dan is kind of just along for the ride. it’s beautiful
“living temple to the esoteric” is exquisite! and rat IS his life raft! we are of one mind here!!!!
anon pleaseeee know i think of u always and i’m so glad ur still kicking and u are always welcome to ramble in my ask box or my dms 🥰 i’m #normal i promise