Or: what the fuck is wrong with writers and/or DMs, by a writer and/or DM

[Robot/doll/moth/slime/NHP]-girl. DGN-001. I like writing!
See post-cohost writing at https://reliarobot.dreamwidth.org/, on tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/relia-robot-writes, or collected long-form pieces at https://reliarobot.itch.io/
Or: what the fuck is wrong with writers and/or DMs, by a writer and/or DM
you can't have emotional catharsis without emotional pain(or, I guess, physical pain, but that's usually a different type of DM than you probably were going for)