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This Christmas, I decided to write a little present to Daphne

Daphne, your talent perhaps goes oft unsung; for you make fetish pornography, a field given little respect even by those who consume it, and none at all in polite society. For this reason, there are few with ambition, creativity, and integrity who even attempt to dabble in such a space, let alone make a living out of it, let alone create art within it.

But since you uploaded your first story onto the EMCSA in 1998, I don’t believe that you have looked on mind control erotica as anything less than a worthwhile endeavor unto itself, and you have put as much passion, imagination, and care into works prose, film, and graphic as any so-called serious artist I have ever known.

I am constantly bedazzled by the breadth of your storytelling: you have pieces that are funny, dark, quiet, basic, complex, or thoughtful, or something else besides, or sometimes several of the above. The number of characters, storylines, tones, moods, and kinks that you not only service but must maintain simultaneously is stunning. A team of writers would be proud of such a diverse output; you carry the load mostly on your own shoulders.

But! Your talents do not end there. For you are also a business owner, manager, programmer, filmmaker, and game designer; each one a full-time job unto itself, even on a big team. And I’ve been around MCC long enough (since day one!) to remember the Bad Old Days when the whole credit card industry seemed to decide you weren’t allowed to exist (if anyone reading this wasn’t around in those days: I’m not kidding, and it was a grim time!). You persevered, you made it through, and you’ve kept this site and this community going ever since.

All of these are triumphs, and I just want you to know that I see them, I am amazed by them, and I admire them all. Erotica can and should have artistic merit; this specific fetish is no less deserving of it. You are the exemplar of what this fetish can accomplish right now. In fact, you have been since you started.

And so! To all the rest of you reading this, I challenge thee: respond to this with your own present to Daphne (doesn’t have to be this long). What has her work meant to you? What most impresses you? What do you most admire?

At the last: I have said this before, Daphne, but a tweet from you once convinced me to seek out real-world power exchange relationships, and my life has never been the same since.

-hereno

to all Happy holyday

What a sweet idea! I can't say for sure what path my life would have taken had I not answered Daphne's ad on Deviant Art many years ago, but I am sure it would have been a lot less fun and fulfilling. Her appreciation for the medium (and creativity in general), prodigious talent, kindness, decency, and determination is contagious. She's made me a better person than I woulda been, if I do say so myself. I'm proud and grateful to have had the chance to create with her for so many years.

Thanks Daphne, for so many of the things about life that I'm proud of. Thanks Hereno, for prompting me to say so. And to everyone else reading this, Merry Christmas! Now you do one.

(This is PlutonianKnight by the way...I signed up to the forum with a different name for some reason  :D ).

Hereno and PlutonianKnight said it so well, there's little I have to add other than that I am continuously amazed by Daphne's boundless creativity and skill. I've been reading her stories and watching her movies and enjoying the comics about as long as Hereno, I think, and I keep coming back for more.

Daphne, thank you so much for everything you've done for those of us who appreciate your work. Our niche interest would be immeasurably poorer without your fantastic contributions. And that's all apart from hosting the EMCSA site...

Um. Speechless.

Oh, my. (blush blush blush) That's one of the nicest Christmas presents I have ever gotten. Thank you!

And thank you to everyone in the audience. It is literally true that we could not do it without you, and I am infinitely grateful that people like my work. (I still on some level have a hard time believing anyone reads or watches my stuff.)

Merry Christmas, everyone. ❤️

Chiming in to agree that we are all blessed to be lucky enough that it's our fetish that ended up having such a brilliant, thoughtful, amazing creator working in its genre. Daphne has been elevating MC erotica for decades now and I look forward to enjoying the wonderful content she creates for decades more.

Well said!

Time to say it Happy New Year  :D

You bet!

Happy New Year!

Just wanted to add my well wishes to those being heaped on in this thread. Your works have brought me joy for many years now.

I'm coming to this late, and I don't post very often, but I heartily concur and agree with hereno. Outside of maybe Simon, who really got the ball rolling, I can't think of anyone who has done more to provide outstanding content to this community than Daphne.  Thank you so much! May 2025 be a great year! Also, loving Phase 4 of Starter Marriage. Hours of discovery, so much good stuff. Bravo!