Dark adj 1. Lacking light or brightness. 2. Color. Of a shade tending toward black. 3. Gloomy;dismal. 4. Sullen or threatening. 5. Obscure; mysterious. 6. Lacking enlightenment. 7. Evil;sinister.
As with most things, there are many interpretations for all we encounter. What I might interpret as dark, some may not. I come to Darksites for exactly that reason. I am not goth, I am not a vampire, werewolf, or demon. I am just a girl. I am drawn to the dark, mysterious and obscure in life.
I remember being in the third grade and going to the library (a place where many, like myself, felt most comfortable in) and reading Edgar Allen Poe. I lied to the artist at some tattoo parlor (LOL yea we called them that) and got a tattoo at the age of 16. I remember listening to, (rather loudly I might add, in order to piss off my mother I bet!) AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell”. She said I would end up there if I kept listening to it. I am not in hell today though. (Funny but I bet she doesn’t remember listening to Janis Joplin when I was around lol… And I sure never accused her and said “You are going to become a drug addict!”)
I am however, in a place that has gotten me in trouble at work, has made friends think I am nuts, and overall, a dark place. And I love it here. I am free to express my thoughts on subjects like sex, horror, and things I think most in society consider “dark”. In a world where rotten.com (no offense, whatever floats your boat lol) is ok in the workplace, and my site isn’t…it’s no wonder people flock to sites like Darksites.com.
If I want to talk about sex, role-playing, a new movie, a song like “Teenage Dirtbbag”, I can do so here and feel comfortable. If it’s about being bitten, I feel comfortable here. (I am not a vampire, nor a donor that I am aware of, I just happen to think it feels good:) If it’s about Britney Spears , I don’t, although some do consider her a menace and quite scary lol.
The bottom line is, Darksites means different things to different people, and I have come to feel it’s a home for those that don’t think mainstream. I like differences and I think if we all thought the same way on all things, how boring our world would be…
Isn’t it funny how even though we all can express are different opinions here, that they are all on the same wavelength. That is another thing, here opinions, even when they are opposing, are respected. Whether your goth, vampire, or whatnot. I’m very glad we can have so many people in here that feel comfortable expressing themselves.
I know what it’s like to get those funny looks when people look at the screen and see Darksites at the top of your browser. But, there is no place I would rather spend this much time in. Rarely ever have I expressed myself in such a manor.
Let us all not forget: the darkness is a beautiful place.
😉
Precious Sin,
As the masthead says, Embrace the Darkness!
(Or, as another site’s says, Experience the beauty of midnight)
Virtually Thine,
HDJ
Oh, yes, and May I say,
EXTRAORDINARILY well said!
HDJ
Actually, I found Sin’s comments here rather ironic considering her recent (and *seemingly* constant) attacks upon another poster here. While I fully agree with what you are saying here Sin, I have to wonder how much of it you believe and how much of it is simply rhetoric.
~J
What are you, ghandi reincarnate? For every point you need a counter-point, how else do you weed out the faulty from the valid? Are you trying to make this a carebear site? Cause if so, i strongly oppose.
-jake
Get a grip Jake, it’s not a full moon. I certainly don’t think we should be all huggy/smoochy and love each other. I’d probably puke if that happened. We don’t all have to agree – the world would be a pretty boring place if we did.
Debate is one thing. It is generally healthy and good for the soul. Unfortunately, debate is not the proper word for what has been witnessed. I don’t come here to read personal attacks. Attack the subject not the person behind the subject.
Personally, I don’t have a problem with Sin or anyone else on this site. I was just pointing out something that has become patently obvious. ::shrugs::
~J
You can heave a sigh of relief. (If it were a care bear site, I would have edited out all of Fragile Sin’s ad feminam attacks on me; and all of the rebuttals made by other people here.)
Mistress *crack!*
::rolls her eyes:: Get over yourself Sarah. Any excuse to make someone else look bad…lol. Go for it:)
Anon said *::rolls her eyes:: Get over yourself Sarah. Any excuse to make someone else look bad…lol. Go for it:)*
Ooops I wasnt logged in. My bad:)~
Can’t I say one thing without you snapping at me? Good grief. You’re almost forty, but you’re acting like you’re fourteen. That was totally unjustified. My original (and very reasonable) offer holds: if the mere sight of anything that I write lights your fuse, don’t read anything that I write. Is that so hard to handle?
Mistress, using her grandpoobah account
Nothing quite so beautiful as two chicks quarreling, especially when they look like those two. 🙂
Rodney King was punch-drunk when he said can’t we all just get along.
-jake(chortling at wicked little fantasies)
And I want to point them BOTH to my post under Whispers
But only this once more.
I also have a suspicion the dark J is a looker….I know her HEAD works very well….
Over to you, Jake…
HDJ
i’m not sure, but i think dark j might BE gp. 🙂
-jake
Hmmm,
We’re all a bit feisty aren’t we.
😉
Hiss! Hiss! MEEOOOOW! spit!
Mistress (always able to take cues from her six female indoor cats)
I’m beginning to think that the hey, randy! headline ought to be applied to you, Heathen. 😛
Mistress (trying to scrape my mind out of the gutter, and out of insomnia)
No, that’s not one of my pseudonyms. I’m a blonde – I can’t keep all those names straight. I have one too many nicknames here as it is!
Mistress
But you WEREN’T blonde….
And I promise to leave no SUGAR_BASED sticky residue.
Randy? Aye! I’m very happy to be so! Happy indeed that I am surrounded by SO MANY stunning women here. I am on my way to DJ a party for norms. *All the hits of yesterday, today, and tomorrow* yada-yada-yada….
Merry Meet, all…see you tomorrow.
HDJ
I have had the fortune of coming into a circle of friends that honor my originality, I wish that all dwellers could have the luck as I have in being accepted for my beliefs. I have met many people who were scared of me at first, but when they realize I enjoy life, not destroy it they relax and actually find it interesting, I have even influenced a few to actually study the path. I am private in my studies, but it is nice to have a place I can discuss darkness and not just act it out with characters that I portray, or be a teacher, I enjoy learning so much more, but while I have a circle, they do not have the years of study that I have, or the introduction by a parent. I agree that darkness is a beautiful place, and if more people could accept their darkness, I think there would be more peace and less disharmony. Blessed Be
Aye….and I bet you are, too…it’s Saturday before Samhain.
Feeling a little, well……?
I know I AM….and I worked for the BRIGHTS tonight….
VT!
HDJ
Irie, irie, sweet Mistress, I take on any and all labels to see which ones fit!
Green apple is better than vanilla
liquorice is better than chocolate
raw is better than cooked
(yes, even vegetables…)
sweat is better than Chanel # anything.
I belong to the women of the world. Any world.
Virtually thine, but not thine alone….
HDJ
I can guarantee GP aka Mistress is not me. Jake, I think you need a head check. Conspiracy theories anyone?
~J
depression is the root of the need for acceptance…the best road is to exclude them from your reality rather than letting them include you.
Hence we are all not preps=brights=norms and congregate in this wonderful digitized darkness created by our sire. 🙂
-jake
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JAKE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What happens when they waltz into your house and won’t leave till they “talk to billy”? Do you:
A. give them three drops of really good acid in the hopes of calming them
B. abandon your abode
C. give them a one way ticket to the wicked carnival on the business end of a sharp object
Well… what do you do?!?
you know which one i picked, as i was the hero/villain of the night and nobody got punched or killed.
-the other tripping jake
for the last time, jake, it’s always “c!” stupidity is an unforgivable sin, regardless of what’s right or wrong (besides, right or wrong is based on social acceptance, anyway…)
-akainekora
(the other white jake)