A peculiarity of mine

Right. Like the whole DiD thing didn't make me peculiar already. I came across this photo (on Deviant Art: http://dazzle-63.deviantart.com/) and it made me think why I found the damsel in this photo so appealing when the thought of actually going to a Hooter's "restaurant" fills me with acid reflux.

For those of you outside of the reach of US cultural imperialism, Hooter's is a restaurant and bar chain whose wait staff consist of nubile blondes attired like Dazzle in the photo. To give you an idea of the mental level of the clientele, I will point out that the decor includes yellow diamond shaped traffic warning signs such as "Danger - blonde thinking". Lotsa laffs. Oh yes -- the food, from someone who has actualy been to one, is crap. Not that that matters.

Anyway, I don't have anything against a girl making a few extra bucks by letting some neanderthal alternatively drool over/patronize her. Nor do I assume anything about the wait staff. All I will say is that I don't find the idea terribly enticing.

But there is somethign about the girl next door - someone who obviously is not working at Hooter's - who allows herself to get dressed up in a slightly silly outfit like this. Dazzle also happens to be quite pretty (IMHO) on her own, non-blonde-party-girl terms. Maybe it's the message that this isn't just work for her - that she is willing to dress like this as a departure from the everyday. Maybe she even likes it. That (to me) is quite a turn on.

I think that appeal can be extended. I am not sure I am terribly excited by real ballerinas in a ballet. But a girl with nice legs who would dress up lke that (and, ideally, fall into peril)? Magic.

That "off duty" willingness to engage in a little fantasy might be so appealing because it strips away part of my "character" facade as well. I love, for example, RPs with women playing superheroines. In the little world we create online, she is a superheroine and I am a villain. Thinking about a woman who is obviously not a superheroine makes it easier for me to imagine a real life peril for her. I'm not talking about stalking someone - believe me, I just don't think that way. I am suggesting that it makes it easier for me to imagine the fantasy of simulating the fantasy in real time, in the flesh. The photo above makes it easier for me to imagine her really tied up in front of me, enjoying the role but revealing her real feeligns toward the DiD fantasy.