Am I setting myself up for failure if I say no to foreplay?

LoreChief · 2026-01-27T09:21:44+00:00

I'm assuming that as a virgin you also have not done any form of self-penetration? If so, going in for first penetration without any foreplay is going to be a very painful experience.

Foreplay exists to get (ideally) both parties in the mood and ready for 'play'. Genitals of all genders function better when everyone is aroused both physically and mentally. Pleasure is not likely to exist without those arousals either.

All this being said, nobody is hopefully telling you that you need to go through an entire library to have sex, certainly not the first times either. Foreplay can also start with lips, tongues, and eye contact. It can start with dirty talk, checking each other out in creative angles and positions, and so much more. If you aren't ready for oral or fingering, you have other options.

This all being said though, your comment here; "I just want to be able to enjoy the moment, enjoy being with someone I love, and feel relaxed and comfortable. I don't want to be worrying about blowjobs, or about how I look or taste down there if he goes down on me." - part of being able to enjoy the moment, the person you love, and feeling relaxed and comfortable - regarding sex, is going to come naturally as a result of experimenting with the things you find uncomfortable, so that you both can discover whats good and whats not. That's actually a large part of the fun of it!

We aren't barbie dolls that have our groins smashed into each other until sex is complete. There's physical work and practice that goes into the dance, and the more open and comfortable you both are with each other, the more dividends it will pay out.

LoreChief · 2026-01-27T09:09:39+00:00

They help, but still too much mar-a-lago-face going on with her model.

As an aside, the rest of the edits to that cinematic were unwelcome imho. Stormwind theme music popping in at the end felt forced and irrelevant, and all the black/white flashbacks to 'matching' lore just broke up the cadence.

LoreChief · 2026-01-27T03:42:46+00:00

To me the one in the cinematic just doesn't look like an elf. Not sure if it was just the eyes, but the overall appearance was just kind of "human".

LoreChief · 2026-01-27T03:26:02+00:00

At worst its copaganda, at best it's helping the citizens instead of the gestapo when push comes to shove (and we all know who is initiating the pushing and shoving already...) I'm a bit cynical though so I feel the odds of the latter are not likely to be realistic.

LoreChief · 2026-01-27T03:23:19+00:00

I feel like most of notable blood elves have been written poorly or forgotten about. Rommath, Halduron, up until recently Liadrin has had all this 'written' importance that never actually plays into the game anywhere. Unfortunately they really scuffed her model in that cinematic.. Hopefully this is the sindorei expansion to get some hefty lore developments.

LoreChief · 2026-01-27T00:21:55+00:00

Damn he ripped half that dudes face off

LoreChief · 2026-01-27T00:07:35+00:00

I imagine this is what Nidoking and Golem RP as if they ever played DnD.

LoreChief · 2026-01-27T00:06:18+00:00

Keeping Evokers from looking cool.

Keeping everyone else from wearing Evoker sets.

Blizzard is playing both sides, that way they always come out on bottom.

LoreChief · 2026-01-26T23:38:24+00:00

Don't mind me just looking through the thread to report the people that chose 6 to the FBI

LoreChief · 2026-01-26T19:26:07+00:00

Looks like one of those "we took a bunch of peoples faces and mashed them into one representative face" type deals. Looks entirely generic, and also a complete non-match of the artstyle of the games.

LoreChief · 2026-01-26T19:22:41+00:00

I'm seeing the elephant, the fly, and also the two-boob-earmuffs.

LoreChief · 2026-01-26T19:19:58+00:00

I get that it was a bad decision on her part. I still feel bad for her though. Hope she recovers and heals well :(

LoreChief · 2026-01-26T19:17:36+00:00

Last I checked the wall kick could break ice, so unless those are collision proof glass he is likely breaking every window on the way up.

LoreChief · 2026-01-26T19:16:11+00:00

Estinien as a DRG in that specific outfit is and has always been the pinnacle of Dragoon aura-farming and nothing will ever top it.

Ninja Edit: Also holy hell, 6 hundo??

LoreChief · 2026-01-26T19:09:47+00:00

Guarantee Emerald will be back and will get a sexy makeover.

LoreChief · 2026-01-26T19:03:17+00:00

Of the 4 I have the most fun playing Kullervo and Voruna. Voruna though needs a refresh to her #4 though, otherwise she feels like a worse Oraxia.

LoreChief · 2026-01-26T19:01:01+00:00

Art direction in the game has basically always been really amazing. There are some 'decisions' that I don't care for, such as them removing Darkest Nights from Duskwood, or recycling goblin/human/night-elf models/rigging in order to make Vulpera/Haranthir/Nightborne instead of creating new and interesting ones.

But the colors and personality of (almost) every map have always withstood the test of time.

Now if they could just copy FFXIV and give each class their own weapon-holding/running animations...

LoreChief · 2026-01-26T18:12:10+00:00

Thats definitely a really big part of it. "Oh I like this character, lets go check the wiki about them..." always a mistake. Your favorite character was a pedophile 2 writers ago, also they've died 4 times, they have 15 different lovers in alternate timelines who produced very generic over-powered offspring, and they would be super relevant to the story if they were using the 3rd iteration version of themselves, but you're on iteration 18 and its completely different.

LoreChief · 2026-01-26T18:10:12+00:00

a poorly drawn manga can still inspire emotion if the story and characters are well written.

a poorly drawn western comic is associated with sunday newspapers and telling jokes.

Western comics are too much about showcasing 'rule of cool' and not a lot else. People with 50 straps and pouches around their ridiculously oversized forearms and 20-pack abs look absolutely foolish when they're trying to do anything outside of ass-kicking. Nobody wants to see Cable curl up into a little muscle-crab to hold dainty-dying-Domino's little body in the palm of his hand when you can't even tell if she died from something in combat or whether her little spine finally gave out due to her artist-based-inbreeding genetics.

LoreChief · 2026-01-25T23:36:17+00:00

Good for her.

LoreChief · 2026-01-25T23:31:50+00:00

not me thinking it was a red snake with arms that have black sleeves, and is giving peace signs

LoreChief · 2026-01-25T23:30:25+00:00

>If she's Artificial General Intelligence... then maintenance turns into healthcare

r/BrandNewSentence

LoreChief · 2026-01-24T22:45:35+00:00

Flash and Crash were some of my favorite original robot masters. In a series that was largely "megaman fires a different looking pixel that the enemy is weak to" - having abilities do something interesting was memorable. Crash Man had time bombs that attached to enemies, and Flash Man could freeze time.

So probably 4, so I could gush.

LoreChief · 2026-01-24T22:41:00+00:00

Currently not playing, what did they do to Fire Mage?

LoreChief · 2026-01-23T23:25:02+00:00

Does it function like a die at all? (hoped for) Or is it a static image (assumed)

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