submissive

📅 Updated:2026-04-19

🕒 Created:2015-07-18

🆔 ID:8144

Description

Any character who is part of the BDSM subculture, taking part in a power exchange (partial or total) within a relationship. This doesn't have to be sexual; dominant/submissive relationships can entirely exclude sex.

The dom takes control over the sub; this can be in the form of dictating their diet, what they wear, or even more intimate things. The sub is likely to wear a collar as a form of display that they are owned by a dom, although it is not a requirement.

In sexual contexts, topping is not synonymous with dominant, and bottoming is not synonymous with submissive.

Tag also applies if the theme of submission is present in the image.

For this tag to apply, the submissive character must be visible rather than just implied. A leashed pov is an example of the latter.