‘Intent’ in rope is mentioned a lot in rope circles, but can feel a bit ethereal and hard to pin down. The podcast hosts think it’s pretty important to be on the same page about your intent in rope when you go into a scene - but what, then, IS intent in rope? And why, exactly, is it important?
In this episode, Fox and Mya try to make the topic more practical and explore:
- A definition of intent in rope and its possible consequences
- Practical implications of not being on the same page about intent
- The 12 types of possible intent that we could think of (so far!)
- Questions to ask to try and understand each others’ intent better
- When/whether you ‘should’ always share your intent with your scene partner
- Can you have more than one intent during a scene?
- The importance of agreeing not to play if your intents are incompatible (and why)
- Ways to get over different intents (assuming you have overlap in your ‘venn diagram of intent’)
- When and how intent can vary even between the same two partners
