Drippy Dreams (better known as Jaz, Succubus Supreme, A Friend, Confidant and Longtime Editor Of The Site) finally agreed to take a break from sinning and answer a few questions about not only working for me, but being a fellow creative in the field. Enjoy. I highly recommend you all follow Jaz and give her your money.
God I hate opening questions. Uh, shit-As a succubus, do you live in harrowing fear of further damnation or have you sufficiently embraced the ongoing clown world we find ourselves in as the never ending torrent of pain and panic?
I mean, damned if you do damned if you don’t sort of situation right? A plague of terrifying proportions, the decay of individuality, capitalism and politics. Every which way you look there’s another thing… and we make porn and comfort audios. Gotta find peace where you can in this weird fucking timeline.
Okay, enough joyful questions. Jaz, we’ve known each other a long fucking time, but quite a few people out there maybe aren’t exactly aware of who/what you are to me. You’re my editor, but what led to that? How does that affect your position within the kink community independently of Splathouse? Also, why on earth persist working with anyone, much less me? Please keep in mind your check is in the mail.
Jack, that check’s been in the mail for about three years, I’m starting to think you’ve pulled a fast one on me.
In all seriousness, I do love telling this story because I got a very good friend out of it. Back in 2016 on pre-marketable tumblr I was looking for trans-friendly erotic writers. I’ve always had a thing for the written word more than moving pictures and tumblr was a goldmine of people experimenting with the medium. One day, I saw you get a shoutout from a writer who hadn’t done me wrong and I gave your page a look. Back then, you wrote with a palpable sadness. Every piece was overwhelmingly hopeful or the epitome of an unsettling emptiness. You wrote about monsters desperate to be loved, demons showing a bashful side, humans unsatisfied with life finding meaning in their kindness to others. I was hooked. After a while we got close, joined a discord server together and you approached me for some editing work. I say work, but really you call me for sanity checks. If it’s really important to you, you’ll send me a message to make sure your intent comes across.
Mmmm, outside of the splathouse office, I had done voice work and femdom since I was far too young to be doing so. I more or less function as that little voice in the back of people’s head, telling them that they’re deserving of love and encouraging self-love: physically and otherwise. I’ve been told I’m very soothing.
One of the first things I found really appealing about working with you was your omnipresent love for body types that are traditionally shunned in the mainstream kink community. It helped me not only feel better about my own personal appearance, but in the long term come to grips with the hows and whys of the issues I suffered with my own gender identity. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention your guiding hands are what lead to On Masculinity Vol I and II. Individually, what lead to these realizations of the beauty of bodies? Was there a particular moment that sparked something? Has that changed for you over time?
It started out as a love of chubby sex workers and entertainers. I saw burlesque and a growing bbw/bhm/wg community on a very young internet and I saw how differently people moved when they loved themselves. Two people with the exact same body shape can look like night and day if one isn’t confident in their body. It made me recontextualize what I found attractive, what my “type” was. I’m still just as into bigger folks as I was, but nothing gets me going like someone comfortable in their skin. The stride of the tall, the sway of the wide, the definition of the strong, the softness of the plush, the hitch of a gasp as someone is brought to orgasm. There’s beauty in all things if you know where to look. I hope I can help everyone see that in themselves one day.
So, we both know you’re a succubus. Horns, tail, everything. Quite a few people in the queer community also identify as demons and creatures of the night. This seems to be a common, ongoing trope through each generation. While some of this is reclaiming the language of evangelical oppression, is there something in particular you think that holds appeal for demons and monsters with queers?
Succubi really are common now, huh? I think it’s reclaiming the language as well as reclaiming autonomy over how we’re perceived. One of the things I tell all my more unsure submissives is to really examine what they’re self-conscious of and why it’s a bad thing. Where did you first hear that these things are wrong? As a child and teen, I got called a very many mean and harsh things and it took a lot of effort to realize those words are only hurtful because they wanted it to break me down. If you aren’t hurting yourself or others, if you’re trying your best to do your best; then you have nothing to be ashamed of. Take up space, be unapologetically you. If being comfortable in your sexuality means you’re called a demon, then wear it as a badge of honor. Succubi can’t be that bad if they enjoy their own pleasure and enjoy sharing that feeling with others.
In a very similar vein, personifications of robots, androids and more often find home in the queer community. I can vibe with this, as in the current era much of our concept of identity is an amalgam of platforms. We can be someone new with a burner number and a new email address. How do you see personal identity and expression of that changing going forward? Is it a static or dynamic thing?
Oh I’m awful about a singular identity. You rightfully introduced me as your succubus editor; but I’ve been compared to a robot, a lamia, an oni, a wolf. I pick what feels right when it feels right and I encourage everyone to do the same. I don’t think anyone should be static at any point in their life. A lot of the internet right now is very focused on- I called it your tumblr bio. You find out every label that defines you and you wear it as a badge of pride to help you find others just like you. But some of those things change. You can be poly today and as you get older you find you want to settle down with one serious partner. Or your fursona has been a bunny for as long as you remember, but someone idly mentions your nurturing tendencies and now you’re looking at mama bears with a sense of longing. Grow, Change, Explore, and be willing to accept that who you were before wasn’t wrong but who you are now is far more important. Be you.
We’re almost done, I promise. What, in your personal opinion, is the important part about growing communities be they large or small? Why is maintaining an identity in these communities so important, especially now?
At risk of getting a little dark, these communities are very quickly becoming the lifeline for a lot of people. These are hard times, friends. Transphobes, homophobes, racists, and classists. The conservative ideology attempting to eliminate sex workers and any deviancy from the norm. People gatekeeping what it means to be trans from within, being treated as a monster without. Constantly living in fear that this could be the day your forum of choice takes everything from you for no reason other than your identity. The kind of ridiculousness that would be called unrealistic in some YA novel about the apocalypse. Taking shelter in a community is a form of self-care, it’s vital for mental health. Find people. Make friends. If you don’t know how, just put yourself out there every chance you get. Be in the same spot for a month. Become recognizable and recognize those around you. Be unique but be a part of something. I know it’s hard but it makes a world of difference to know you have a place somewhere.
Lastly, I know you make content and absolutely hate plugging your own stuff. So I am gonna force you to link all of that right here, right now.
Oh you sneaky little-
I run a small twitch stream (safe for work of course) at https://twitch.tv/malvirus where I do late night asmr and relaxing content. I keep it small and I’m currently working on making my own Vtuber for those days I just can’t be bothered to turn on the webcam.
Twitter, CuriousCat, Soundcloud, TikTok, and everywhere else I’ve gotten the handle @DrippyDreamz but I’m most active on Twitter.
I typically work off private commission with two week turnaround for pre-written scripts and a month or two for writing the script myself. I’m a bit of a perfectionist and it takes me a while to settle my nerves enough to record what I write. Prices negotiable but never more than $20.