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I wish there were a good alternative to
masterandslavethat still had the connotation that the master did all the thinking and issued the orders, while the slave blindly obeyed. There are a fair number of protocols that work like that, and the alternatives I've seen don't capture that dynamic very well.I've seen
ParentandChild, but children definitely don't always do what the parent commands. I've seenLeaderandFollower, but again, followers don't just blindly obey, they often let the leader take initiative, but they have some autonomy. MaybeQueenandDrone? I don't know enough about bees or ants to know if that's accurate though.Cerebrate and Drone
Perhaps people offended by the usage of master/slave in IT need to understand it isn't talking about people
There is, it's controller and peripheral
Primary and Clone?
Lol haven't heard queen and drone... Might use that in the future!
cult leader and cult follower? but that just seems too long
Cultleader and cultist.
Domme and Sub?
What if its a bratty Sub?
They someone needs to be punished, don't they?
Prime and Deploy?
There are many articles around this topic and offerered alternatives. Though I don't think there's a consensus yet. Companies and individuals who made the change all did something slightly different.
I guess Hypnotist/Hypnotee would be one. Queen/Drone would work well, since there are drone kinks out there as well.