Experimentalist
As a BDSM role, an experimentalist is described as someone who likes to experiment on both sides of the slash. More than simply engaging in curiosities or exploring the BDSM scenes and kink community, the experimentalist gets a feeling of fulfillment from different types of play and dynamics, regardless of the outcome. This roles tends to have a willingness to retry, retake, and redo, and approaches fetishes as novelty. They tend to be talented at finding something new, and are forever exploring to satiate their vast curiosity. As such, the experimentalist can seem highly versatile and very [switchy](https://fetlife.com/kinktionary/roles/switch-1zaa3), their flexibility changing to accommodate their latest crazy experiment.
While there is a little bit of the scientist in anyone, an experimentalist often seeks out the commonplace with a paradigm shift from their unique ability to derive pleasure from the conceptualization and implementation of their experimentations.
An experimentalist is not a trysexual - they won't try everything once but what they do try for themselves they will retry, retake, redo, many times. As for their tool bag? It's more like a mobile mad scientist lab!
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