#EroticMusings Week 20 Why are negative emotions like fear compelling? Does your work use those emotions? My kink revolves around the idea of power play, so fear, in some degree, is crucial. There needs to be an element of danger to balance the lure of seduction. How much fear is a matter of personal taste. When I was growing up, I reacted to my kink (hypnosis) with fear that gradually changed into arousal, so now the two are very tightly connected in my mind.