In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more than the power of attention…
I think the force is strong with Jaz on this one. An “unbreakable” frame would be energetically expensive in its rigidity. It invites tests, demands to eventually be submitted to and (as there is no such thing as unbreakable) impossible to maintain. Remember that when a frame breaks you lose whatever is in it, Rapunzel included, and that would suck ass if she can do turbo
A frame of flexibility, however, allows you to include and transcend hers. No fight, no submission, just being present and responsive enough to the information in the now to make your frame the inevitable consequence of hers. So, how might such conceptual pyrotechnics be translated in to behaviour?
Focussing on the motivations that fuel each conversational thread/game. You like her games, they’re fun, because you understand the motivation at the cause of each and can indirectly communicate this as you play. Awareness of the motivation allows you to choose to play (damn well if you’re correct in its motivation) so you can create the experience of playing the game together (communicates inclusion) without becoming a slave to her frame. The connection achieved from this experience, therein containing her original motivation, becomes the motivational seed of the next game, set by you. Any game grown from this seed means that she is already invested in it, because she played the part of creating its parameters, and it already contains the developed conclusion of what she wanted in the beginning (communicates transcendence). You cheeky scamp.
The key? The flexibility to lavish your focus on the motivations of her frames while creatively subsuming them in your own. Not a small thing. However, when done well, having a “strong hold on her” becomes like trying to make a flower bloom.
However, as you read this and wonder how it might apply to you, I can’t help but be reminded of a Mystery quote that went something like, “when your game is tight and a girl comes along that you deem important, a lot of guys think, 'now is the time to break out the new stuff that I’ve been working on as only this will be powerful enough to secure her.' This is the wrong move, focus on your best and most comfortable game to create the best circumstances possible for getting the outcome you want.”
So, in a situation like yours, I’d rather be sure of my aim rather than the ammo I’m using.
Game on.