I’m in NYC for the first time in several years, and I just got out of a very enjoyable session with the wonderful Miss Troy Orleans. There’s a lot I could write about, so the obvious topic to pick is an old children’s cartoon called The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop.
You can blame this strange selection on D from Dumb Domme and her post ‘damsel in distress‘. She’s clearly not a fan of the iconic ‘tied to the railroad tracks’ trope…
It angers me that she doesn’t fight the villain harder and that she doesn’t struggle more to escape her bonds. It disgusts me when I suspect she exerts more effort craning her neck to see if a hero is coming than she does in trying to free herself.
This particular post grabbed me, because that villain/heroine dynamic is one of my earliest recollections of being excited by restraint, control and dominance. Specifically in the aforementioned Perils of Penelope Pitstop. If you’ve never seen it then this clip should give you some idea of the plot. Based on a 1914 series called The Perils Of Pauline, the cartoon featured a dashing and attractive young lady who constantly finds herself tied up and threatened by deadly Rube Goldberg like devices. As a child I never knew why it excited me, or how I related to the roles, I just knew there was something very compelling about it.
I get where D is coming from with her dislike of the scene, but I think she misses the submissive’s perspective on it. It’s the victim’s job to be the object of the desire. With ‘object’ being a key word. The villain is charge and creates the danger. The hero is in charge and (hopefully) removes the danger. Both of them desire the victim, but in different ways. The victim gets to be desirable but, as an object, doesn’t get to have control. She looks for the hero because that’s his role and his choice, not hers. She fears her fate but doesn’t control it. And that’s hot. It turns me on just thinking about it.
Obviously as a child I didn’t want to see Penelope actually get bisected by a train. But the combination of danger and helplessness pushed some deep internal buttons. The powerless female and mustache twirling villain might not be great role models, but I’m not sure that matters. After all I grew up wanting to be the victim. Although I never did develop Penelope’s love of pink.
When it comes to pictures of peril, Augustine is always a reliable resource. His images always seem to be the missing the hero character however.
Glad you had fun with Miss Troy Orleans. She’s an awesome dominant, very smart, very intuitive, very sexy.
And her play space is just awesome. 🙂
Thanks Aarkey. And yes, I concur in full with your description of Miss Orleans :). It was a great session and I’m looking forward to seeing her again before I go back to Seattle.
-paltego
Hi paltego,
I envy you this visit to Ms. Orleans. I’m not much for visiting pro-Dommes but she’s definitely an exception.
On my bucket list.
Best,
scott
Mrs. Kelly’s Playhouse
Thanks scott. She’s definitely a great domme. I absolutely advice keeping her on your bucket list. And acting on it 🙂
-paltego
The title of your post sounded like a quote from Monty Python. Caught my attention, anyway.
If I am to be honest, being tied up and helpless is my main fetish. I really, really want to be unable to get out of the predicament, thereby demonstrating not only complete submission but also my full trust in her. It puts me into “subspace”. Unfortunately, that doesn’t happen all that often (not sure why, our under the bed restraints are pretty easy use, and I can do my legs on my own).
Whenever images like this – the damsel in distress – came up as a child, I got very aroused. I clearly remember feeling “funny” when Batman was tied up, but it was most arousing if Catwoman was the one in charge.
It was very much a quote from Monty Python!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjio-F47IfM
-paltego