Over the past few months, I have been exploring an idea with a few friends: that of observed or otherwise not-quite-private discipline.
What if one is taken away to a private spot to be spanked, and others can hear? What if they can’t hear but know anyway, from circumstances? What is it like to return to the group? What if they watch? How does one feel, and how do others react? Some of my correspondents have been generous enough to share personal experiences and fantasies along these lines.
One theme that keeps emerging is how much it matters who those observers are. Are they strangers, family, friends, intimates? Do they ignore, comment, laugh, tease, or turn cruel?
And what is the society and its norms? Is spanking someone for misbehavior a shocking, incredible act — or is it a ho-hum of daily existence, hardly worth notice?
As a byproduct of these conversations, I wrote twelve vignettes for one friend. Each is essentially the same story, but set in twelve slightly varying worlds — societies with, as the stories are ordered, a decreasing level of privacy and dignity for the protagonist. Although these were meant as private illustrations (the question being: where do they stop being arousing and start being awful), my friend has encouraged me to share them.
I will do that. But please keep in mind that these are not polished efforts — merely sketches.
Twelve worlds coming up forthwith.
— Frenulum
Read it all brilliant.
ReplyDeleteInteresting story, but doesn't work for me. It's not the same story from 12 different perspectives, as my original understanding was, but 12 slightkly different stories. I think the third or fourth story, but told again and again each one from the perspective of a different person in the room, would have been even more interesting.
ReplyDeleteHave fun, and thanks for this
The same story from each observer's perspective would indeed be another interesting exercise. This time, though, what I varied was the social climate, so to speak, of the incident: what constitutes usual, customary, reasonable as each society changes the rules?
DeleteThanks for your comment and for planting another seed!