Hogties

(not a hogtie of course but since we'll be talking about immersion perils soon...)

Many readers of the old blog know I am not a big fan of hogties. The name repels me: I don't think of damsels in any way as hogs. (I think of them as princesses). I have thought hogties extra degrading for some reason (as if being left in a death trap could not be seen that way!) And since I can abide almost any fate for a heroine, no matter how grisly or bizarre, as long as I do not feel she was being objectified, there the matter stood for some time.

I have thought about it some more. I think there is another, more concrete reason I don't care for hogties, and the reason was revealed when I thought of the exception: having the damsel tied up over a vat of acid/molten lead/bubbling wax/etc.

Now, I can easily go with alternatives -- hanging her by her wrists, tying her up in a net, leaving her on a verrrry rickety wooden platform suspended by feeble, fraying hemp. Anything but upside down, really. But I do like the idea of having a girl hogtied over a bubbling cauldron of good hot liquid death.

At first I thought the reason was for her: the damsel is face down, looking at her horrible fate. But I think that's not the only thing. I, the villain get to see her face as she dangles over her doom, since usually she is suspended well above floor level.

And I think that's the reason I don't like a girl hogtied on the floor: she is naturally face down. Sure, she can look up, but I really don't get to see her from the front overall as she struggles.

Funny what my little peculiarities turn out to be....