A great photo from Deviant Art - artist is Koukei. http://koukei.deviantart.com/art/Bait-60780990.
Although I generally don't have much time for heroes in RP, I do love the idea of torturing a damsel with the knowledge that she is bait for a trap set for soemone she cares for. That tends to make them a little less rude, you know? The struggling gets more desperate, the pleading that much more sincere....
NB the problem in RP is that it is hard enough to get 2 people in sync over IM -- villain and heroine. It's almost impossible, in my experience, to do it with 3. The hero usually treats the villain as someone to be overcome and dispensed with as soon as possible, and though I don't mind that, if you do it too quickly it is boring. And, as I sometimes take a great deal of care and time to set up a peril, I'd liek to get my money's worth, as it were.
Anyway, it's been so long since I actually set up a girl as bait that this photo really hit me. In this case, because it's Little Red Riding Hood, obviously fanciful, etc, I don't at all mind the loose bonds or lack of gag. That makes it suggestive in all sorts of ways I like.
Interesting insight about the 3-way play between villain-hero-damsel. I suppose that if your hero is *sympathetic* to the villain's point of view (that is, allow the peril to develop over time and deviousness), it could be done. But, it would require experienced r/p'ers on all sides, I would imagine.
ReplyDeleteFascinating because, one time not too long ago, I was proposed such a three-way play, and I am pretty enthusiastic about it. This gives me something to think about, in terms of the logistics.