Question on Hoods -- duration.

[jaF0]

Working something up in my twisted little mind and I have a question.

It revolves around a Sub (wife) being given to a Master for a weekend by her husband/Dom. The idea is that she does not know who, or where. To help accomplish this, she must wear a hood the entire time to block her vision and possibly hearing.

Now, I'm pretty sure that's not believable, let alone anywhere near healthy and just a generally bad idea. So, how long would be believable? Hours? And how could long durations be portrayed in a story? Mention feeding/drinking tube?

Maybe a mention of a private chamber where she could remove it while not in his presence? A place and time to let her head recover while she tends to other necessary functions.

 

[Etoile]

If it's just hiding who and where, why not make it a blindfold? One of the really good ones that blocks all light.

But keep in mind all movement must be guided by the top. Step up, step down, chair at your 3:00, etc. It's fairly labor intensive to keep someone blindfolded that long. Unless she's locked in a cage with a bucket, of course.

And I'd say use a head bag (soft, drawstring) rather than a hood. Then you just lift it up to nose level for feeding.

 

[cookiecat]

This brought to mind a passage from the Story of O - the very beginning:

Another version of the same beginning was simpler and more direct: the young woman, dressed in the same way, was driven by her lover and an unknown friend. The stranger was driving, the lover was seated next to the young woman, and it was the unknown friend who explained to the young woman that her lover had been entrusted with the task of getting her ready, that he was going to tie her hands behind her back, unfasten her stockings and roll them down, remove her garter belt, her panties, and her brassiere, and blindfold her.

That she would then be turned over to the château, where in due course she would be instructed as to what she should do. And, infact, as soon as she had been thus undressed and bound, they helped her to alight from the car after a trip that lasted half an hour, guided her up a few steps and, with her blindfold still on, through one or two doors.

Then, when her blindfold was removed, she found herself standing alone in a dark room, where they left her for half an hour, or an hour, or two hours, I can't be sure, but it seemed forever

I like this last part - the disorientation of being left alone in a dark room, naked where reality and time fall away. You become hyper focused on your body.

As to having a hood the whole time? As Etoile pointed out, moving her from one place to the next in a believable manner seems exhausting. You can get hoods that leave nose and mouth exposed for breathing, eating issues.

I've worn a hood that isn't totally blacked out but was thick mesh. I could see outlines of big things -- I could see a person's body but not the detail. I could walk from one place to the next but it was unsteady because I could only see straight in front of me and that was very fuzzy.

This isn't as sexy but you could do something like swim goggles with vaseline smeared on them. Humiliation factor times a million just for looking odd!! But I wonder if you could see the outline of shapes so she could atleast move around a little on her own?

There's a hot passage in Story of O where she first gets to the chateau and is given the lecture on the rules. She will not be blindfolded (unless it's during whipping) but she's not allowed to look at anyone's face, only down. It's explained the men will have their sex exposed in order to reinforce that her place is to serve their cocks. Soooooo - could this be an option? Self directed "no peeking" with punishment for making eye contact?

 

[Etoile]

As to having a hood the whole time? As Etoile pointed out, moving her from one place to the next in a believable manner seems exhausting.

Yep - we did this for part of an evening at TES Fest, in a fully sealed hood. Getting from hotel room to courtyard to dungeon was quite laborious. Sir had to not only watch every step I took (saying right next to my ear "one step up" or "over threshold" or "crack in the sidewalk, big step" - was wearing stilettos) but also watch out that I didn't lose balance, watch where other people were, etc. We went very slowly...

 

[cookiecat]

Yep - we did this for part of an evening at TES Fest, in a fully sealed hood. Getting from hotel room to courtyard to dungeon was quite laborious. Sir had to not only watch every step I took (saying right next to my ear "one step up" or "over threshold" or "crack in the sidewalk, big step" - was wearing stilettos) but also watch out that I didn't lose balance, watch where other people were, etc. We went very slowly...

Did it add to your experience or was it a drag?

(not that i'm prying for info about the fest... )

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

D(.)(.)

I have been taken places I hadn't been while blindfolded. After a matter of hours it was removed so I could see who was there.
Just regular tennis shoes but still awkward with help getting there.

 

[cookiecat]

I have been taken places I hadn't been while blindfolded. After a matter of hours it was removed so I could see who was there.
Just regular tennis shoes but still awkward with help getting there.

Did you enjoy being blindfolded or did the awkward part take away from the experience?

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

D(.)(.)

Did you enjoy being blindfolded or did the awkward part take away from the experience?

Even at my age much of this was new. I didn't want to be tied down or blindfolded. But I was among friends we could trust. After I was tied to a table and the fun began being blindfolded just added to the excitement. I sort of knew who was there anyway.
For a few more similar games I wasn't blindfolded until we got to the places.
Not like the hood games and I wasn't blindfolded over a few hours.

 

[Etoile]

Did it add to your experience or was it a drag?

(not that i'm prying for info about the fest... )

It was awesome! Being so completely dependent on Sir was hot. He sat me in a chair in the courtyard and did some casual sadism (punching, thumbs in intercostals, etc) while I screamed into the gag behind the hood. Not sure if it was particularly audible to anyone more than a couple of feet away, mind you!

Then he stood me back up, carefully guided me over to the indoor dungeon, and sat me down there to be a footrest while he watched other scenes happening. I forget what all else happened - I was pretty far gone - but eventually he had to take things off. I was in a neoprene straightjacket, too, and uncomfortable, and he could tell, so he took that off so I'd be cooler. (Neoprene is sweaty!) I think he left the hood on until the very end, as I recall. I do remember being surprised at where we were sitting, I'd seen the dungeon a couple of times before but had guessed completely wrong where we'd been sitting while I was hooded!

 

[cookiecat]

It was awesome! Being so completely dependent on Sir was hot. He sat me in a chair in the courtyard and did some casual sadism (punching, thumbs in intercostals, etc) while I screamed into the gag behind the hood. Not sure if it was particularly audible to anyone more than a couple of feet away, mind you!

Then he stood me back up, carefully guided me over to the indoor dungeon, and sat me down there to be a footrest while he watched other scenes happening. I forget what all else happened - I was pretty far gone - but eventually he had to take things off. I was in a neoprene straightjacket, too, and uncomfortable, and he could tell, so he took that off so I'd be cooler. (Neoprene is sweaty!) I think he left the hood on until the very end, as I recall. I do remember being surprised at where we were sitting, I'd seen the dungeon a couple of times before but had guessed completely wrong where we'd been sitting while I was hooded!

Casual sadism.

Was it a straightjacket - arms wrapped in front of you and around or a armbinder? Either way - yikes!! Claustrophobic. I suppose that's the point.

 

[tedsbeds]

Working something up in my twisted little mind and I have a question.

It revolves around a Sub (wife) being given to a Master for a weekend by her husband/Dom. The idea is that she does not know who, or where. To help accomplish this, she must wear a hood the entire time to block her vision and possibly hearing.

Now, I'm pretty sure that's not believable, let alone anywhere near healthy and just a generally bad idea. So, how long would be believable? Hours? And how could long durations be portrayed in a story? Mention feeding/drinking tube?

Maybe a mention of a private chamber where she could remove it while not in his presence? A place and time to let her head recover while she tends to other necessary functions.

The need for the hood should only be for the duration of the transport. Assuming she is going willingly.
Dring time of transport and cloking it provides ample time for her reflection about the past, how she got there, what she is expecting. To her it may feel like an eternity yet only be minutes or an hour, Use the device to enrich the story

 

[Etoile]

Casual sadism.

Was it a straightjacket - arms wrapped in front of you and around or a armbinder? Either way - yikes!! Claustrophobic. I suppose that's the point.

Sir is all about the casual sadism. We'll be watching West Wing together and he'll just randomly pinch my earlobe really hard.

Yep, straightjacket with arms wrapped in front and attached in back. It was pretty cozy actually, I like the straightjacket. He also has a sleepsack, but as I don't sleep on my back, we've vetoed that one for me.