Georgie was gently bugging me to do another blog post...and while I certainly have done a lot of things with her lately that she probably wants me to write about [>:)], I'm feeling oddly uninspired to blog about them right now. I do have a blog post in mind about some of the things she and I did the other night...
I did go to my first play party recently! I got to indulge my exhibitionist streak a little by hanging around in the nude for a little bit of time here and there. I also did some brief hypnosis scenes, although I have not obtained permission to blog about them. (If I do get that permission, I will!)
SO, right now, I will post something that's been on the backburner for a while - a list of some of my favorite hypnosis erotica! There are a lot of recurring themes - freezing and extended induction scenes especially - but I tried to go for a range of stories that show different things. There are two brainwashing stories on this list, one story that rings true to the BDSM community, a high school fantasy, two scene stories that take place in hotel rooms (which are strikingly opposite one another in many ways), and a fun little gem about a couple's introduction to hypnosis.
These stories are also exclusively female-sub stories, oddly. Despite my call for more male-sub hypnosis porn, I'm not much of a consumer of it myself. Jukebox and RC have both produced some that I like, but I tend to like f/f best both because of the usual male pig reason (IE, I find all parties equally sexy in all roles - and I like to switch my identification from hypnotist to subject frequently), but also because I find it weirdly difficult to relate to male viewpoints while reading erotica.
Prequel by 8-Bit (f/f, questionable consent)
8-Bit is generally an excellent author, with stories that sometimes have...problematic elements for me. This one has the "nonconsent that continues due to consent" type of set-up, which is less than ideal for a guilt-free bit of hotness. It also has a high school setting, which is a little uncomfortable even with the clear acknowledgment that the characters getting kinky are 18. There's one or two scenes in here that are a bit uncomfortable, including the rather unsatisfying ending.
...it's also BLAZINGLY HOT. The inductions have just enough detail to make it feel like a real hypno story without dwelling on them to the point of tedium. The amount of detail is also perfect for adding to the sense that the hypnotized submissive is so wrapped up in the control that she isn't quite sure what's happening to her. There are so many amazing little bits, and a first person viewpoint that has a combination of helplessness and consensual lust that just works for me. The hypnotist and hypnotee also both come across as people I'd like to hang out with, which is a major plus.
Freeze-Frame by Jukebox (m/f, f/f)
I decided to go for one story per author for this post...and, well, with Jukebox it's incredibly hard to pick just one. My favorite Jukebox story changes often. This one's a keeper, though, because I love the character dynamic of the BDSM meet-and-greet. It's an excellent use of what I call an "unaware" freeze trigger - usually this leads to a brief pause in the action, but here there is so much going on around the sub that the gaps in perception add to the story instead of simply creating a speed bump. I love how Jukebox fleshes out the characters without taking too much time away from the sexiness (Jukebox's writing is very streamlined, one of his greatest strengths), and it honestly feels like the kind of environment I find in the community.
This story also has a sequel. (Totally doesn't count toward one-story-per-author!)
Outcall by Trilby Else (f/f, m/f, noncon)
BEST. BRAINWASHING. EVER.
...OK, maybe that's a bit much, but seriously, the enslavement scenes in this story are to die for. The story starts squicking me progressively more as it goes along (once it gets to the scene where the sub/victim is overwhelmingly turned on by bad macho pickup lines, the story completely loses me). That's how Trilby Else writes, though...his stories always bring the non-con hard after a certain point, and I always lose interest once I get there. But that doesn't mean that I can't enjoy those early scenes.
It's also a story that portrays sex work pretty well, I think. The main character is a prostitute, and the non-con really comes into play when she is dragged outside of the bounds she sets for herself in that profession. There are lines that she doesn't cross as a prostitute - which humanizes her as a character. After all, Trilby can't bring that non-con element in unless his characters are well-rounded enough to have limits...
Face to Face by Robotdoll (m/f)
If you need to have your characters established as people before the sex starts...um...skip this one. "Face to Face" is a pure scene story, and it works in that regard. The D/s dynamic suffers a touch from that lack of depth, but it's a great sex scene for freeze and robot fetishists. I'm not even into a lot of the sex acts in this story - I just plain love the way that freezing and robot roleplay are worked into them.
I'm also very biased because this was the first story I found that really, truly satisfied my robot kink. This is about a human acting like a robot in a completely consensual hypnosis scene. That "rb" label on the EMCSA often means a few too many other things.
The Trance Key by HypnoFan (m/f)
This story has gone unfinished for over a decade. It has no sex in it. Or orgasms. It's all foreplay, all trance play, and I love it that way. The banter is great, the D/s dynamic flows smoothly, overall it's just a joy to read. The hypnosis is also scrupulously accurate, with a lot of really fun tricks and speed-inductions worked into the dialogue. (Regular readers of this blog may have noticed my penchant for dropping narration in order to convey dialogue - I love pure back-and-forth dialogue and I enjoy mentally isolating little bits of it that happen in my scenes.) If only HypnoFan had finished his stories!
Subscription Model by Scifiscribbler (m/f, but it takes a while to get there; noncon)
This one's new and still going on, but it's pretty clear where it's going. It's also incredibly accurate to how I watch porn, making it really easy for me to put myself in the main character's head...which is a very hot place to be. The later chapters have gone in directions that I'm not so crazy about, but I am a fan of it overall.
And after that list of my faves off the EMCSA, here's one I love from an author who has left that site:
A Different Place by RC (f/f)
RC's writing was my introduction to hypnosis erotica. I mentioned in a previous post that my default induction is based on one from an RC story - and RC's inductions are always grounded in reality. Even the sci-fi robot stories on the site still use induction techniques instead of going the "sufficiently advanced technology" route. Anyway, this story is a nice, quick, freeze-focused story with a strong character dynamic. I suppose there's not much else to say except that freeze scenes rarely work quite as well as they do in this story - but that's what fantasy is all about, ne? And the fantasy is delicious.
