The Damsel's Guidebook to Distress and Other Unfortunate Situations by Emma Bond

[teanndaorsa]

You can view the story here on the plaza:

https://www.selfbound.net/storiesad/damsels_guidebook_to_distress.html
Sbf; F/f; gag; bond; zipties; hogtie; discovery; caught; spank; toys; cons; reluct; X

Please feel free to leave your kind comments and feedback about this story here.

Thanks 

[absolutist]

What a delightful and fun tale! I certainly would like to be demonstrated further lessons from "The Damsel's Guidebook to Distress and Other Unfortunate Situations", preferably using the example of these adventurous and intriguing sisters.
Besides, there are mysteries to uncover, e. g. how come that Abigail is so knowledgeable about bondage?
Thanks for sharing this entertaining story!

Cheers, Absolutist

[MaxRoper]

Another delightful tale from the amazing Ms Bond. Humorous, hot, and absolutely perfect. Thank you for posting this gem!

[emmasbound]

Hi Absolutist
I am happy that you enjoyed the tale I wrote.
If I come up with a sub plot of any note I will come back to this story again.

Thanks for making a comment on it.

Emma xxx

[emmasbound]

Hi Max.
Thanks for making such a lovely comment about my little story.
I am happy there are people out there in the plaza that enjoy reading my stuff.

Emma xxx

[feline]

Absolutely wonderful!

I know it is a little random, but one of the first points that really stuck in my mind was the comments about carpet cleaning!  What a random seeming way of explaining the importance of safety, and a backup release method?  So casual, so innocent, yet so cuttingly accurate and to the point!  It really brought this home in a whole different way, very well done

Starting the story with the discovery of the woman in bondage is a solid choice, it instantly sets the stage, grabs our attention, and tells us that good things are coming our way   Or was that cuming...  spelling, so tricky

The history between the two sisters, and the way the bondage games had started out so naturally and normally, and then grew quite normally, upto and including being locked in the shed in such a wicked manor, it all fits and feels so real.  This is exactly the sort of thing you can see two sisters doing between themselves, and the disappointment when the bondage torture did not have the desired effect.

The character development of Abigail, seeing how she approaches keeping her husband and marriage happy and successful actually really matters to me, it tells us a lot about her as a woman, about her focus and dedication to her goals, her caring and pragmatic nature when it comes to intimate matters.  Also we see how important family and being together is for all of them!  These are the sorts of things that really draw me in, warm me to the characters, help me to see and feel them as well rounded individuals and really care about them as people.

So, given the various clues, it seems quite reasonable that when Abigail came upon her bound and helpless sister she didn't panic, or release her.  Instead she considered this, and then went with her natural sisterly instincts, of something between being endlessly cruel and lovingly supportive.  A nice dash of both at once there, especially when the bondage got SO much tighter!

The revulsion, near panic, that went on later when there was the worry about sexual contact between the sisters was another high point for me.  I know it is a common and expected reaction, but there does seem to be quite a lot of erotic writing that crosses this line, and that's something I am not sure I am comfortable with personally, so it was good to see the balanced approach you took here.

Abigail sees and accepts the sexual nature of the events, but certainly does not need to be present or involved, even if she does provide the tools for her sister to use.

Having the whole story set against the backdrop of how the instruction book would be written adds a wonderful playful and light hearted tone to everything, and keeps a happy smile on my face all the way through.  So I do hope that you will write more about these delightful sisters and their ongoing activities

[emmasbound]

Hi there Feline.
Thanks for such a super story review.

My friends and I are at heart a sarcastically humorous bunch of people. They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but I say it is the most intelligent if you don't go over the top to intentionally wound a person. Two sisters who are enemies but best of friends should have a relationship similar to this, so I had to add some of the "banter" into the story.

I deliberately left Paula going in one direction as she recounts the story and getting distracted by one thing or another before pulling it back on track. Think of the tales of Scheherazade all interwoven to prevent the Sultan of Samarkand killing her in the morning and how she was smart enough to never properly end a tale before starting the next.

The guide to damsels popped into my brain and seemed like a good thing to follow if one wanted to be a modern day damsel in distress in self bondage. Following the rules of safety; proper use of gags; toys; how captors react with the captive ie touching groping squeezing boobs etc and how a budding damsel should react albeit in a fun way.

The dried husk of a dead damsel messing up the carpet popped into mind because my best friend in Australia died recently and was found several days later. which sort of broke my heart. When I wrote the story I was trying to make it humorous and imagined the dust being terrible for an asthmatic. A lot of my readers have told me off; although I write from having tried the ties myself, and write them into a fiction story. They seem to think I should treat a damsel as if they are real people and not a character. I therefore try to anticipate the abuse the reader will give me and try to talk safety and have bathroom breaks etc.

Women can be a hell of a lot more strict and severe than a man if they feel they can get away with things and push some boundaries. Exactly how intimate sisterly relationships would do.There also has to be fun in the relationships rather than menace. All of my tales have strict tight bondage but is mostly consensual, even when the domme is having her fun.

As a character, Abigail is a driven woman. She wants a certain standard of life for herself and her young children. Women do fall in love and try to change their man. There had to be some of that in her character as I tried to pad out who and what she is/wants. A juxtaposition to a laid back younger sister who is still having youthful fun that Abigail may be envious of. Once successful in getting what she wants there is always a doubt if she can now keep what she had got. There is a vulnerability now that she seems to have what she wants.

The sexual intimacy that has happened in porn recently has been a spat of step brother and sister loving. They get around the morality by saying "step". So I wanted Paula to freak out at the prospect and also have Abbie revolted at the thought too. The thing about being her sister was she would know Paula would want to be alone, so dropping the vibrator on the floor and leaving would help distract her a little while from her tightly ziptied elbows.

Everyone I talk with and I always reply to anyone who writes to me; has an aversion to this type of story. Even writing from an innocent kids verses kids story line may excite the pedophiles of the world. Innocent fiction loses out sometimes as the readers become more moralistic in the types of story they want to read. I wrote a tale from a persons point of view finding a bondage "kick" during their early child hood while messing around and playing kiddie games like cowboys and indians. I ran it by Gromet when I submitted that one telling him before he did the admin and putting it up on here.

If a person doesn't want to read it they have the option of putting a book down and walking away or clicking off if reading from the web. The way I wrote about this was a way to dispel the abuse I might have gotten as a result of its mere mention in my tale.

I hope this goes to balance the story and that you weren't to repulsed at what I wrote. I was in doubt as to weather to leave Paula pondering or whether not to bother explaining it at all. To me I wanted to just show Abbie giving her sister an option of having some fun in bondage rather than leaving her unfulfilled and bored for the duration of her bondage. So I left it all in.

This style of writing for this tale is a complete change to my normal style where I have been concentrating in the first person, being tied up gagged and coming from various toys and the feeling of being under tight ropes and a big gag. I am glad that you liked the story and thanks again for making a comment on the forum.

Emma xxx

[feline]

Reading your interesting and thoughtful comments, my strongest thought and reaction is to both wrap you up in a giant, warm and snugly cuddle, to treasure and reassure you, while also slapping your critics round the head with a baseball bat, to try and beat some common sense and empathy into them!  Perhaps an unusually strong reaction, but there we go!

So many thoughts here...

Firstly "family" and closeness.  If you cannot share closeness, your secrets and your childhood discoveries and exploration with your siblings then I do feel that something has gone wrong.  Children discover things that stir and interest their sexual selves while growing up...  this should not be a surprise or a shock to anyone.

But this is a vast world away from sexualising children, appealing to or appeasing paedophiles, or asking for the reader to lust after or desire a child!  *shudder*

I accept this has to be done carefully and sensibly, but for me, claiming that sexual nature and being springs fully formed into being on the day someone becomes a legal adult is both stupid, and also demeaning to the character, and it ignores so much of what goes to form us and make us who and what we are.

Seeing and knowing where a person finds and considers the roots of their sexuality can add greatly to understanding them, empathising with them, and being drawn into their world and their pleasure, which is what good erotic writing is all about, as far as I am concerned.

I wanted to touch on this in my first comments since to me it is an important point, but only one of many.  Here you have siblings engaging in something that is clearly a sexual act, but recognising that is a WORLD apart from sharing and partaking in a sexual act together!  I feel that you have shown, captured and explored this point very well here, and I like how it adds both "spice" and emotional depth to the story and the characters.

I am sorry to hear about the death of your friend, this is going to hurt, and leave a hole in your heart.  But loss is part of life.  It doesn't make it any less, but ignoring it, pretending it doesn't happen seems stupid to me.  Surely it is better to celebrate the good and the happiness they brought with them, to mark their life and their achievements?

Yes, bondage can be dangerous, so can breathing, walking, or getting out of bed.  Life cannot be lived risk free, but risk should be considered and managed.

Personally I tend to dislike stories that totally ignore the physical realities of bondage, but this comes from a desire to see how the problems are tackled.  Stories are fantasies, not reality.  Seeing a "not perfectly practical" but erotic and fun solution to what the body needs is much more satisfying to me than ignoring the problem all together, since it helps me to picture and "inhabit" the situation, to put myself into the characters place, the better to visualise and enjoy the emotions and experiences the story seeks to provoke.

Not everything is for everyone, that's fine!  I don't enjoy everything I read, but that doesn't make the story bad or wrong, just not something I want to read.

Another comment that really stands out for me is about women being far more severe than a man.  I want to nit pick this, but that's just me being bloody minded, and in general I very much agree.  Personally I like male / female energy in bondage stories and interaction, but more than this, I want to see the bondage become "real", it has to actually take away something, otherwise it isn't bondage, its just dressing up.  So to achieve this pushing limits is almost required by definition, and here family seems perfectly placed to make this happen in a safe yet deeply evil way *happy evil smirk*

Personally I would love to see more of this story, of these characters, as you explore some more of what makes this such a fun and erotic experience []