When I write about kinky fantasies on this blog, I usually try to make it very clear that I am talking about erotic fantasies between consenting adults. In the perverted fantasy picture posts and the stories that I have published on this blog, the characters involved were clearly described as being adult, too. However, the bottom characters in some of my personal fantasies (especially the naval ones) are usually rather young. I thought about why that is so, which is the topic of today's post.
A while ago, there was a very interesting guest post on Ana's blog written by Breanna Hayse about ageplay. I think it is very clear to the readers of this blog that kinky ageplay fantasies have got nothing to do whatsoever with real children. It's a similar difference to the one between erotic consensual spanking and (domestic) violence. Still, it is very difficult to absolutely make that clear for everyone when writing a blog about erotic CP, which is why I usually stay away from writing about kinky fantasy scenarios that include any characters who are minors. And if I ever write about a fantasy which involves characters that could be perceived as being underage, I make it more than clear that this is just a fantasy scenario for kinky consenting adults, that it has got nothing to do with real children and that I don't condone any CP between non-consenting persons which includes of course any kind of CP involving minors.
I very much liked how ageplay between consenting adults was explained in the above mentioned post on Ana's blog. Reading through the post gave me the feeling that this kind of play is about as innocent and sweet as pet play. But, just like pet play, it doesn't seem to be my kink (at least not the form that I would call "typical" ageplay). Which is not to say that the idea of being pampered like a child by a mother or father once in a while doesn't have any appeal for me. It just does not have any kinky appeal.
Still, the fact remains that several characters in my private kinky fantasy worlds are rather young, even though they usually behave more like responsible adults (the young cadets, for instance, already have a job to do that requires adult behaviour) and are also treated in a rather adult way. Which shows that the reason behind using young characters in my fantasy scenarios is obviously not the idea of dipping into a world without responsibilities, as is seemingly the case for many of those who are into the more common forms of ageplay. But still the young age of the characters seems to be important. And the question is, why is that so and what is the appeal?
Now first of all, the kinds of fantasies which attract me might be a key factor. When it comes to CP scenes involving a bottom of a higher age, which common scenarios do we have? The most typical ones I can think of are explicitly erotic scenes, domestic scenarios and institutional / judicial CP. While I of course like erotic CP scenes in real life in my relationship with Ludwig and while I also enjoy fantasizing about these kinds of scenes from time to time, many of the kinky scenarios I fantasize about are formal and non-sexual. Then, I am not so much into domestic discipline between adults because I expect adults to manage themselves and I don't like the idea of a permanent power imbalance between adult partners. Finally, the idea of institutional / judicial CP involving adults brings up images of rather severe punishments in my head (too severe for my personal taste) and it usually either means that the offender has done something really bad (because otherwise an older adult wouldn't be subjected to CP) or that the character on the receiving end is the victim of unfair treatment and a brutal system (which enables me to feel with the bottom but makes me so angry about the injustice that I can't enjoy the scene anymore).
On the other hand, talking about a young offender in a domestic scene (in my fantasies, usually the protégé of a guardian not related by blood), I can think of the power imbalance as being due to the difference in age and life experience and therefore not being permanent. And when it comes to institutional / judicial CP (my fantasy scenarios often tend to be a mixture between domestic and institutional, the caring part that also plays a role in the common forms of ageplay can be found here as well), I can more easily imagine that a lighter punishment (on the harsher end of real erotic CP play) is sufficient due to the young age of the recipient.
Furthermore, since the bottom is so young, it seems more okay for me that he or she does something wrong and gets into trouble without this making him or her a bad or irresponsible person who should know better. This way, a punishment can both be "justified" by some real wrongdoing (within the context of the story, I don't believe that any offence justifies CP in reality) and at the same time the character on the receiving end can be a likeable person whom I can cheer for and who just happened to do something forbidden. The character can even be a high potential who has to deal with especially high expectations on his or her way to becoming a responsible leader one day, which makes it easier to think of scenarios that might get said character into trouble without him or her having done something horrible.
And finally, the younger a character is, the more it is okay for me as an observer to think of stronger reactions to CP without having to make the character a weak person. For instance, the thought of an older man or woman crying from CP is not so much my cup of tea, but when we are talking about a very young person, it feels okay.
I think the combination of all the factors that I mentioned is why the bottom characters in several of my personal formal kinky fantasies are rather young. Maybe the fact that I took my very first fantasies from children's books like Castle Schreckenstein also plays a role here.
In my real kinky play, though, I haven't done much ageplay (or whatever you might call my fantasies involving young characters) so far. First of all, Ludwig and I don't do much role-play, anyway. Secondly, Ludwig isn't into any scenarios that involve underage characters. This isn't so much of a problem, though, because we don't need to agree on any specific age. For Ludwig it is okay to have a young character as a bottom and I can make the character even a bit younger in my head without the age having to be explicitly mentioned in the scene. Still I guess I have been too scared that the role-play might not be able to live up to the expectations created by the fantasy scenarios to experiment with it more. In addition to that, these kinds of role-play scenarios for me often go along with cross-gender play (i.e. me being a young man) which makes it even more difficult for not very experienced role-players.
That being said, Ludwig and I very recently had our very first M/M naval cadet spanking scene. It was very spontaneous and rather short, but I definitely liked it. I will tell you more about that short scene in another post.
For today, I would like to hand over to you and ask you whether the age of the characters involved plays any role in your kinky fantasies? If yes, which one and why? Please share your thoughts in the comment section, I look forward to hearing from you!
A while ago, there was a very interesting guest post on Ana's blog written by Breanna Hayse about ageplay. I think it is very clear to the readers of this blog that kinky ageplay fantasies have got nothing to do whatsoever with real children. It's a similar difference to the one between erotic consensual spanking and (domestic) violence. Still, it is very difficult to absolutely make that clear for everyone when writing a blog about erotic CP, which is why I usually stay away from writing about kinky fantasy scenarios that include any characters who are minors. And if I ever write about a fantasy which involves characters that could be perceived as being underage, I make it more than clear that this is just a fantasy scenario for kinky consenting adults, that it has got nothing to do with real children and that I don't condone any CP between non-consenting persons which includes of course any kind of CP involving minors.
I very much liked how ageplay between consenting adults was explained in the above mentioned post on Ana's blog. Reading through the post gave me the feeling that this kind of play is about as innocent and sweet as pet play. But, just like pet play, it doesn't seem to be my kink (at least not the form that I would call "typical" ageplay). Which is not to say that the idea of being pampered like a child by a mother or father once in a while doesn't have any appeal for me. It just does not have any kinky appeal.
Still, the fact remains that several characters in my private kinky fantasy worlds are rather young, even though they usually behave more like responsible adults (the young cadets, for instance, already have a job to do that requires adult behaviour) and are also treated in a rather adult way. Which shows that the reason behind using young characters in my fantasy scenarios is obviously not the idea of dipping into a world without responsibilities, as is seemingly the case for many of those who are into the more common forms of ageplay. But still the young age of the characters seems to be important. And the question is, why is that so and what is the appeal?
Now first of all, the kinds of fantasies which attract me might be a key factor. When it comes to CP scenes involving a bottom of a higher age, which common scenarios do we have? The most typical ones I can think of are explicitly erotic scenes, domestic scenarios and institutional / judicial CP. While I of course like erotic CP scenes in real life in my relationship with Ludwig and while I also enjoy fantasizing about these kinds of scenes from time to time, many of the kinky scenarios I fantasize about are formal and non-sexual. Then, I am not so much into domestic discipline between adults because I expect adults to manage themselves and I don't like the idea of a permanent power imbalance between adult partners. Finally, the idea of institutional / judicial CP involving adults brings up images of rather severe punishments in my head (too severe for my personal taste) and it usually either means that the offender has done something really bad (because otherwise an older adult wouldn't be subjected to CP) or that the character on the receiving end is the victim of unfair treatment and a brutal system (which enables me to feel with the bottom but makes me so angry about the injustice that I can't enjoy the scene anymore).
On the other hand, talking about a young offender in a domestic scene (in my fantasies, usually the protégé of a guardian not related by blood), I can think of the power imbalance as being due to the difference in age and life experience and therefore not being permanent. And when it comes to institutional / judicial CP (my fantasy scenarios often tend to be a mixture between domestic and institutional, the caring part that also plays a role in the common forms of ageplay can be found here as well), I can more easily imagine that a lighter punishment (on the harsher end of real erotic CP play) is sufficient due to the young age of the recipient.
Furthermore, since the bottom is so young, it seems more okay for me that he or she does something wrong and gets into trouble without this making him or her a bad or irresponsible person who should know better. This way, a punishment can both be "justified" by some real wrongdoing (within the context of the story, I don't believe that any offence justifies CP in reality) and at the same time the character on the receiving end can be a likeable person whom I can cheer for and who just happened to do something forbidden. The character can even be a high potential who has to deal with especially high expectations on his or her way to becoming a responsible leader one day, which makes it easier to think of scenarios that might get said character into trouble without him or her having done something horrible.
And finally, the younger a character is, the more it is okay for me as an observer to think of stronger reactions to CP without having to make the character a weak person. For instance, the thought of an older man or woman crying from CP is not so much my cup of tea, but when we are talking about a very young person, it feels okay.
I think the combination of all the factors that I mentioned is why the bottom characters in several of my personal formal kinky fantasies are rather young. Maybe the fact that I took my very first fantasies from children's books like Castle Schreckenstein also plays a role here.
In my real kinky play, though, I haven't done much ageplay (or whatever you might call my fantasies involving young characters) so far. First of all, Ludwig and I don't do much role-play, anyway. Secondly, Ludwig isn't into any scenarios that involve underage characters. This isn't so much of a problem, though, because we don't need to agree on any specific age. For Ludwig it is okay to have a young character as a bottom and I can make the character even a bit younger in my head without the age having to be explicitly mentioned in the scene. Still I guess I have been too scared that the role-play might not be able to live up to the expectations created by the fantasy scenarios to experiment with it more. In addition to that, these kinds of role-play scenarios for me often go along with cross-gender play (i.e. me being a young man) which makes it even more difficult for not very experienced role-players.
That being said, Ludwig and I very recently had our very first M/M naval cadet spanking scene. It was very spontaneous and rather short, but I definitely liked it. I will tell you more about that short scene in another post.
For today, I would like to hand over to you and ask you whether the age of the characters involved plays any role in your kinky fantasies? If yes, which one and why? Please share your thoughts in the comment section, I look forward to hearing from you!