tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post6656563128877015660..comments2023-10-18T09:35:55.767+02:00Comments on LUDWIG'S ROHRSTOCK-PALAST: Severity!Ludwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-72976306153178515582011-10-22T22:08:36.816+02:002011-10-22T22:08:36.816+02:00Ludwig,
Gee. Thanks. 3 years later, I *did* read ...Ludwig,<br /><br />Gee. Thanks. 3 years later, I *did* read your post - and now it has my little brain spinning. An interesting topic, dear to my heart. (I am almost pure switch. I couldn't say which I enjoy more.)<br /><br />However...before jumping in, I want to give it some actual thought. I'm not exactly a born philosopher, but I can run a few thoughts through my brain, so long as I'm careful not to let too many in at once. Steam coming out of one's ears tends to draw attention, you know.Lady Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-90199215702073374102010-08-09T19:49:56.381+02:002010-08-09T19:49:56.381+02:00@ Peter: thank you, I am always glad when readers ...@ Peter: thank you, I am always glad when readers dig up and enjoy my older posts as well. I don't think there is any need to "re-issue" them, though. They are in the archives, they can be accessed by date or through the post category filter anytime. I also regularly link to older posts of mine in my newer posts if there is an interesting connection of some kind.<br /><br />Maybe I will publish a "best of" selection in book form one day, like <a href="http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">The Spanking Writers</a>. But we are not there yet!<br /><br />Regarding the "Severity!" post, I have been planning a follow-up for ages. It is one of those things I haven't been able to bring into the final form yet. I will eventually get around to it, though.Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-27428650928624968792010-08-07T01:14:37.642+02:002010-08-07T01:14:37.642+02:00Ludwig - I've just read your April 2008 blog...Ludwig - I've just read your April 2008 blog on "Severity" and the thought occurs to me that the time has surely come to re-issue these early essays, revised as appropriate. It would be a pity to lose such well thought out worldy wisdom.<br />An alternative would be to issue two years edited blogs in E-book format, leavened with adequate clips. I've no idea how much this would cost however.<br /><br />PeterPeter8862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-14214580396766788452010-04-13T20:41:47.580+02:002010-04-13T20:41:47.580+02:00@ Anonymous: "For some reason I always prefer...@ Anonymous: "For some reason I always prefer to see a hard caning over clothing and complete nakedness seems so artificial, especially in a school setting."<br /><br />It's true that complete nakedness in a school setting is usually pretty artificial, but I thought Lupus gave a good reason in <a href="http://rohrstockpalast.blogspot.com/2008/06/movie-review-exchange-student.html" rel="nofollow">The Exchange Student</a> for why Niki was naked during her first caning scene. It was, after all, a misuse of power by the insurance agent posing as the headmaster!<br /><br />At the end of the day, I think what I like to see in a spanking video (and what most of us probably like to see) is merely a suspension of disbelief, not strict realism. The former is enough. If we were portraying strict realism all the time, then canings on the bare in school settings would be very rare, as would be any type of school scene with both male and female participants. That may be realistic, but it doesn't make for good variety or fun in my opinion.<br /><br />S3Chairman: Thank you for your comment as well. It's good to see that this post is still being read, almost two years after I put it up. I'm still planning to write a sequel to it one day, which will probably be titled "Sadism!". Stay tuned for that, it won't be another two years.Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-34624825300421772222010-03-30T07:49:33.618+02:002010-03-30T07:49:33.618+02:00Okay, so I am a Johnny-come-very-lately to this th...Okay, so I am a Johnny-come-very-lately to this thread (only just discovered the blog), but I thought I'd add my 2.16 Yen worth. I agree with the notion that severity varies along several axes, and this post helped me to understand why I have always loved the BDSM videos that (to a greater or lesser extent) showed the bottom's face. I love to watch a girl's facial reaction when she receives the next stroke. After reading this, I have a better understanding. Furthermore, I think there is another dimension to severity: I enjoy reading impossibly severe fiction, I enjoy viewing fairly severe porn, but only rarely do my personal scenes reach the really severe level. So that is yet another way to distinguish severity. Thanks for the thought-provoking post. :-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03456799336635119992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-51682405255324129552010-02-25T02:07:47.021+01:002010-02-25T02:07:47.021+01:00I loved your video with Niki Flynn, thanks. I like...I loved your video with Niki Flynn, thanks. I like severity in my videos too but certainly nothing as bloody as Mood videos. Lupus have made some good ones, especially Crime at St Thomas School and the Exchange student. A little too much nudity for my taste but the right amount of severity and of course beautiful Czech girls. For some reason I always prefer to see a hard caning over clothing and complete nakedness seems so artificial, especially in a school setting.<br /><br />As for reactions, I find it more interesting when their is a restrained reaction. When I was young I had several relationships where I was on the recieving end but in my late thirties I met a woman a lot younger than myself. She was very much into role play where she was a schoolgirl or a maid and I would cane her very hard indeed. In fact it still is a mystery to me how someone can absorb that much pain without screaming but I found it incredibly erotic. So I love to find videos where the caning is severe but the reaction is muted. It takes me back to a very happy time in my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-52493357778164649422009-04-18T14:32:00.000+02:002009-04-18T14:32:00.000+02:00sixofthebest: No, I don't agree, actually. I also ...sixofthebest: No, I don't agree, actually. I also have a nagging feeling that you didn't read my post at all, did you?<br /><br />Whippings in town squares are great as an erotic fantasy. They're also great in kinky role-play or kinky movies - if you have a "play area" which is big enough, that is (performing vile kinky acts in a real town square will probably get you arrested for indecent exposure).<br /><br />But I don't support real, i.e. non-consensual corporal punishment. Consenting adults can whip each other until the blood flows as far as I'm concerned (I've done it myself). But real CP in real schools or in judicial systems isn't quite compatible with the concept of human rights and with the values of an enlightened society, which most of us believe in, you see. As well as that, it's actual usefulness, the "educational effect", is debatable.<br /><br />I realise that you're probably just fantasising yourself, and I appreciate your enthusiasm in making all these quirky little comments. But I'm not sure what exactly you are trying to do here? <br /><br />If you want to engage in conversation with me, flooding my movie reviews and other random posts with short, unsubstantial comments isn't going to get me interested. You have a better chance by actually reading what I write and replying on topic.Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-19159470414762007132009-04-14T17:50:00.000+02:002009-04-14T17:50:00.000+02:00Ludwig, I agree with you 100%. I like a naughty wo...Ludwig, I agree with you 100%. I like a naughty woman to be severely punished. I personally would like to see the 'whipping post', come back into play, where each town square would erect one, and have naughty women, humiliatingly display their bare tender bottoms, and birched and caned most vigorously. Do you agree?sixofthebestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-52423796778170348712008-07-06T01:02:00.000+02:002008-07-06T01:02:00.000+02:00Thanks for your comment, Monsieur le Fuetteur. I'm...Thanks for your comment, Monsieur le Fuetteur. I'm glad if blogs like mine help you a little bit on your journey of self-discovery.<BR/><BR/>Weird or normal? Well, we kinky people are certainly weird! That's alright, too. The world would be a boring place without weirdness. People engage in many strange activities for fun and fulfillment. Jumping out of airplanes with parachutes, for instance. Ultimately, kinky role-play isn't really any crazier than that. So, enjoy your weirdness. You are entitled to it.<BR/><BR/>Are you normal? That depends on how you define normality. You aren't normal in the sense of statistical majority, because kinky people are a minority (as are recreational skydivers).<BR/><BR/>However, from what you describe, you are not abnormal in a psychological sense. It doesn't seem as if your fantasies prevent you from functioning normally in our society. So, in that sense, you are normal. It's important not to conflate the two. You're part of a statistical minority, but that doesn't make you abnormal in the sense of being dysfunctional. You're a kinky sadist, not a sociopath.<BR/><BR/>As you point out, real life and erotic fantasy are two seperate fields. You can be kind and compassionate in your normal everyday life, you can weep and be outraged at the real violence and the real misfortune that some people have to suffer, and at the same time, you can be turned on by floggings and various forms of torture as erotic fantasy.<BR/><BR/>There is no contradiction here. On the contrary, I believe that many kinky sadists have high compassion and empathy, are finely tuned into others' feelings and state of mind. That might be part of the reason why we get off on inflicting pain and suffering in play.<BR/><BR/>Real violence and real torture involve lack of consent. That is the essence. Erotic fantasy is just that, fantasy, there is no victim. Kinky play is consensual, even if it depicts a non-consensual scenario. Therefore, erotic fantasy and play are not immoral. As long as everything is safe, sane and consensual, no hard limits broken, no permanent damage inflicted, it's all good. It's part of your freedom as an adult.<BR/><BR/>I'm less sure about your compensation theory. "Is this a symptom of my mind seeking to re-balance my actual weakness?" Well, do you feel weak in your everyday life, day in, day out? I guess we all have moments when we feel weak and powerless, when we face a difficult challenge that seems insurmountable, when we suffer a blow of fate, or when we see all the injustice in the world.<BR/><BR/>But as for me, I don't feel weak as such. I'm actually very happy with what opportunities and influence I have. So I tend to be skeptical when someone suggests that we kinky people are trying to "compensate" for one thing or the other. I think things are probably a little more complicated.<BR/><BR/>Who knows. What matters is that you accept yourself and your fantasies, realize that there is nothing wrong with them and that you have lots of company, and enjoy yourself and your journey of discovery. Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you continue to enjoy the blog.Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-81533674107123699782008-07-05T16:47:00.000+02:002008-07-05T16:47:00.000+02:00Hi Ludwig, I fell into your site via sadistic curi...Hi Ludwig, I fell into your site via sadistic curiosity. I don't get much oppor. to 'do' but fantasize a lot & ponder 'Why?' a little. I'm a war-baby; I remember when such stuff as we are involved in here was unthinkable to 'decent' suburban folk. Pre-my-puberty, nice girls were delicate, deserving chivalrous protection that I was too wimpish to offer. At 14 I was fantasizing about flogging the pretty little blonde neighbour. I still fantasize, over the full age-range of nubility. <BR/>I saw myself as warped but your posts are intelligent insights into our branch of the 'human condition tree of knowledge'. Www.is a growing revelation of community with kindred, after being long alone. You correct my error; 'dwelling on morality' with all its good & evil hang ups; worrying about other's ignorant prejudice. In daily life I am compassionate & outraged by those domineering the weak. But that very dynamic 'turns me on' in SM fantasy/role-play. Is this a symptom of my mind seeking to re-balance my actual weakness? Individually I feel a victim in life but fantasy lets me lust for power over the helpless. I lack confidence to seek women who'll legally let me satisfy their compensatory need (if thats what it is) to act as my victims & to feel humilation/pain in role-play. Maybe I will soon, thanks to guys like you helping me understand myself somewhat.<BR/>I love Caning Machine precisely for its psychopathic indifference to victims. In reality I weep easily at anyone's misfortune but relish imagining merciless cruelty upon females (whom I mostly adore in fact) Often, in cruel fantasy only, I imagine & write from point-of-view of innocent feminity being punished & grateful, or commanded to be grateful. Weird or normal? <BR/>Cheers, Dom le Fuetteur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-75192106723202496502008-06-20T16:09:00.000+02:002008-06-20T16:09:00.000+02:00The post? Oh, yes, the post. As always, I found ...The post? Oh, yes, the post. As always, I found it to be interesting and thought-provoking, Ludwig. As you know, I'm not a huge fan of the more severe films. I identify too strongly with the victim, and I don't want to see her beaten beyond her endurance. (Having said that, I have seen a couple female tops that actually draw me in to their role, instead. Male tops don't.) I've never really been able to watch horror films, either, probably for the same reason-- I get too drawn in and can't remember that it's not real while I'm watching it. <BR/><BR/>I liked the way you divided severity into three parts. For me, it's the damage/heavy marking that is the hardest part of severity to handle. Good reactions and obviously firm strokes in the absence of heavy visible damage are a turn-on. Funny the way our minds work!Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949593044223905786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-86669998553204070852008-06-20T03:21:00.000+02:002008-06-20T03:21:00.000+02:00"Ah, severity. An appropriate topic for you to con..."Ah, severity. An appropriate topic for you to contemplate as you prepare yourself for your beating at the hands of Ms. Flynn."<BR/><BR/>So kind of you to remind me (rest assured, it's on my mind rather a lot these days).<BR/><BR/>And yeah, when it comes to being the bottom, of course I like severity, too. Not literally - I don't enjoy pain at all. I'm in the "I don't like being punished, I like having been punished" camp. But my sadistic "prerequisites for perfection" criteria apply here, too. So I much prefer to look back on a severe punishment rather than on a lame mediocre one.<BR/><BR/>As well as that, switching is pretty rare for me, and since I only get about one caning per year, it might as well be a proper one. Half-measures are boring.<BR/><BR/>Having said all that, of course it's a scary prospect! Especially this time, with the public aspect and everything. As I wrote in the "The Readers Have Spoken" post, it's the looking *forward* to it that is the awkward part...<BR/><BR/>So I'm in two minds about it and I'm compartmentalizing. In my "Neutral Sadistic Observer" persona, I am glad that option D won, actually, because I feel that the memory and the video will be all the more exciting with 30 (hard) strokes instead of 12. But in my "Yikes, this will happen to ME!" persona, I am appropriately nervous, thanks for asking.<BR/><BR/>"Any volunteers among the readers to write that film review?"<BR/><BR/>How about you write one when the time comes? Follow (teasing) word with deed. As I do!<BR/><BR/>"Gosh, Ludwig, you've got *me* feeling all sadistic now. How did that happen?"<BR/><BR/>When it comes to sadism, I'm a believer in the "the statue was already inside the stone block" theory. So I'd say you are discovering something that was always there.<BR/><BR/>By the way, how did you like the actual post? Let's hear some feedback on that. People seem to be talking enough about my impending comeuppance these days...Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-54942012648391776992008-06-20T02:25:00.000+02:002008-06-20T02:25:00.000+02:00Ah, severity. An appropriate topic for you to con...Ah, severity. An appropriate topic for you to contemplate as you prepare yourself for your beating at the hands of Ms. Flynn. Any volunteers among the readers to write that film review?<BR/><BR/>Gosh, Ludwig, you've got *me* feeling all sadistic now. How did that happen?Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949593044223905786noreply@blogger.com