AI art by JovialDragon777

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject A301

As his name implies, JovialDragon777 has a light-hearted approach to his fantastical situations. In his 'Subject' series, he documents the reactions of men, restrained to face unspecified trials. One involving what looks suspiciously like a hairdrier in the example above. This subject appears to have arrived on a trolley, which is seen folded down while he takes his turn on the cross. He's still standing on the trolley platform. 

The whole series has been given a subtle Christmassy flavour, which makes perfect sense in the context of publication during the festive season. However, linking to the season of goodwill will seem a cruel irony during the rest of the year. 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject J209

The extensive cabling leaves little doubt about the agent of discomfort in this example. The purpose of these trials, ostensibly, is to select and develop a cadre of recruits able to undertake the most demanding of 'missions'. The poster on the wall, bluntly points out the criteria to the latest prospect who is in the process of failing his test miserably.

 This artist takes a great interest in styling, there seems to be a 'Jules Verne' flavour in the imagery here (as in Hollywood's interpretations of the great author). The Victorian-style, pseudo-scientific underpinning of the exercise is reflected in the assistant diligently making notes at the side. There's a corresponding, low-key element of steam punk in the background detail.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject G888

 This artist has eclectic tastes and his examinations deal with men of all ages, builds, and skin colours. This is one of my favourites, the strongest of stereotypes, most likely to succeed, you might think. The steel collar certainly fits his persona more than the other subjects here, but he too is about to be presented with his own nemesis. Possibly one not on the official test schedule.

The unusual restraint arrangement, utilising a tilted table, creates a sense of instability for the captive and his struggling makes him seem energetic and defiant, adding a great deal to his character and the drama. The scientific samples in the wall cabinets imply a cold, scientific motivation behind all this, but the behaviour of the lab staff is less objective.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject X001

There are presently 19 other pictures in the 'Subject' series in which the artist explores other, more exotic ways of testing a man's mettle. In this case, it's the Tentacled Graspmoor. The X-spread vulnerability of the subject as he 'faces' this challenge, suggests the creature's forte is not so much grasping as probing. 

 

The note taker seems more at risk than him in the image above, but I dare say that the experimenters have a way of drawing the creature to the intended quarry. Perhaps 'scenting' of the target is the purpose of the object in the lead technician's hand, which might otherwise be mistaken for a microphone or babies rattle.

 

Jovial Dragon777 -Autumn Crush 006

This artist's back-catalogue is loaded with the usual AI fare of beautiful, muscular men, but his 'Autumn Crush' series is a particularly arty and colourful collection. He makes these models work for their eyeball time, sometimes spicing their poses with humorous, erotic innuendo, as in the double spouted, tea/coffee pot above and the more ambiguous object in the image below.

Jovial Dragon777 - Autumn Crush 035

There's a delicious vulnerability and neediness in this man that is unexpected in one so remarkably handsome. We find him passively communing with nature and goodness knows what else. The pumpkin stalks seem to be waiting in line for their turn, or maybe it's just excitement. 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 36

 Spacesubs is a delicious fantasy featuring men, often characterised as sports men, who have been abducted in a Jules Verne-style spacecraft and find themselves alone with a character dressed in a Venice Carnival mask and little else. Unreality, isolation with a mad man and fear of flying combine to make in a complex fright situation. His anxiety might also be related to being restrained with his sports top still on and nothing down below. It looks like he can rule out being ransomed.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 040

In much of Jovial Dragon's art, naughtiness is implied but not actually shown. This SpaceSub has clearly had sight of what is in store and it's not table-top soccer. A big, mature man, he's about to have his orbit extended. Unfortunately, the nearest help is thousands of miles away.  

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 017

 

More sinister possibilities are seeded here. The bizarrely masked captor gently touches his subject's back, but since he's dressed in leather fetish regalia, this approach doesn't suggest a cuddle party is pending (even if his leathers are brown).  

My captioned variant rules out the simply lascivious option.

 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 032

I particularly like this hunk, in a similar leather harness, diligently recording the bewilderment of a basketball player who has yet to discover the full range of discomforts available on this vessel.  You will observe that the other illustrations suggest there is a whole fleet of Vernsian spacecraft out there, waiting to pounce on subjects of interest.

  

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams 011

In Xibalban Dreams, we see idealised men elaborately clad in ironmongery, roaming the mysterious ruins of their ancestors, now engulfed by the forest. Searching for the lost key, perhaps.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams 07

 The 'noble savage' gets a bad press these days, but shorn of its derogatory colonial connotations, it's an ancestry any man could be proud of. Catastrophe may have overtaken his civilisation, but its crafting skills and impressive genes live on in this survivor.

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams040

 A device like this adorned some beefcake models in the 1950s as photographers sought a sleeker alternative to the dowdy, posing pouch. Their solution was clenched between the cheeks*, this one seems to rely on some other form of support. Possibly internal? A little impractical for the jungle, I would have thought. How would he cope if he was jumped by some sort of forest creature?

*See Royale Mechandising post for context 

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 Jovial Dragon777 posts at Deviant Art,
more of his work and a link next time 

Art by Nevermoredesign

Inspection

There's a mysterious, dungeon-like atmosphere in this image. A muscular stud is secured in a pillory device. His rear end is being examined by a much bigger man, wearing a ritualistic mask. 

 

Crated, Trained

Another image of trapped muscularity. This man's collar is a mark of his status. The uncompromisingly strong iron gate that contains him shows respect for his strength but neutralises it.

 

Sub2

This artist looks at the more arcane activities of leathermen at play. This piggybacking harks back to archaic practices of servants transporting their masters around.  

 

Focus

 'Focus' by this artist depicts the notion of service in a more conventional manner, with a chained slave on his knees about to worship his Master's prized possession. 

Link to original image

 

Exposed

In this image, the artist depicts masculine power of a different sort, with the subject's flamboyant hair and lean physique suggesting streetwise wiliness and earthiness. He confidently removes his clothes in a public toilet. Anonymity is the custom here, and that gives power and freedom.

  

Support

This picture of a man loitering, brazenly naked, in a public alleyway is simple but powerful. Presumably it's a place that he knows will only be frequented by other men who will appreciate his seductive display. He offers himself but his boldness will intimidate some. 

 

Windows

This image seems to show a more organised and intense approach to the same transaction. Rent boys gather at an open window, not just showing their beautiful bodies, but projecting lust and sexual challenge. There's a slightly demonic cast to their expressions that suggests danger lurks within, despite the lure of sexual availability.

There are historical precedents to this imagery 

 

Three

You might sense a more clandestine demon lurking in this image. A man whose dark looks and personality seems to have brought him a pair of admirers jockeying for his attention. He encourages them both with a hint of pleasure to come, but they are not the focus of his attention. He is calculating.

 

Surrender 2

This image (possibly by a different artist) combines the two themes of dungeons and demons. It also seems to express two extremes of desire. A young man with a (possibly naive) interest in the black arts of S&M is being overwhelmed by a hardened expert. His bite condemns the young experimenter into a lifetime in his thrall. 

This scenario suggests a more believable interpretation of who seduced whom in the garden of Eden by taking a bite of the juicy offering.

 

Devil's Due

The title of this dramatic, demon piece suggests it is the inevitable price of bartering with the devil, but there is a sense of naive innocence in the young man's carefully trimmed beard. I suspect some of the toughened characters in this artist's work might see this as a romantic seduction, albeit one that lays bare the pecking order, as it were. Even this celebrant seems to be ecstatic rather than chastened.

 

Cave Troll

The same cannot be said of the hero in this image, which seems to celebrate the disillusionment of good intentions. This Knight Adventurer had no doubt set out hoping to do good by slaying some demons and monsters. Instead, he ends up getting stripped of his protective armour by one and getting the rough end of his stick. He doesn't seem too comfortable with this outcome. 

 

Damned

The title and soaring gothic background here seems to express the conventional, religious interpretation of demons being the agents of eternal, unspeakable punishment. Looking at the damned man's face, though, you can't help thinking it's all rather tongue in cheek. He seems to be not so much suffering, as savouring it to the full. His body language suggests willingness, too. 

But it's still unspeakable as it happens.

 

Dark Desires

 The title of this, similar image recognises better the dilemma of pleasure and punishment. The spikes in the background and suggestion of caging widen the options for both. The devil is bigger here, his hands gripping the human and firmly holding him down. It's a particularly explicit expression of the domination which pervades this artist's work. We can't see how the devil's 'victim' feels about this, just that he's braced himself. Damned if you do and damned if you don't, you might say 

 

Home Grown

This murky image also seems rather like a depiction of damnation, but the title suggests a Sci-Fi creation scenario. Despite the foetal position and umbilical connections the fledgling seems remarkably well-developed, tattoos and all, and yet he's still dependent and controlled, so it's not such a different subject after all. 

There's some clever assembly of imagery to create this storyline 

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'Interface', another picture by this artist that I've posted at 'X'  seems to blend Sci-Fi and horror. It shows another, attractive, young man being overpowered by skeletal robots with glowing skull eyes.   

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Tight End

What a great backside! The pun in the title of this picture is not new, butt I don't think I've seen it illustrated so precisely or alluringly before. Nor have I seen such a calculating temptation portrayed in a Locker Room context, it's usually the domain of manly posturing, casual nudity and furtive, stolen glimpses. This footballer has a scary look that links with the demons of other pictures and the challenge of the boys at the window. You can't be sure whether it's an inviting dare or a warning.   

 

Traffic Stop

This image suggests common ground between the uncertainty of the locker room and police stop scenarios (with another, mixed pun in the title). The body language is not threatening here, but the sun shades make it hard to be sure. 

Nice body curves

 

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Sorry, I don't have a link for this artist.

Sexy Wrestling Moves 1 - The Spladle

 I probably don't need to explain why this is one of my favourite wrestling moves
Sexy, helpless, embarrassing spring to mind.

Also, a good ad for leotards in this case.

 

It's not confined to the strictly controlled, college, amateur code

This is from an MMA fight between James Clark & Colton Kielbasa

That tells you how difficult it is to escape from and how painful the splits. 

 

 

 

The General idea is to trap the opponent's arms and legs from opposite sides.

The body behind him further inhibits his ability to wriggle free.

 

Surprisingly, the attack can be initiated from a standing position.

 

But once you've got him, you can roll him.

Thus, the embarrassment begins. 

 

And rapidly transitions into humiliation. 

 

Then the fun can really begin. 

 

You don't have to be young - or properly dressed,

 to suffer the indignity of being 'rolled'.

 

 

Indignity or surrender is the name of the game 

Mendez nails Hardy in 2024 

 

The entrapment of the highly rated Hardy and his inability to escape 

was a minor internet sensation at the time.

As if losing like this in front of the arena crowd wasn't bad enough.

 

 

I don't suppose this MMA fighter felt great about being caught like this, either. 

At least the loose, black shorts spared him some blushes. 

 

Even so, the view from the ringside wasn't too flattering for him!

Luckily, his opponent hadn't got the leverage to force a submission. 

 

 

Lighter guys can be rolled into a position where their shoulders are pinned for a fall.

This way up can't feel good, particularly with the ref hovering so close by.

At least he's deflecting some of the prurient, butt interest onto himself.

 

 

Anyone would feel nervous in this position!

 

 

 

And it's not just the ref who's watching! 

 

 

This seems a bit like rubbing it in!  

 

 

But there's a brighter side for some....

Come and get me baby. 

 

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DJ Beckham - Sexy Wrestler in Trouble

Read Part 1 of this Article 

 

It didn't take long for the other wrestlers to show their displeasure at some of DJ's antics. Mark O took him on one side and calmly explained to him that throttling with a wristband was not how things were done in this locker room.

 

I believe Beckham's response was: 'Are you kidding me?' 

 

 

Mark decided that actions might speak louder than words 

and drew DJ's attention to his own vulnerabilities.

 

This exchange was overheard by another pro, Guido Genatto. One of the most feared grapplers on the circuit. It's not recorded what Beckham said to him, but he got a short and sharp response. 

(Embarrassing hold, but his shoulders and trunks looked great)

 

 

If Beckham had a flair for embarrassing opponents with simple holds (see Part 1), Guido was the master of economical domination.

 

 

He was pretty good at hurting his opponents, too. 

 

The lesson was not short and sharp,

it lasted long into the evening.

 

You can imagine how Beckham felt when he discovered his next contest in the ring was against Genatto AND Max Quivers, whose sheer size and spooky appearance would intimidate anyone. Before long, they were stretching DJ's resources.

(His hair was ruined, but at least his trunks looked good)

 

 Guido's holds in the ring were more severe than in the Locker Room.

 

In his turn, Quivers turned Beckham's own locker room fouls against him, wrapping a belt round his neck.

 

 It got pretty rough on the ropes after that.

(probably jealousy at Beckham's fantastic abs!) 

  

Inevitably, they teamed up against him on the mat too.

Here, in a muscle wrenching, double-ender strike.

  

 

With his back softened up, DJ was helplessly suspended

 in a teardrop hold - painful as well as humiliating.

But Genatto lecturing him at the same time was just too much.

 

 

Predictably, other wrestlers on the circuit took advantage.

Caleb Klein had his own bad memory to erase.

He put DJ into the same embarrassing hold.

 

 

The icing on top of his revenge 

was to engulf Becks face with a sweaty armpit.

(possibly unwashed) 

  

 

 

Against the formidable Joey Nux, Beckham courageously piled in,

clad in uncharacteristic, white trunks, as if wanting to remind the fans that he'd got one of the best asses in the business.

 

Perhaps forgetting that the last time he'd worn light trunks,

he'd had a double drubbing from Genatto and Quivers.

 

 

 

Nux gave him a taste of his own favourite corner pin. 

 

A comprehensive course in the art of heel.

 

Joey's grandstanding was wasted on poor Becks,

preoccupied with a gag of murky, warm, pit sweat.  

It was probably unnecessary anyway.

He'd already made his point.

 

 

We saw how DJ's spirited attacks were blunted by Wes Ratchet's immovable wall in Part 1. When he took control, DJ was in trouble!

Soon the sweat flowed as freely as the pain in his shoulders. 

 

Thus weakened, another assault on Beckham's back soon developed.

A fine display of domination, with DJ left gasping.

 

 

 

Another taste of wrestler's heel keeps a good man down. 

 

Against lightweight, Max Ryder, Becks dons his tastiest briefs yet.

But he won't have wanted to show them off 

while trapped in a head-scissors hold.

Beck's days of weighty domination seemed to have ended. 

 

 

Zack Reno is no mean wrestler, but he's not a heavyweight,

so he's not supposed to be able to do this!

Beck's in despair, but still able to show us his sexy side. 

 

 Read Part 1 of this Article  

 

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The images for this article all come from Wrestler4Hire. That link will take you to all the matches featured in this article with pictures and video trailers.

 

The narrative here is entirely fictional, as are the motivations, opinions and wrestling abilities ascribed to the men shown. The presentation sequence is not based on what happens in the match recordings.

 

Thanks to them all for looking great!