To my readers......

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Monday, 27 July 2009

Muscle and Rope - 17

The mitchmen review of muscle and rope bondage continues with two more pictures from the excellent BDMan Brazil today. The jockstrap is overdone in fetish art but this is quite a nice example. Interesting that we can't see the rear because he is tied to a chair! I like the economical ropework and gentle musculature but most of all the pleading appeal for assistance which the pose suggests.



In the picture below the ropework is completely over the top but in a strange way it serves to emphasise the victim's nudity. The ankle-thigh bindings are favourites of mine and the multiple windings of the cloth gag work well in conjunction with the 'help me' look.



I'm, not providing a link to BDManBrazil because it seems to be compromised at the moment. You can get it from the picture if you want to look. It's pretty good when you can get it!

Sunday, 26 July 2009

Muscle and Rope - 16

I hesitate to use the work 'art' for a bondage picture,
but I think this picture is certainly striking enough to warrant a post of it's own.
The lighting is dramatic and the rope work is mostly decorative suggesting artistic intent.
The blindfold mask is probably a little sophisticated (feminine?) for serious male bondage fans.
It's still a great picture but I think the dramatic impact of the pose owes more to eroticism than art.



The subject appears to be either struggling to free himself
or in some sort of spasm induced by events outside of the frame.
Plenty of food for wicked imaginations!

The lighting and cropping of the picture turn it into something special.
Pictures like this remind us how much the camera
has enriched the vocabulary of artists generally.

Saturday, 25 July 2009

Muscle and Rope - 15

A youthful Robert Black looks really great in this still from CanAm's 'Fetish Sex Fights' video. The process of being tied up, succumbing to the stronger man, as depicted here, can be very erotic. I must admit, however, that those videos which show the process completely unedited, complete with fumbles and butterfingers, which would permit any potential captive to escape with ease are not so fascinating. I sometimes think stills are better - capturing key moments and allowing imagination to fill in the rest.
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Also from CanAm (below) is a Zeus image of Beau Hopkins in bondage.
Some nice packet framing rope and a torn vest provide the special interest.
The tights make a nice contribution too.
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The CanAm site specialises in videos with a wrestling theme
the content also covers fetish stuff and even fetish wrestling.
Lots of pics at the site.

Friday, 24 July 2009

Muscle and Rope - 14

I chose these two pictures because they have facets which particularly grab me.
In the first, the bondage is basic, the jockstrap is nice but that cute face and close-cropped hair fascinate me. The unusual pose also makes this picture a bit special, he's almost baby-like with feet waving in the air as he struggles to get up.




In the second picture the body itself is also free of bondage although the restraint position is firmly defined and pretty uncomfortable. The man's face is hidden but all this serves to focus attention on his underwear which actually looks as though it hasn't just come out of a packet. It looks clean but well used and consequently clings to the contours of his buttocks whilst wrinkling nicely underneath. Super.




Thursday, 23 July 2009

Muscle and Rope - 13

The vulnerability of the tied up man is fully revealed when his captor also appears in the picture.
In the first example he seems to have done a very artistic job on the ropework, comprehensively restraining the arms and binding the body tightly. Now he begins to play. His captive is totally at his mercy.
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In picture 2 the captive, a muscular, young blond is more lightly bound
but the look in his eye says "I know I am helpless and I await your will".
The neat cloth gag reinforces his subservience.
Again I am afraid I have no attribution for these pictures although the background looks as though it may be the Tom 'Ropes' McGurk set. I give the link but have no first hand experience of this site.


Wednesday, 22 July 2009

Muscle and Rope 12

Today's pictures have a military flavour. Prisoners of war not being treated well.
The first muscular specimen isn't tightly tied but he is big and that's enough to get the imagination going! The exposure of flesh to rope as his shirt is pulled aside gives a nice frisson as does the waistband of his undershorts peeking out between peeled back trouser flies.

I don't have an attribution for this picture or the one below.
This young POW is tightly tied around his generous pecs and his captors have been ripping away his clothes. Standing against the wall blindfolded and with head tilted back he seems to be in serious danger here.



I stumbled across the second picture recently* although it looks as though it's been around for a while. It has the look of 'Bound and Gagged'. The first picture is not of UK or US origin, it could be BDman Brazil.

*at Naughty Charlies Blog which is full of interesting fetish pictures 
including lots of old favourites and many I hadn't seen before.

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Muscle and Rope - 11

Two black and white pictures today continue the focus on rope art.
Picture 1 is from the excellent but now defunct publication 'Bound and Gagged'.
This man is muscular but with a lean frame. The cap and unruly hair suggest the subject is a real working man not a professional model. The ropework is a bit casual but the loop around the neck loop is more sinister. The subjects kneeling pose and bowed head tell us that he has surrendered to his fate.
 


I don't have an attribution for the second picture but see comment below. The black and white treatment accentuates the drama of the tautly posed subject. The ropes accentuate his back muscles instead of his pecs as in my previous pictures. This really looks like restraint!

Steve Landless (Zeus)