Message-ID: <2310eli$9707261913@qz.little-neck.ny.us> X-Archived-At: From: LadyCyrrh@aol.com Subject: The Annex Reviews 7/26/97 Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.d,alt.sex.stories.moderated,alt.sex.stories Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d Path: qz!not-for-mail Organization: The Committee To Thwart Spam Approved: X-Moderator-Contact: Eli the Bearded X-Story-Submission: X-Original-Message-ID: <970726002405_342044102@emout02.mail.aol.com> X-Is-Review: yes The Annex Reviews are now online. Point your browser at: fttp://users.aol.com.ladycyrrh. The site is still in its beginning stages; more is being planned. As I haven't regurgitated it in a while, the codes are as follows: ASS = alt.sex.stories; ASSB = alt.sex.stories.bondage; ASSM = alt.sex.stories.moderated; ASSG = alt.sex.stories.gay; ASSTG = alt.sex.stories.transgender; ASB = alt.sex.bondage; ASF = alt.sex.femdom.....which brings me to: Everything you've always wanted to know about FEMDOM but didn't have the balls to ask. Any Other Way [A/A-] When posted: 6/26/97 Where posted: ASSM Author: Corvidae1 Address: corvidae1@aol.com I've been wanting to review this one for while (note to the author: Sorry I'm a month late) because it brings up a the subject of femdom. Broadly speaking, the femdom genre is about females who are sexually dominant over males, but this can have many interpretations. To some men and women, it means that the female sex is the naturally superior one; to some men, that women are deserving of worship and/or submission, and that it is an enjoyable experience to suffer at their hands. To some women (notably those who write transgender fiction, some of whom may have been born men) it means either the opportunity to wedge the men into spike heels and corsets to see how the other shoe fits, so to speak, or the naughty thrill of imagining themselves as the feminized man in question. (Hmmm...if these TG stories were written by women, and these women consider themselves superior to men, then they can't think too much of the female half of the human race if the most awful humiliation they can come up for an errant husband or boyfriend is turning him into a cross-dressing slut. After all, I've never heard of a story where a man turns a woman into a manly stud as punishment. Why would he? After all, being a guy is pretty great! You can whack off whenever you like!) Other women seem to write femdom fiction as a form of revenge, for either personal slights or all those mean nasty godawful NOT NICE things males have to females over the centuries, gosh darn it! Such stories usually follow the pattern of piggish guy brutally ganged up on by a squad of righteous females and given his just deserts. I strongly suspect, too, that some of the writers of these stories are male. And now we have this story, the first part of a longer piece, it seems, in which the female character's predilection for kink and abuse has a valid and logical psychological base. The plot: Aislinn and Jake have been going out for four months, in which they haven't had sex because of Aislin's fear and repulsion. She was brutally raped at fifteen and can't stomach the thought of getting down to business, though she does get turned on. Jake doesn't mind; he's a nice guy. But one day things change. Aislinn gets him worked up, and, in a scene where her hidden--and forbidden--desires come to the forefront--she blindfolds him, cuffs and ties him to the bed, then slides a couple of cock rings on him. She comes first from the sight, then from vigorously banging herself on him as he's in excruciating pain and arousal. More of this is hinted in the future. The neat thing about the story is how Aislinn finally achieves a degree of "revenge" on men (because of the rape and an earlier incident where some punks lob a stone-studded snowball in her face) and control over her sexuality because she is firmly ensconced in the driver's seat as she inflicts these acts on her somewhat uncomprehending boyfriend. So we're digging a lot deeper into psychological territory than your average ASS story, because reasons are given for the B/D. But the downside is that the real-life ramifications of rape have been made to serve the ends of erotic literature rather than being given the weight and seriousness they call for, and I'm not sure the message that is given here jibes with the story's purpose, which is to turn you on to some degree. Frankly, I felt more horrified than aroused at the direction things were taking; my attitude has always been that acts of this nature should be taken in fun and mutual pleasure, not as a means to exorcise demons. This story seems to building towards a painful annihilation for the male character. But on the other hand, the author's intent may be to present a juicy psychosexual drama, and in that case, things are off to a running start. In a similar vein, a few months back he or she posted the multi-part series "Nothing Like the Sun" about one young man's descent into a living hell at the hands of a dominatrix. I didn't read the whole thing, just bits here and there, but it was very powerful and intense stuff...the funny thing is, though, about that story and this one, is that I can't help feeling sorry for the young men involved...while the raped, victimized woman, who you'd think would have my sympathy, leaves me wanting to shake her by the scruff of the neck, yelling: LEAVE HIM ALONE! Anyway, check this one out for its psychological realism and intensity, and keep an eye out for more episodes. (Note to author: I would have given this a flat A, but I knocked a half point off for falling out of point of view from Aislinn to Jake in several parts, which is easily fixable should you care to fix it. I strongly suggest to fix it--it would add to the professionalism of the piece.) The Sultan's Heir, Parts 1, 2, 3 [A+] When posted: 7/24/97 Where posted: ASS, ASSM, ASSTG Author: Tigger Reposted by: nostrumo@nienor.IN-Berlin.DE (Nostrumo) Now we move on over to TG femdom territory with this excellently researched story by Tigger, which has been based on real events in the Byzantine Empire that occurred before the reign of the Sultan Mahmoud. The author may have been inspired by the mainstream historical novel "Valide." A young boy, Selim, climbs a tree to catch a peak at the Sultan's harem. Unfortunately, he's found out and becomes part of a complicated plot by the Validah (the current Sultan's mother) to have her favorite grandson named as heir to the throne. However that favorite grandson is gay and is not up to producing a son, which is a requirement for Sultan-hood. So, after many arduous training sessions, teenage Selim becomes the girl Shamarra. Hidden among the harem concubines, no one suspects "she's" really a boy, so "she" can easily satisfy the desires of "her" master the Sultan, milk his seed, then give it to his legitimate wife so she can produce a child in the world's first artificial insemination. I told you the plot was Byzantine. This was a very well-written and entertaining story which touches on many different aspects of sex, sexuality, and gender roles, yet is surprisingly bias- free. The author isn't pushing any agendas-- e.g., all men SHOULD feminized at the hands of women to show them their place, or the world would be a better place IF men explored their feminine, submissive sides, or that all men are cruds and women are the superior sex. The story simply is; it tells a tale, and lets you draw your own conclusions. Admittedly, it is a little drier, a little more honest and historical than some TG stories I've seen; the self-satisfied, smirky tone of Vickie Tern's shorts, for example, is the fictional equivalent of a drunk drag queen yelling epithets at you six o'clock in the morning. TG has certain themes that speak to us all, but they're better handled with restraint. This piece was reposted by another party and not the author, but I don't think Tigger would mind, going by the preface comments written in earlier stories he or she has written. Options [A+] When posted: 7/24/97 Where posted: ASSB, ASS, ASF, ASB Author: Steven S. Davis Reposted by: sd@magenta.com Finally, we come to the grandaddy of all femdom stories, from the bondage/torture/mutilation meister himself, Steven S. Davis. This story made such a deep impression on me it's my belief it can never be surpassed as an example of "extreme" sexual fantasy. The nameless male narrator has been captured by a sexy nameless female and imprisoned in her cold, dark dungeon. He is sexually stimulated and sexually tortured. Not by wimpy methods such as cock rings or corsets, but by brutal, sustained torture with vises and clamps, wire brushes, acid, urine, and the creme de la creme, a hatpin through the tongue. He grows progressively weaker, and the story ends with him waiting for whatever fate comes next. Probably death. Not everyone likes this. As the author says, "I can't even claim it to be an exploration of evil, injustice, betrayal, and helplessness in the face of a malign fate, as I intend some of my other work to be (in addition to something to inspire lust and/or fear), this is a fantasy purely..eh, solely intended to inspire lust and/or fear)." Well said. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who would recoil in horror from the very IDEA of this story, but stick their heads out car windows to gawk at a bloody traffic accident, or were thrilled by seeing Harrison Ford beaten up ad infinitum in the recent movie trailer for "Airforce One." For those who like intensity in their fiction, check this out. It's very good. Just don't let spouses, partners, or children catch you reading it. Role Reversal [A] When posted: 7/17/97 Where posted: ASS, ASSM Author: The Reverend Address: rvrendjim@aol.com From femdom to lesbianism, with this story from The Reverend. A relation to the great rockabilly star Reverend Horton Heat, perhaps? Contrary to some peoples' opinions, I'm not a big Star Trek fan. I have a mild like for it, but I wouldn't call myself a trekkie. However, I have watched enough episodes of "Star Trek: Voyager" for me to relate to this story. It's very good, both as fanfic and as a heated lesbian encounter. It's the story's premise that Captain Janeway has been lovers with half Klingon, half human-Hispanic engineer B'ehlanna Torres for some time, and the difference in their stations has caused some subtle tensions in the relationship. B'ehlanna attempts to defuse these by engaging in a bit of B/D with her captain. Kathryn is spreadeagled to the bed by a force field and has her buns worshipped, then whipped, by the half-Klingon as she's dressed in the Captain's uniform; then Kathryn goes to town on her lover's pussy. Both wind up very satisfied. This story also upholds one of the great traditions of Star Trek fanfiction--the Kirk/Spock story, or K/S among its fans. These stories, most of which were written years before the internet, were about a sexual relationship between Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. They ranged from the lightly romantic to pornographic and had many fans, most of them straight women, who published them in fanzines and distributed them at conventions. What makes this story so interesting is that the male author (?) depicts the same wildly disparate (age, race, rank, background, physical appearance, etc.) sexual relationship between two *female* Trek characters...a couple that is the opposite sex of the Kirk/Spock one but in most other aspects the same. So it's a "role reversal" in more ways than one. The author has also written other ST:V stories, and I suspect they're all as good as this one. Walls Have Ears [A+] When posted: 7/24/97 Where posted: ASSM Author: Taria Address: Taria29c@aol.com A put-upon, rather average, more-than-a-little-nerdy teenage boy goes through the teenage travail of having too many hormones and not knowing what to do with them. He hears his yuppie neighbors fucking, which gets him hot and frustrates him even further. After the greatest orgasm of his young life, his mother makes him deliver a mis-sent letter to a neighbor, and by accident he takes it to the apartment of "Tar" (Taria?) and "Marc," the yuppies who gave him the show. He meets "Tar" in the flesh, with embarassing (for him) and hilarious (for us) results. I really dig the contemporary youth culture references in this story. It's a welcome, intelligent change after eye-sprinting through electronic stacks of drivel about perpetually perky-titted coeds and studs with 12-inch cocks who could've been sucked up a time warp from 1956. The references to porn, and the Gen-X background that makes fun of them, just as much fun as BronwenSM's "Sam's Bad Day" a week back. And for once a fictional teenager in a sex story acts like a real teenager, thinking in terms of Borg, comic book heroes, ejaculations, and public humiliation for the unwary. I haven't read much by Taria aside from her nose-thumbing poems. I remember thinking the letter story was a little silly. But I liked this one a lot...it shows an exuberant New Jersey crassness. (I caught the Great Adventure ref.) But someone please tell me what Saturday morning cartoon "Form of a gazelle! Shape of an ice cube! " was from, or it's going to bug me all month. Showing Teacher's Titties [A/A-] When posted: 7/17/97 Where posted: ASS, ASSM Author: SSPaul Address: SSPaul@worldnet.att.net Don't be put off by the title of this one. It was very entertaining, and also concerns the hormones of teenage boys. A good one to read after the one above. This story, which the author says is taken from a real-life experience, is about the adventures of an American teaching couple in a Jamaican school. The narrator's wife has a habit of wearing a thin tank top which exposes her breasts, and they soon discover what a turn-on it is for her teenage male students. She exposes more and more of her breasts over the semester, to her husband's, and her own, pleasure...and the pleasure of her male students as well. At the end of the year the couple is leaving the island, so the students throw them a party at which she shows her three favorite boys the whole shebang, and they are amazed because they've never a white woman's breasts before! This sounds racist but it's really just culture clash. I can vouch for the reality of this experience, as for a few years I worked for a company that placed teachers in overseas schools. This story could use some shaping and pruning, but it was delightful nonetheless. I encourage the author to write more. The Knight and His Squire [A+] A Knight on the Road [A+] When posted: 7/10/97 Where posted: ASSM Author: Caintigern O'Niall Address: Caintigern@deathsdoor.com This gets only a short mention, as I'm running out of space, but these two are a continuation of the "Knight" saga begun with "Knight Errant" and they are as well-written as the first. The response to this story has been so successful I encourage more guys who post to ASSG to cross post to ASSM. Comments to: Lady Cyrrh@aol.com Web site: --> fttp://users.aol.com.ladycyrrh -- +--------------' Story submission `-+-' Moderator contact `------------+ | story-submit@qz.little-neck.ny.us | story-admin@qz.little-neck.ny.us | | Archive site +--------------------+------------------+ Newsgroup FAQ | \ .../assm/faq.html> /