Message-ID: <5420eli$9711061255@qz.little-neck.ny.us> X-Archived-At: From: LadyCyrrh@aol.com Subject: The Annex Reviews 11/6/97 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: <971106003213_797465394@emout09.mail.aol.com> X-Is-Review: yes This n' that: Mr. Double has given up on the web business; his archive and website are no more. I heard it was a combination of Princess Diana's death and frustrations, the low level of gratitude for his web efforts, and a growing ethical discomfort with the whole business. Because I haven't reiterated them in a while, these are the newsgroups I pluck my victims from, and their abbreviations: alt.sex.stories (ASS) alt.sex.stories.moderated (ASSM) alt.sex.stories.gay (ASSG) alt.sex.stories.gay.moderated (ASSGM) alt.sex.stories.bondage (ASSB) soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (SSBB) soc.sexuality.spanking (SSS) The stories: Batkini, Part 1 [C] When posted: 10/30/97 Where posted: ASSM Author: Unknown Poster Address: wow@wow.com Here's another Batman, or rather Batgirl and Robin story, apparently from the United Kingdom. Batgirl has a new look: she now wears a thong "batkini" with a top in the shape of batwings that barely covers each boob. Though stimulating to onlookers, the awesome stupidity of this invention is revealed when Catwoman captures her and she has no utility belt to fall back on...not to mention what would happen if she fell on her butt in a glass-strewn alleyway. Robin soon comes into the storyline as a fellow captive and various kink occurs, such as bondage with vibrators, mind control through an ecstasy derivative, sex between Catwoman and Batgirl and later Robin, then the capture of all three by Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. Poison and Harley decide to humiliate Batgirl and Catwoman by forcing them to dance nude on TV while doffing their masks, and the story ends with the two about to be sold into slavery as harem girls, with Robin's fate unknown. More is promised. Compared to the other Batman/Batgirl stories I've seen, this falls short of the mark, mainly because the characters weren't convincing, which is inexcusable considering all the Batman comics, TV series, and movies out there. Typos abounded ("Catwoman began to lap Batgirl's virgina." "...but her guesses where not as tintalating as reality") and the writing was pretty clumsy as well, the erotic bits not being very erotic. I wanted them to be, as the ideas here had potential, but on the whole the story disappointed, even though I consider myself a Batman story fan. His Favorite Holiday [A] When posted: 10/30/97 Where posted: SSBB Author: Adrian Hunter Poster Address: adrhunt@aol.com Adrian Hunter is the Dulcinea of BDSM. This was a short bondo mood piece just in time for Halloween, concerning a bound woman hanging from a closet doorway, a naughty maid's costume, lashings, lollipops, and candles...quite effective as a sort of prose-poetry, as it was written in one-sentence paragraphs that had a definite rhythm to them. Swish. Smack. Whop whop whop. Jerk. Kind of like that. This author has a definite flair with language and a creative mind, especially the use of that Tootsie Pop. (No, it doesn't go in her in twat.) Wet Dreams [A-] When posted: 11/1/97 Where posted: ASS, ASSM Author: Kev Cross Poster Address: kev@davross.demon.co.uk This is the first story I've seen that has a disabled man as the protagonist, and it was an excellent treatment of the subject. Whoever wrote this must have had firsthand experience with therapists, hydropools, and hydraulic slings, or known someone who had. From the story I gather the narrator has suffered a spinal injury that limits the use of his limbs, and one day he undergoes therapy with a new physio (physical therapist) in the clinic's pool to exercise his muscles. He's attracted to her, and becomes even more attracted when the whirlpool hose goes out of control and pumps gallon after gallon of high-pressure current against their crotches. She's attracted to him as well, and they wind up having very plausible sex in the weightless environment of the pool, where the narrator's lack of mobility isn't a handicap. This story gets a high mark not only for its realism but for the matter- of-fact depiction of physical disability. It's neither exploited, sentimentalized, or sanitized into a politically correct warm'n fuzzy feelgood manifesto. I did mark it down a half point for the writing style, which was clumsy and unsure at times, but in all other ways the story succeeded as a realistic sexual fantasy slanted towards a minority group that most people prefer to see as sexless. And it was as hot as a mainstream sex story, too. Off-The-Wall Star Trek Story [A] When posted: 10/24/97 Where posted: SSS Author: Valerie Sande Poster Address: valeris@earthlink.net "Slash" fiction, in the special language of the Star Trek universe, means any fan-written stories where Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock share a sexual relationship. There is a lot of it floating around the net in science fiction and media-related sites, but, oddly, not on the ASS and SOC newsgroups, which is strange considering how steamy some of the stories are. This story was the first true slash I've seen, even though, as the author says, "I must also make it clear that I'm not trying to trash anyone's fantasy, nor am I trying to gross anyone out. For those of you who are repulsed by 'slash' (treksmut involving two male characters) don't be fooled by the first part of this story. It's a total satire. On the same token, if you ARE into slash (in particular, K/S) please, Please, PLEASE don't be offended by this. Slash is not my bag, and yes, I AM satirizing it. But, it's all in fun and meant to be taken as a joke." What the story IS about is spanking. Spock goes into Pon Farr (sort of like heat for male Vulcans) and has to find a sexual partner or he'll be very uncomfortable. Kirk volunteers to be his fuckmate, which is the same plot that has happened in hundreds of slash stories hundreds of times before. However, the story differs in that Kirk and Spock are truly repulsed by homosexual relations with each other, and that Spock gets more turned on by spanking female Vulcans, as he recounts to Kirk in loving detail. Like most slash fiction, the technical aspects of writing were handled very well, and the story worked as a satire of a specialized genre, a Star Trek adventure, and a spanking story...three pluses in my book. If you don't "get" one aspect, you'll be sure to get another. Tribute [A-/B+] When posted: 11/2/97 Where posted: ASS, ASSM Author: j-tied Poster Address: j-tied.not@innocent.com A struggling peasant family hands over their beautiful daughter to the tax collector as tribute for the king, where she is to serve him in his harem. Such begins "Tribute" an ongoing BDSM series set in a fairy tale Medieval world similar to Anne Rice's "Sleeping Beauty" books. Like the Beauty books, which they are clearly modeled on, "Tribute" deals with a young's woman's sexual awakening to the delights of erotic submission. The girl is rather bizarrely dressed for her journey to castle, receives strict instructions from the harem-master, then is chained in her room to await the arrival of the king, where she passes the time by reading the list of rules which now governs her life ("As a harem slave, I must keep my knees at least 4 inches apart while sitting, standing, or otherwise motionless and widely open my legs at the first touch upon my inner thigh." "Harem slaves must keep a written journal of her fantasies. Both the King and the Harem-master may demand to read this journal." (!!!) Finally the king comes to her, and they enjoy mild sensorial games together (blindfolds and feathers) before getting down to business. This story was somewhat gentler than the Beauty books; no one gets whipped until welts the size of Red Vines rise up on their butt, for example. (I mean Red Vine the licorice candy here.) However, the many similarities between the stories make this an unfavorable (and somewhat unfair, I admit) comparison, as Rice did it better, and did it first. The story also suffered in that the king's visit suddenly switched into present tense, and there was too much tell and not enough show (no one even had a real conversation until 6,000 words into the story) which is a common trap new writers fall into. But there are enough good things in this story for me to recommend it, especially if you like the thought of subbing, but not all the angst that goes along with it. 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