## Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by Jay Feely » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:34 am

Does wearing a blindfold enhance the tied up scene?
I think it does. For one, not being to see when you are tortured is more fun of course agreed on beforehand.
Second, it increases vulnerability. The hopeless feeling of losing the sight is amazing.
Any other thoughts on this?
You will have to subdue me to restrain me. I been a bad boy so make sure you torture me too with anything but pain.

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by MisterTheEdge » Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:18 am

Blindfolds are great for scenes. Especially if you have room to walk around them a catch them off guard.
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### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by pam88 » Tue Jan 17, 2017 9:36 am

Not a fan

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by Jason Toddman » Tue Jan 17, 2017 9:54 am

I hate blindfolds myself. I am a very visually oriented person and i liked seeing what was going on around me - especially when I have physically attractive partners. It was sufficiently annoying when my cousins simply removed my glasses, which they knew would wind me up no end because even then I was as nearsighted as Mister Magoo!!! The only thing I disliked more was having headphones taped onto me and loud music played, as my hearing is as over-developed as my (unaided) eyesight is under-developed. Sort of like marvel Comics' Daredevil, almost.
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### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by Ru_Bot » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:00 pm

Blindfolds have their place and time. I wouldn't say they always enhance every situation, but they definitely can when they are needed. I rarely use blindfolds in my art though. Expression is one of the key features to my style, and a blindfold can really take that away.

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by derred6 » Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:39 pm

I'm not too crazy for blindfolds. The eye contact is part of the fun.

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by MisterBones » Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:58 pm

> Ru_Bot wrote:Blindfolds have their place and time. I wouldn't say they always enhance every situation, but they definitely can when they are needed. I rarely use blindfolds in my art though. Expression is one of the key features to my style, and a blindfold can really take that away.

Blindfolds are great because they're a loophole if you can't draw eyes for shit
I have ocs or whatever

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by tightsbound » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:39 am

Blindfolds definitely add to the helplessness. Being vulnerable and unable to see what my captor is doing is very exciting. Plus when you can't see, you're sort of forced to look deep within yourself to feel and "see" what's happening and how you're tied up.

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by GeekGirlGagged » Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:33 pm

I absolutely love being blindfolded. It makes me feel more helpless, means I dont know whats happening and if I do have an atteactive partner (to paraphrase Jason Todman) it adds to my torture of not being able to look atvthem

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Post by montebrad » Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:26 am

Blindfolds are a must. They can be taken off for a tease when necessary but needed for the suspense.

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by SparkTex » Sat Jan 21, 2017 5:52 am

I definitely agree. Using a blindfold heightens the suspense... it makes you wonder what's coming next

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by bondagefreak » Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:26 am

An interesting topic with an equally interesting variety of responses.
From personal experience I can say with certainty that blindfolds can be prove to be an effective way of frightening the sub and heightening his other senses.
However, I also believe in a close bond between myself and the sub I'm playing with, so blindfolds are only a temporary measure for me.
When I play around with subs, I generally enjoy humiliating and mildly tormenting them. Being a dominant guy, sensory deprivation doesn't appeal to me that much. I prefer to stimulate a sub's senses instead of depriving him of them, since deprivation is not really a way to actively dominate.
Unless the one being tied up, is a sibling or friend, he won't feel safe with a blindfold on, which is why I'm not a fan of using them for long periods of time.
When a sub is tied up and gagged, he is at his weakest. In a domination session, sight, sound, smell and touch all become very important to the sub. If I remove/hinder/deprive one of those senses, I almost always compensate by stimulating another one of his senses to calm him down.
Then again, that's probably due to me being naturally protective with submissive guys, even though I enjoy humiliating and tormenting them.
So if I have a sub over and I decide to tie him up and gag him while I watch TV, I might decide to put tape over his eyes to deprive him of his sight for a while...but chances are, I'll pick him up, pull him up on the couch with me and let him rest his head on my chest while holding him firmly in my arms.
I might fool around with his breath, smother his nose, slap his face and abuse him verbally, but I'll be doing so while holding him close, allowing him to feel my warmth, pick my scent up and hear my voice. He might whimper, freak out about having his air cut off and complain, but he won't be scared or on the verge of emotional collapse while I'm holding him.
Even though he's tied up, gagged and unable to see, my voice and the fact that I'm holding him close to me compensates for the temporary loss of sight.
Generally though, I prefer to leave my sub's eyesight intact.
You can tell a lot about a person's current emotional state by the look in their eyes. In a vanilla bondage session, that's not too important. But in a domination session, it becomes VERY important. You never wanna push the sub TOO far. A blindfold can make it harder for the Dom to tell when he's about to cross the sub's emotional threshold.
Besides, I enjoy watching a bound and gagged sub plead silently or look up at me in fear of what I'm going to be doing next.
I tend to pay a lot of attention to my sub's eyes whenever I take part in a bondage/domination session.

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by drawscore » Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:58 pm

Blindfolds are "window dressing," It doesn't make a whole lot of difference. If you can get loose with them, you can get loose without them. No big thing. Hey, if you think it will make a greater impression if you escape when blindfolded, then go for it.
If you can't get loose with them, you probably won't get loose without them, and if you are tied up, isn't that the objective? To get loose?
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### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by petraspeds » Sun Jan 29, 2017 2:19 pm

After being tied up (obviously) being barefot and gagged, blindfold is next on my list. Before hou ask about hogties, pain, tickling, etc....
Blindfolds are the best

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by BoundBoyBeta » Mon Jan 30, 2017 1:09 pm

I would have to say that blindfolds have a significant impact on several forms of torment, the obvious one being tickling. The fact they greatly increase the remaining senses of the person I'd say is their main benefit. Their second is the element of surprise it allows a captor, once a blindfold is in place a great many different things can be done, time can be spent, things can happen and a sub will often be none the wiser.
As Bondagefreak said, and I certainly agree that, you can tell a lot about someone and the way they are feeling by their eyes.
In my little but slowly developing experience I would say lack of sight definitely greatly affects how someone will feel when tied up. It makes it much harder to keep track of time. Even if there was no clock if you can see you still keep track of time better I find. That combined with how much worse it makes any form of tickling means I personally find them pretty annoying though I guess I really have no preference either way.
Both a blindfold and a lack of one have their own benefits in different situations though I'd say in most the lack of sight, in the case of a sub, should be compensated for with other stimuli rather than using it as a form of sensory deprivation.

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by bondagefreak » Mon Jan 30, 2017 1:39 pm

> BoundBoyBeta wrote:Both a blindfold and a lack of one have their own benefits in different situations though I'd say in most the lack of sight, in the case of a sub, should be compensated for with other stimuli rather than using it as a form of sensory deprivation.

Well said.
Glad to see you joining in here! Was beginning to think your friend had locked you in a few too many pairs of handcuffs

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by BoundBoyBeta » Mon Jan 30, 2017 1:43 pm

> bondagefreak wrote:

> > BoundBoyBeta wrote:Both a blindfold and a lack of one have their own benefits in different situations though I'd say in most the lack of sight, in the case of a sub, should be compensated for with other stimuli rather than using it as a form of sensory deprivation.

> Well said.
> Glad to see you joining in here! Was beginning to think your friend had locked you in a few too many pairs of handcuffs

Nah... he only owns one pair... I think...

### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by Sniffingyoursocks » Tue Jan 31, 2017 9:13 am

> BoundBoyBeta wrote:

> > bondagefreak wrote:

> > > BoundBoyBeta wrote:Both a blindfold and a lack of one have their own benefits in different situations though I'd say in most the lack of sight, in the case of a sub, should be compensated for with other stimuli rather than using it as a form of sensory deprivation.

> > Well said.
> > Glad to see you joining in here! Was beginning to think your friend had locked you in a few too many pairs of handcuffs

> Nah... he only owns one pair... I think...

Placed right, one is enough to keep you outta trouble for quite some time, I guess
The question about blindfolds is a tricky one. I have to admit that I haven't got many real-life experiences from where I could tell what I felt like (or they were quite short)
But from the ones I remember, I can just recall what BoundBoyBeta said: it definitely makes it REALLY hard to keep track of time. I was once tied up by a friend for about a bit over 30 minutes, but because I was blindfolded, I thought it was much more than that.
Although I liked being blindfolded back then, I also think that in a more "serious" or longer session non-verbal communication is extremely important. And there, the eyes are probably the most important part, because they can tell so much even if the sub would not want it or hide it...eyes can't lie and a good dom will recognise that. So if they are not visible to the dom, this important sign of how the sub is doing in his predicament goes away.
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### Re: Use of a Blindfold in Tugs

Post by Kyle » Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:10 pm

Most people rely on sight more than the other senses, so taking that away can be very disorienting. You could argue it is the most restricting part about being tied up. If your hands are tied, you can still find something to free yourself with (possibly). If your legs are tied, you might still be able to move around. If you're blindfolded though, it's hard to really overcome that without removing the blindfold, and for most people, being unable to see makes it almost impossible to do very much.
That said, they're great for certain types of play (especially kidnapping roleplay) but not for everyone or all situations.