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masks - 3/13/2008 11:44:22 AM

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A while back in Korea, my Master, me, our Alpha female friend, and her beta husband, were walking around shopping. We all go into a sex shop, my Master was looking at the strength of some cuffs, and we were all having a great time, mostly giggling at certain rings. Then my Master put on a mask and reached out to me. Now somewhere in my brain i knew that was my loving and caring Husband, who i trusted,,,, but all my brain would tell me was "that strange featureless creature means you harm, run, run, run." to my shame i hid behind my alpha friend and hissed in fear. My Master took it off and was concerned at how much i had been frightened. We haven't spoke of it since, so i was wondering; it that a normal reaction? is the point of a mask to frighten? i'm confussed by my own mememory.
i posted this here and not in gear and apperal because i need no advice on brand names or web links to buy one, i don't think i'll ever need that advice

just curious as to the appeal of those evil things.

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 11:50:41 AM

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Then my Master put on a mask and reached out to me. Now somewhere in my brain i knew that was my loving and caring Husband, who i trusted,,,, but all my brain would tell me was "that strange featureless creature means you harm, run, run, run." to my shame i hid behind my alpha friend and hissed in fear.

And that's not great?!? I'm envious. It's sounds like a wonderful time to me (or, okay, not during, but it would afterward). Playing with fear is fun. It also, IME, makes one less afraid - that's all good. It's what "power exchange" is all about in my mind. Daring to fear, daring to face fears and all that stuff

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 11:51:38 AM

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i dont need a mask..i already scare people!!! FEAR ME!!

muahahaha

but if i wore a mask i'd wear scary movie mask.... with a knife ....YUM

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 11:52:06 AM

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Its not something that appeals to me either to be honest, Sirs face changes DRAMATICALLY when he is playing anyways and thats scarey enough i dont think i would like not being able to see him at all.

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 11:55:56 AM

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but knives are fun...

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 11:56:03 AM

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The fear associated with the masked expression isn't just because it may hide identity, it's because it can hide so many more things.... like intent.
If you can't see someone's facial features, and they don't speak, can you guage their mood, can you tell if they are advancing with friendly, or hostile intentions? When one person is masking themselves, it leaves some people with a sense of 'blindness' in being able to anticipate.
I actually enjoy the tension and fear that sort of play can bring, but I wouldn't say it's uncommon at all for you to experience it. It's just your preference whether you enjoy that kind of anxiety or not.

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 11:57:09 AM

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micheal myers didnt speak..but he had no emotion anyway.

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 12:00:17 PM

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PN- i see what you're saying,,, so why is it that being blind-folded doesn't bring on the same fear?

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 12:03:02 PM

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Ohh i like being blindfolded, see thats a good question that i never thought of it

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 12:11:07 PM

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No. I don't have that reaction. I tend to instantly think, 'Hm, you look like a goober.' It takes a very special person to be able to pull off a mask if it's not halloween. ;)

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 12:14:55 PM

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sneaks up on june and yells..

BOO!!!!

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 12:25:37 PM

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Think of it like stubbing your toe... OR, stubbing your toe while half the bones in your body are broken.
You pay attention to a stubbed toe more when there's less pain swimming around, but if you've got bigger issues to worry about, the stubbed toe is meaningless.
Likewise, with sensory deprivation (sight) you are swimming with trying to discern many things that you can no longer see, not just the person in question.
Try this on for size. If your top is wearing a mask, then blind folds you, and you keep imagining him in the mask even though you can't see, where is your focus? On your lack of sight, or on the idea of him being in the mask?
We rely heavily on our senses, if he is merely standing behind you, you think "Well if only I could turn around, then I could see him." But with a mask, even if you could see him, your sense of sight would fail you because it can't penitrate the mask.

I can't say it is this way for anyone else, but speaking just on a personal level:
To me, being armed, and STILL being ineffectual, is scarier than being unarmed and ineffectual. So, having my sight taken away, I feel disarmed, I am relieved of the ability to try and see. The whole 'there's nothing I can do about it' mentality will kick in. When I still have my sight, but am unable to 'read' the person I can see, it's unnerving. They didn't have to rob me of my full capacity and ability to make me ineffectual, they did it leaving me completely intact and at my best. That's what really inspires a feeling of fear/helplessness/anxiety in me.

I don't know if that makes any sense, but maybe it will at least help you reflect on your own feelings and reactions towards masking.

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 12:37:49 PM

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I have my malesub wear a mask sometimes. I find it to be a lot of fun and for some reason when he wears that mask I tend to be more sadistic then when he isn't. So he loves wearing the mask because he is a big ole painslut.

Perhaps what you are feeling is when your Master puts on that mask he isn't your Master anymore, not as far as your eyes are concerned. He is then a faceless stranger. Now you know that isn't true but humans are very visual creatures and sometimes our basic instincts kick in until the brain has time to catch up.

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 12:57:35 PM

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Thank Y'all, so much to think on. While i was grating salad carrots i was thinking, if i wear a blind fold, my brain remembers the sight of my Master,,, and links the sight to that which i trust. i equate His face to Him. Take that away, and i don't have a resource to draw exceptation from. What does anyone fear? The unknown, so it's all starting to make sence now.
Thanks Again-

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 12:58:49 PM

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i have no experience with masks, hard to say. i have always found BATMAN very sexy. i would love to be alone with him in the bat cave!

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 1:00:03 PM

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PN that made perfect sense to me. I never would have thought of it that way. I have the same issue as the OP. Dark room- good, blindfold- great, mask- lytehaze shaped hole in the wall with cartoon-like dust clouds left behind. I've got thinking to do.

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 1:15:06 PM

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ORIGINAL: lytehaze

PN that made perfect sense to me. I never would have thought of it that way. I have the same issue as the OP. Dark room- good, blindfold- great, mask- lytehaze shaped hole in the wall with cartoon-like dust clouds left behind. I've got thinking to do.

Thank you for that image and a chuckle.

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 1:15:22 PM

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Hmmm... I think masks rock... from the harlequin right up to Michael myers.
Halloween scening would rock! It's a bit of a head fuck for me depending on what would occur. Blindfolds, masks, makeup - they all work with great mindfucks.

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 1:18:00 PM

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It depends on the value you place on the mask. The mask itself hides the person, allowing them to become someone or something else.

For some people that's hot -- my slave for example has lots of fantasies of being both faceless and being used by faceless people.

For me, I'm in a dynamic with a person, a unique person so a mask or even make-up frankly is a turn off to me because it hides the person. If I train or own someone, I one all of them, so no hiding behind a mask around me.

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RE: masks - 3/13/2008 1:20:58 PM

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Regarding appeal:

Might be fun to give the girl a few masks for the bedroom. Assign a different mood to each one to let her express exactly where her mindset is without having to say a word.

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