Hot Blooded: Bound and Bitten
Howdy, Zoe Nichols here guest blogging for EM Lynley during the rather entertaining Cocktoberfest.
And my topic? Vampires of course. What else would I talk about so close to the scariest day on earth? But I’m not here so much to talk about the lure of vampires as much as I’m here to talk about something that’s been tripping my trigger lately.
I want more vampires in BDSM.
In particular, I want more vampire S&M.
For those unfamiliar with the life, BDSM stands for Bondage, Dominance/submission, and Sadomasochism. There are millions upon millions of subcategories. And of course, BDSM is not for everyone nor should it be. It’s a widespread community with many different aspects to it. Not everyone’s gonna like it or understand it.
But me, I adore it. In real life, I’m a switch, with a tendency (as of late) to lean toward submission. There’s usually an undertone of D/s in most things I write and there’s probably some touch of it in 80% of the things I read.
Why vampires? Because honestly, there is something so sexy about it. With vampires, the lore around them is substantial. And it always comes down to an aspect of pain, be it some type of emotional release of the last vestiges of humanity or the physical agony of bloodlust. I mean, this is an elemental creature, not human but not animal and thus capable of taking more. You can cross the line with a vampire; be bloodier, darker, maybe even meaner.
S&M in general is not something you’ll see in a story. It’s a hard topic because it’s not very well understood – at least in my experience not many seem to understand it. You don’t have to be twisted to like it. Yes, it is heavily based in varied levels of pain. But it is controlled pain. Safe, sane, and consensual: it’s not just a motto; it’s a way of life.
How does this tie into vampire sex? Well, because I write erotic romance and read the same, whatever form of BDSM I’m reading/writing is going to lead into some bed-breaking. Also any good vampire reader knows of, and probably likes, the eroticism in blood-sucking. Me, I’m not entirely sold on the idea that blood alone is an instant arousal but I’m pretty sure it helps.
So imagine two vampires. One is covered in stolen blood, willingly shackled to a wall, and shaking. And the other leans his head down and sucks at the sticky trails before making deep, sharp slashes all across smooth skin again. Add all the elements: a heavily-shadowed room, near-black blood stains on a body that can’t age, and a silent, moonless night.
Will there be sex? Of course. The bloodlust can’t be ignored forever.
I want us to go deeper into the psyche of a vampire. S&M opens the door and exposes the parts of the vampire that I think gets too often ignored. Mostly in favor of pretty pale bodies and immortality. But I think there are elements of the vampire that would revel in the pain, either receiving or delivering.
And I think that has the possibility of being absolutely mesmerizing.
But hey, we know it’s not all about me. What’s your favorite type of vampire? The Angel? The Spike? Or maybe you just wanna stake ’em all. Go ahead and tell me about it 🙂
In honor of my topic: Bad Dog is about a vampire running out of patience and the deeply buried secret in his werewolf.
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G’luck 🙂
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For me, the appeal of vampires and BDSM comes through bloodplay, and the possibilities (physical, emotional, magical) that abound just putting one, let alone two or more, vampires into that scene (in either sense of the word).
“But I think there are elements of the vampire that would revel in the pain, either receiving or delivering.”
I think so too. Depending on your choice of vampire mythos, bloodletting doesn’t have to be painful, but it always carries an element of risk, and while in any risky situation, some will seek to minimize risk, others prefer to up the ante, and it’s not hard to see vampires in the latter category.
Yes, yes and more yes! Excuse me, I just woke up and may be a little silly.
For vampires, it’s about the blood. And of course, it’s the natural thing to do to have bloodplay scenes in a vampy BDSM story.
But adding in the element of controlled danger with creatures that don’t exactly need to be careful…ah, now that’s where it gets interesting.
I don’t have a whole lot of experience with vampire BDSM, but the angle that gets me the most is not so much the bloodplay itself, but the fact that as supernatural immortal beings vampires’ boundaries would be so far beyond that of a human. Extending a scene beyond what humans are capable of pushing themselves to would bring a new level of intensity – and that is what would draw me.
As far as what draws me to vampires in general? As with all stories the relationship itself is what resonates the most with me. I love the intricacies that present themselves in human-vamp relationships. (Of course, a good chunk of my opinion is based on the relationship between Bast and Trick in Sean Michael’s Need/Chosen.) I love when authors acknowledge the significance of the blood itself. When the vamp takes blood from the human they are sharing the same life source. What originally sustained the life of one now sustains both of their lives, thus connecting them irreparably.
A few of the stories I’ve read (Soul Mates series by Jourdan Lane as well a Need and Chosen mentioned above) go so far having the human in the relationship eventually need to give the vamp their blood just as much as the vampire needs to take it. Trick talks of being too full or says that his skin feels too tight. I always thought that was a neat of balancing out their relationship and adding one more tie binding them together.
Me, I tend to prefer vampire to vampire or vampire to shapeshifter stories if only for the common ground aspect.
But, when putting an immortal being (by all accounts) in a relationship with a being with only a finite amount of time on Earth, it definitely goes deeper. Particularly because it’s the give and take aspect of a relationship extended to a far-reaching degree.
Soul Mates is an excellent example of this. I love Jourdan’s view of it too!
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Okay so quick announcement: Bad Dog just went out of print with Torquere on Halloween.
The random winner (when selected) will get a choice out of my entire backlist (Phaze, Torquere and Cobblestone) for the book of their choice.
Thanks and g’luck.
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