{"id":776,"date":"2009-10-28T04:35:33","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T11:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/?p=776"},"modified":"2009-10-28T04:35:33","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T11:35:33","slug":"hot-blooded-bound-and-bitten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/hot-blooded-bound-and-bitten\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Blooded: Bound and Bitten"},"content":{"rendered":"

Howdy,\u00a0Zoe Nichols here \u00a0guest blogging for EM Lynley during the rather entertaining Cocktoberfest.<\/p>\n

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\"\"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.<\/p>\n

I want more vampires in BDSM.<\/p>\n

In particular, I want more vampire S&M.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Why vampires? Because honestly, there is something so sexy<\/em> about it. <\/span>With\u00a0vampires, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0You 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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\u00a0slashes all across smooth skin\u00a0again. Add all the elements: a heavily-shadowed room, near-black blood stains on a body that can’t age, and a silent, moonless night.<\/p>\n

Will there be sex? Of course. The bloodlust can’t be ignored forever.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

And I think that has the possibility of being absolutely mesmerizing.<\/p>\n

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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 \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n

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In honor of my topic: <\/strong>Bad Dog <\/strong>is about a vampire running out of patience and the deeply buried secret\u00a0in his werewolf.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the chance to win it free, leave a comment and get your name tossed in the pot!<\/strong><\/p>\n

G’luck \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Howdy,\u00a0Zoe Nichols here \u00a0guest 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[52],"tags":[114,103,918,115,113],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-bdsm","tag-cocktoberfest","tag-guest-posting","tag-vampires","tag-zoe-nichols"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pzLgx-cw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}