The Less Common Paraphilliae
The other night, a couple things were suggested to me-- one was that i post again. I'll never understand why, but i won't complain if people enjoy reading my posts! The other suggestion was that I write about one of my non-hypnotic fetishes. One of the less common ones (or at least so it seems), and a subject of mild embarrassment to me, is a little kink called dendrophillia.
For those who don't know, dendrophillia is a... fascination with plants. Now, this might bring to mind images of a hippie a little out of control-- a literal tree-hugger if you will. This is deeeeefinitely not the form it takes for me. If nothing else, in reality i'm badly allergic to a large portion of the plant kingdom, a fact which severely limits my capability, and passion for the outdoors. Instead, my fetish takes more of a science fiction angle--think that one scene from The Evil Dead. Plants as controllers, plants as inscrutable, unpredictable plotters. Which sounds a little silly, i suppose, but it can be hot indeed.
Like so many things, i was utterly unaware i had this little fetish until i stumbled upon the EMCSA. So, rather than go into technical, and boring detail about how exactly this fetish works, i figured i could talk about a few of my favorite dendrophilliac stories from the archive. There's no hidey text, because these aren't detailed treatments, and i think i kept pretty spoiler-free.
Fruition by Trilby Else
This was, interestingly enough, the first actually enjoyable story i ever read on the archive. My first exposure to the archive was unfortunately through a google hit on a rather dismal story. But i digress!
Fruition, the story of a botanist on an alien world who gets in... shall we say, over her head, wonderfully illustrates my fetish-- the protagonist is caught utterly unaware, and completely helpless. She's not even fully able to comprehend what's happening to her until it's too late, and her captor's control is an inextricable, and physical part of her.
The sex scenes are enjoyable in themselves-- tentacle in any form can be a squick to some people, but in the right context it's meltingly hot to me. The... biological aspects of the mind control are touched upon, but not gone into so deeply as to squick. Biology is sort of a razor's edge for me, as it easily descends into unpleasant territory to me, but it can add so much hotness.
Pea by Tabico
This story has an entirely different feel to it. Pea's protagonist becomes increasingly aware of her own fetishes as she watches everyone around her succumb. Struggling with desire can be so awful when done badly, but in this story it sizzles. The final descent is almost cathartic after nearly an entire story's worth of induction.
Avatar by thrall
A love story at heart, Avatar features an even deeper transformation than we see in either Pea, or Fruition, it ends on a melancholy note, but is filled with botanical heat. Glossing over the biological details suits this story just fine-- it's about personalities, and not process. Avatar has beautiful, if star-crossed emotion behind its heat.
Yellow by Tabico
I have a confession to make-- i don't actually enjoy this particular story, but i can't really have a post on dendrophillia without at least a mention in passing. Yellow, which is in fact a red story, is well written, and admittedly has some delicious moments, but it goes a little too far for me, and into severe squick territory.
But don't let this stop you from enjoying it. For someone who can appreciate the darker aspects of botanical mind control, this is a must-read.
Fey by Tabico
Beginning to notice a trend here? Me too. Though she certainly deserves attention, i don't mean for this to become a complete Tabico spotlight--but she does write probably the best biological MC i've ever read.
Fey is a little different, though. A story of an innocent forest denizen caught in a tangled web of intrigue, it's not quite.... being-bound-and-fucked-by-a-plant dendrophillia, if you will ^^;. Instead it's more subtle. The... Villain, for lack of a better term, is not an antagonist, but a delicious character nonetheless. Supremely confident, she doesn't hide her plans, controlling by sheer persuasion. Even as cruel as she, it's hard not to be drawn to her.
I'm sure there are many others (in fact, i'm certain i've read several, but these were the only ones that came to mind when i set about writing). I may trawl the archive sometime in the future to look for other good ones. Stay tuned!
But, to get back on the original subject, Madam, of course, is not one to leave a good fetish untapped. When she learned about this little desire of mine, she not only gave me an unexpectedly hot little 'waking dream' that ended with a lovely little obedience seed in my ear, she's also given me a trigger that sets off an apparently random, and usually very powerful dendrophillic event every time she says this particular word ~.~ Things like thought-stopping vines in my ears... swirly flowers that draw one's attention in, and steal it.... and sparkly silver pollen-- the sort you get from a LaSilvas tree.
But, that covers an oft-neglected, somewhat embarrassing little fetish of mine. Now all of you know something that only two people ever knew about me before! It's been real, but i think it's time for me to finish up this post. Happy weekend!
EDIT: Oh! And for those three of you (that's not a joke-- i actually checked the reader count) that read the 'Blot through its LiveJournal Syndication, it should work again now.
--erislave
For those who don't know, dendrophillia is a... fascination with plants. Now, this might bring to mind images of a hippie a little out of control-- a literal tree-hugger if you will. This is deeeeefinitely not the form it takes for me. If nothing else, in reality i'm badly allergic to a large portion of the plant kingdom, a fact which severely limits my capability, and passion for the outdoors. Instead, my fetish takes more of a science fiction angle--think that one scene from The Evil Dead. Plants as controllers, plants as inscrutable, unpredictable plotters. Which sounds a little silly, i suppose, but it can be hot indeed.
Like so many things, i was utterly unaware i had this little fetish until i stumbled upon the EMCSA. So, rather than go into technical, and boring detail about how exactly this fetish works, i figured i could talk about a few of my favorite dendrophilliac stories from the archive. There's no hidey text, because these aren't detailed treatments, and i think i kept pretty spoiler-free.
Fruition by Trilby Else
This was, interestingly enough, the first actually enjoyable story i ever read on the archive. My first exposure to the archive was unfortunately through a google hit on a rather dismal story. But i digress!
Fruition, the story of a botanist on an alien world who gets in... shall we say, over her head, wonderfully illustrates my fetish-- the protagonist is caught utterly unaware, and completely helpless. She's not even fully able to comprehend what's happening to her until it's too late, and her captor's control is an inextricable, and physical part of her.
The sex scenes are enjoyable in themselves-- tentacle in any form can be a squick to some people, but in the right context it's meltingly hot to me. The... biological aspects of the mind control are touched upon, but not gone into so deeply as to squick. Biology is sort of a razor's edge for me, as it easily descends into unpleasant territory to me, but it can add so much hotness.
Pea by Tabico
This story has an entirely different feel to it. Pea's protagonist becomes increasingly aware of her own fetishes as she watches everyone around her succumb. Struggling with desire can be so awful when done badly, but in this story it sizzles. The final descent is almost cathartic after nearly an entire story's worth of induction.
Avatar by thrall
A love story at heart, Avatar features an even deeper transformation than we see in either Pea, or Fruition, it ends on a melancholy note, but is filled with botanical heat. Glossing over the biological details suits this story just fine-- it's about personalities, and not process. Avatar has beautiful, if star-crossed emotion behind its heat.
Yellow by Tabico
I have a confession to make-- i don't actually enjoy this particular story, but i can't really have a post on dendrophillia without at least a mention in passing. Yellow, which is in fact a red story, is well written, and admittedly has some delicious moments, but it goes a little too far for me, and into severe squick territory.
But don't let this stop you from enjoying it. For someone who can appreciate the darker aspects of botanical mind control, this is a must-read.
Fey by Tabico
Beginning to notice a trend here? Me too. Though she certainly deserves attention, i don't mean for this to become a complete Tabico spotlight--but she does write probably the best biological MC i've ever read.
Fey is a little different, though. A story of an innocent forest denizen caught in a tangled web of intrigue, it's not quite.... being-bound-and-fucked-by-a-plant dendrophillia, if you will ^^;. Instead it's more subtle. The... Villain, for lack of a better term, is not an antagonist, but a delicious character nonetheless. Supremely confident, she doesn't hide her plans, controlling by sheer persuasion. Even as cruel as she, it's hard not to be drawn to her.
I'm sure there are many others (in fact, i'm certain i've read several, but these were the only ones that came to mind when i set about writing). I may trawl the archive sometime in the future to look for other good ones. Stay tuned!
But, to get back on the original subject, Madam, of course, is not one to leave a good fetish untapped. When she learned about this little desire of mine, she not only gave me an unexpectedly hot little 'waking dream' that ended with a lovely little obedience seed in my ear, she's also given me a trigger that sets off an apparently random, and usually very powerful dendrophillic event every time she says this particular word ~.~ Things like thought-stopping vines in my ears... swirly flowers that draw one's attention in, and steal it.... and sparkly silver pollen-- the sort you get from a LaSilvas tree.
But, that covers an oft-neglected, somewhat embarrassing little fetish of mine. Now all of you know something that only two people ever knew about me before! It's been real, but i think it's time for me to finish up this post. Happy weekend!
EDIT: Oh! And for those three of you (that's not a joke-- i actually checked the reader count) that read the 'Blot through its LiveJournal Syndication, it should work again now.
--erislave
Labels: dendrophillia, EMCSA, erislave, reviews
posted by erislave at
11:57 AM
3 Comments:
Plants are hawt. I remember reading some of those, I might revisit them now.
I don't have any particular fascination with plants-- what I do have a thing for is anything not human: animal, plant, alien, computer, or a human that has seemingly non-human motivations.
I dunno why; it's something about the simplicity of something without any empathy. And not in a sadistic way. A computer program isn't being mean; it's just doing what it does. A plant or animal is just doing what it does; it's not thinking about you on a personal level, and may not be thinking at all. Even something that's not a character at all, like a random event that sets things in motion, has that kind of faceless quality.
It's something I've been thinking a lot about a lot lately in the MC genre, and working into my next thing (snakes!). It almost deserves its own subcategory: non-empathetic MCers, or something.
Also, Google reader is awesome. I've spent the last week going around and plugging it into all my favorite sites; that's how I saw you had an update at, say, 5am on a Saturday morning =p
Oh, that's what I get for assuming that no updates through the LJ reader means that you all stopped posting. I have archives now!
Byte:
I know what you mean. Some of those appeal to me on their own, but it seems to be plants that i enjoy the most for some reason. The... lack of empathy gives it a certain sort of... invulnerability too.
And... Snakes on a Brain?
Persona:
Nooope! I think it was Val's overhaul of the site that messed up the livejournal feed. Fortunately, LJ was nice and when i sent them a note, they updated the URL.
Glad to have you back with us now!
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