https://bit.ly/3KxVuo7 https://bit.ly/3KpJTaC https://bit.ly/3A70rPO https://bit.ly/3AbYtgQ https://bit.ly/3FG2I5s https://bit.ly/3nC7bjA https://bit.ly/3nxzKP6 https://bit.ly/3tDWQaQ https://bit.ly/3Iap2pu https://bit.ly/33IU1u0 https://bit.ly/3FF1abS https://bit.ly/3GHeAp8 https://bit.ly/3Ik3C9L https://bit.ly/3FCrqUj https://bit.ly/3rro7dG https://bit.ly/3qBYasz usband was right: I found myself absolutely CRAVING to be held the way the Phantom held Christine, esp. in the Point of No Return scene. I realize now that I was seeing D/s ( dom male/sub female), but with tenderness, romance, and no violence. Coincidentally (or maybe not), I found the Taken In Hand site not long after, and everything came together for me. I just cannot get enough of this website! by BlueRose on 2005 Jul 10 - 00:52 | reply to this comment Phantom of the Opera I dunno, I've never seen the Lloyd Weber version, but I saw an old film version with Claude Rains. In that one the Phantom is a nutcase who lives down in the sewers and abducts the heroine. I wouldn't personally think of him as the ideal Taken In Hand man, but of course he may be different in the new version. by Louise C on 2005 Jul 10 - 05:36 | reply to this comment Phantom & Dominance I've heard from a number of sources that there are D/s undertones in Phantom of the Opera. I haven't had the opportunity to see the play or the film but I'd like to see it for myself and decide if it is true. I would agree it's not like that in the old version, from what I have seen of it he's cast as more evil. "Pat" by a Taken In Hand reader on 2005 Jul 10 - 14:10 | reply to this comment you have to see the new POTO! Here is a website to find out more: http://www.phantomthemovie.com The music is haunting, its a very Gothic film, lots of D/s overtones, and the more you watch it the more you see. Some of it is very open, some is subtle. by BlueRose on 2005 Jul 10 - 15:27 | reply to this comment then there are the films that.... Then there are the films that try to make dominant men seem domineering and abusive. I was thinking about this today while sorting through some old videotapes. |