Deconstructing O,

[Mobius]

Yes I am an "O-A-phile" I have the text file on my computer. I have the original movie on DVD. I have several of the serialized Story of O tv shows that were aired in italy

I would love if they did a Good remake of it. The only things that I would not want would to make it a musical. But as god as my witness you watch they will.

Coming to broad way andrew loyd webber Story of O the musical

Not to creepy

[chromedome11]

Coming to broad way andrew loyd webber Story of O the musical

Given all the not-too-subtle BDSM overtones in ALW's musicals, especially Phantom of the Opera, you may well see it, Moby.

[esclava]

I think the differing takes on O and Beauty are quite interesting. O (and the sequel) was probably my first "formal" introduction to BDSM, nearly 30 years ago. At the time, kinky as I thought I was, I recoiled from the absoluteness of it.

I read the first Beauty book about 4 years ago, and found it entirely too cute. Some of it was the writing style, which honestly irritated me more than anything else. Some of it was the over-formality (IMHO). I'm too casual for my own good.

One comment that got my attention was equating "abusive" with being marked. I'm not branded (yet) but have several intimate piercings from my Master, and definitely don't feel abused. Just very well used....and valued. Of course, we all have different standards.

Curiously, over the last many years, I find myself identifying more with O than I ever expected (or thought I wanted, for that matter). The deeper Master leads me, the further I seem to want to go. Funny how that works.

I must be doing something wrong, though. I feel like I'm living "happily ever after" instead of something disastrous or melancholy. There are moments when I'm certain I'm getting away with something, and the inevitable "other shoe" will drop, but mostly I'm just grinning like a fool. Yet, when I tell my story, nobody seems to be bored.

[Sir Lanceloth]

reading the story of O left me with a fealing of sadness. I simply cant understand why sir stephen would leave her after he made her perfect. In the text file i have there are given two possible endings:

in a final chapter, which has been suppressed, O returned to Roissy, where she was abandoned by Sir Stephen.

there exists a second ending to Story of O, according to which O, seeing that Sir Stephen was about to leave her, said she would prefer to die. Sir Stephen gave her his consent.

Both endings are sad, and neither works for me. Perhaps thats why it enthralls me so, perhaps i simply cant let O be treated that way. In other words I want to rescue O from that terrible fate, and therefore teh story lingers within me.

[Mad Lews]

there exists a second ending to Story of O, according to which O, seeing that Sir Stephen was about to leave her, said she would prefer to die. Sir Stephen gave her his consent.[/I]

Both endings are sad, and neither works for me. Perhaps thats why it enthralls me so, perhaps i simply cant let O be treated that way. In other words I want to rescue O from that terrible fate, and therefore teh story lingers within me.

O's story is indeed a sad one. She submits with a purity of purpose out of love for Rene and is given away to Sir Stephen. She submits to him with an even greater intensity and passion and is in the end abandoned by him. Was it simply O's chosen fate, a failure of her Masters ( and by extension Reage's belief in the shortcoming of males ), or perhaps its just an attempt by Pauline Reage to bring a moral ending to a tale of what would be considered debauchery in the 50s. The lack of an ending is the books flaw and also what makes it so intriguing to me. I dismiss the sequel as a fraud. It is too different in tone and composition to have been written by the same writer IMHO.

[Sir Lanceloth]

I dismiss the sequel as a fraud. It is too different in tone and composition to have been written by the same writer IMHO.

there is a sequel? and where is it

[Mad Lews]

there is a sequel? and where is it

Actually published 15 years later in1969 it's called Return to the Chateau
and is available on amazon. see if you think I'm right ....

[Sweep]

I'm an 'O' fanatic. I've got the original book and the (crummy) sequel and both the Just Jakelin movie and the 10 part serial.

I really love the story and more than anything else it got me into BDSM 30 years ago.

BUT - it suffers from the recurrent theme that BDSM leads to sadness and despair. That is a pity. This site attests the the fact that there are great many BDSM lovers (very likely the majority) who have been happily together for years.

It is almost impossible to get a story of BDSM involvement that has a happy ending. I tried to do it in my story "Karen and the Torture Club" in which I wanted all parties to enjoy the experience which is how it must be for the relationship to endure in the longer term.

[j]

Would that be the French language version? I have 'only' the English one.

Puh-leeze!

Yes I am an "O-A-phile" I have the text file on my computer. I have the original movie on DVD. I have several of the serialized Story of O tv shows that were aired in italy

I would love if they did a Good remake of it. The only things that I would not want would to make it a musical. But as god as my witness you watch they will.

Coming to broad way andrew loyd webber Story of O the musical

Not to creepy

[Mobius]

Would that be the French language version? I have 'only' the English one.

Puh-leeze!

Are you refering to the txt file?
Or the Story of O the series.

Both are in english. I do not speak french nor want to.

No word on the story of O the musical.

"Beet me Beet me, tie me up sir stephin" da ta da tra la

[Aurelius]

Actually Mobius, you may be interested to know that Mozart wrote that more than 200 years ago, in Don Giovanni. Although I don't suppose that would stop A L Webber from his usual recycling.

Seeing a young and coquettish soprano (as Zerlina usually is) singing this at the opera is very sweet indeed Trust me, they're not ALL fat ladies

Batti, batti, o bel Masetto,
La tua povera Zerlina;
Staro' qui come angellina,
Le tue botte ad aspettar.
Lasciero' stracciarmi il crine;
Lasciero' stracciarmi gli occhi;
E le care tue manine
Lieta poi sapro baciar.
Ah! lo vedo, non hai core!
Pace, pace, o mia!
In contenti, ed allegria,
Notte e di vogliam passar.

IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Beat me, beat me, dear Masetto,
Beat Zerlina at your will;
Like the patient lamb I'll suffer,
Meek and mute, and loving still.
Rend those locks you praised so highly;
From your arms Zerlina cast;
These fond eyes in rage extinguish
Fondly still they'll look their last.
Ah! I see, love, you're relenting-
Pardon, kneeling, I implore you!
Night and day, to you devoted,
here I vow to err no more.

[Sir Lanceloth]

that little poem just made mozart an interesting topic for me vow, that has newer happened before

[j]

The series? Perish the thought. The only true sequel is Reage's 'Retour a Roissy', which she wrote with the specific intent of deconstructing 'Story of O' - removing the glamour and revealing the pettiness of characters like Sir Stephen, a pimp and crook.

Of course, to many readers it made the story even more exciting...

The movie was glossy trash.

Are you refering to the txt file?
Or the Story of O the series.

Both are in english. I do not speak french nor want to.

No word on the story of O the musical.

"Beet me Beet me, tie me up sir stephin" da ta da tra la