May I?

Quote Originally Posted by Satan_Klaus

Is it only neccesary that the 'dark secret' she is hiding is vile enough to accept anything? That is very doubful.

Many authors like to put their victims through fates "worse than death", so to speak and ruin the suspension of disbelief that way. Thinking in the position of the victim, the reader realizes that the story loses it's touch with reality at that point.
I found that a 'reluctant' victim is much easier to put through such suffering; She is actually liking what is happening and thus rationalizes that she has no other choice because she is blackmailed instead of admitting her own hidden desires.

That takes the 'nonconsentual' feeling out of the story however, which is a huge turn off for some people (not me, I'm fine with 'reluctant' victims).

So how do you go about putting your unwilling victim through anything you want without her turning you in?

A cent for your thoughts.

Satan_Klaus

Here's my TWO cent.

I think that 'suspension of disbelief' and 'gradual moves' are mandatory for blackmail/humiliation stories. I would also add: illusion of choice.
We KNOW what will happen - if victim totally refuses her/his life might be ruined, but - where is bm/hum story then? So we believe the author that the used method is and will be working and want to know the what/how of the further stages. Of course SOME level of plausibility must be preserved (and some level of decent storytelling, elements like character build-up). Some stories go really far, beyond "fates worse than death" - like total zooslut/painslut even snuff (the victim, usually sub by now, is made to snuff someone s/he loved). This is of course preposterous but if the downward cline is smooth enough it won't seem more preposterous than opening premises.
"Illusion of choice": very necessary as the old Chinese masters knew. Simple choices (opening part only): "just submit to one more humiliation and you might walk away." Complex: S/he is often given multiple 'choices' among equally humiliating things (and we know s/he will have to submit to all). Then the victim squirms while the voyeurs watch in glee. (Voyeurs: the readers.)
The victim isn't shaping the plot, s/he is swinging between closed coordinates - for our delight and gratification.
There is ALWAYS some level of consent in humiliation: she is manipulated to flash or walk naked through the mall: manipulated, yes but she must do it herself, no hidden gunmen. If she is dragged - that is not humiliation.
NC blc/hum stories are not real blc/hum stories. Not for me at least. They usually go the way of: what is the next nice thing we'll do to this slavething.
Wow this went much too long. Sorry Something about humiliation really fires me.
Thanks for listening.
Have fun.
Pejanon

Oh is there anybody who didn't read Cheerleder Picture?