Selecting a punishment

The normal procedure for selecting a punishment when your sub misbehaves is you deciding which the punishment will be, according to the fault, but, for spicing it, there are other methods than could be used, which can be fun. If you know of other, or use it, send us it.

Let’s see some (and I’m writing as if the sub is a woman, which doesn’t have to be so)

Letting her select

Why not letting your sub select the punishment for her misbehavior? There’s a good chance that she finds a better punishment than the one you would have chosen.

Of course, some conditions must be met. She will have to find a punishment that, at the dominants discretion, is acceptable for her fault. If the dominant (who should be fair) considers the punishment the sub chooses is too mild or it is a disguised reward, (remember she is a sub and enjoys punishment), that is, in itself, another misdeed, and calls for another punishment (and now she must select two punishments). Even if he thinks the punishment is fair, he could add a twist of his own, for rounding the chastisement and having the last word on it.

There could be many variations on the matter. You can let her decide everything, or you can decide which the punishment is going to be, say, a whipping with a belt, but let her decide how many lashes she thinks she deserves. Or corner time, and she decides for how long. Or make her choice, for instance, 6 with the cane or 12 with a belt (this is hard. Which one will hurt less). Use your imagination.

For making it fun, if the sub chooses a punishment that is more severe than the dom thinks she deserves, too bad for the sub. If she thinks that is what she should get, that is what she will get, no matter what the dom thinks about it.

So you will be there to enjoy watching the wheels turn on your poor sub's mind as she strives to come up with just the right thing ... something hard enough for passing the test and not getting another punishment, but not worse than needed for approval.

You could also set a time limit. Say, three minutes for choosing the right punishment. And imagine the subs predicament when you say, “Come on, I want an answer, just a minute left”... (and she knows that not answering is yet another fault).

Deciding by chance

Deciding the punishment by chance is not fair, but it adds an uncertainty that can make the game more interesting. And the sub will have to be very careful in his or her behavior, because with these methods even the slightest fault can result in severe punishment.

With cards

Make a deck of punishment cards for selecting the punishment.

For making the deck, get some stiff cards and write (or make your sub write, or do it together) a punishment on each card. When the moment arrives, shuffle the deck of cards, make the sub cut it, and whichever is the top card left after the cut is the punishment the sub will receive.

Another possibility: cut the deck in three, put each of the three stacks on the table, and make her chose one of the stacks. What is written on the top card of it will be her punishment.

You could add more possibilities by having some few cards (just one or two on the deck) saying “you are forgiven” and a couple others saying “you will be punished twice, take two more cards”. Or “take another card and get the double of what it says” (it could mean twice the strokes, if it is a flogging, or two doses of the punishments, one now and the other maybe later or tomorrow or perhaps twice the time if it is an imposition)

You could also divide the deck into floggings and impositions, and select (or let a coin decide) which one she should choose from.

For making it fairer, you could have three decks of cards, with mild, normal and severe punishments, for using the proper deck according of the fault.

 

You could use cards to select all the punishment details, writing decks of cards for time, method, place, clothing, position or whatever you can imagine, and make her draw a card from each pile (thanks, Stephen).

 

With a bag

Another possibility is making a punishment bag. Write each of the punishments in a piece of paper, fold them, and put them in a bag.

When the sub misbehaves, make him or her take a paper out of the bag. What is written on it will be the punishment.

You could have the same variations on the bag that those on the deck of cards.

 

With dice

After you decided that she deserves a flogging on the buttocks, you could let the dice decide the number of lashes and the instrument. (You could use dice for deciding also the kind of punishment, and other details, but it gets too complicated). You’ll need only one die.

The first throw decides how many series she will receive, the second how many lashes will be in each series (it means that the total will be the first times the second).

The third throw decides which instrument you’ll use, say

• 1-2, a paddle (wood spoon, ruler, or whatever)
• 3-4, the cane (or a rod or such)
• 5-6, a strap (the belt, a strop, a tawse, you name it)

or any other combination that fits your taste and your instruments (of course, using a die there is a limit of 6 different instruments).

Suppose she throws a 5, a 2 and a 4, she will receive 5 series of 2 lashes with the cane, for a total of ten cuts.

Obviously, if she is lucky she could receive 1 series of 1 lash each, for 2 strokes (barely a punishment), or, if in a bad day, 6 series of 6 lashes each, for a frightening total of 36 lashes.

It could be converted into a game, if you are switches, throwing first the die once each. The one that throws the higher number gives, the loser receives. In case of a tie, you could throw again, or both of you could get it (or both be spared, which is no fun).

 

Published: 05/17/05