Lost Girls Does Women in Prison Episode

Those are some BIG honkin' handcuffs. Guess the Fae might need something a little studier than usual. Some of them are werewolves. Image source: vidcap from Lost Girl.
I had the Season Three opener for SyFy Channel's Lost Girl episode and discovered to my pleasure that it was a full-bore Women in Prison episode. Something crooked is going on in the Fae prison, and Bo's lady love is now the prison doctor there, so Bo goes undercover to find out who's doing the crooked stuff.

I know the episode was consciously written as a Women in Prison story because it has almost every theme found in Women in Prison stories, some of them VERY well done, for non-premium cable TV.

For starters, it has a bondage scene, with Bo being hauled to prison in the biggest set of cuffs evah! A brief scene, but at least she is cuffed hands behind. Sadly, there is no body cavity search scene. Well can't have everything, and a LOT of Women in Prison movies lack even a bondage scene.


There is an EXCELLENT nude shower scene, however! Image source: vidcap from Lost Girl.
The nude shower scene is PARTICULARLY well handled. No actual naughty bits are shown, of course, but they use silhouetting nicely to show just how naked Bo is, and there are half a dozen leering guards watching her as she showers. They're Amazons, you know ... Wonder Woman style Amazons. They love prison work! All that bondage and womanly love!


Dominatrix warden wearing black leather boustier. Check.

Dominatrix warden dominates Bo. Note thigh-high boots and fishnet stockings. That's doing it right! Image source: vidcap from Lost Girl.
This is probably the best scene in the episode. They've got Bo dressed in a very skimpy outfit, on her hands and knees, her large breasts bulging out at the floor-level camera, cleaning the floor with what appears to be a toothbrush so there is much jiggleatude. Dominatrix warden comes up from behind her and puts a boot on her skimpily clad ass, dominating her very nicely. Kinky to the max, you bet!


Later, the warden does some outright molestation of Bo while her Amazon guards look on. Also, lots of non-dominatrix lesbianism ... Bo is a bisexual succubus, after all, and she never squanders a chance for some lovin.' It's her thing! Image source: vidcap from Lost Girl.

The Amazon guards riot. Image source: vidcap from Lost Girl.
There's plenty of violence in the episode too, in addition to the guard riot, Bo dukes it out with a guard, gets beaten by the guards and gets doused with a fire hose. The other major themes of Women in Prison stories that was missing was trafficking the prisoners as prostitutes and/or strippers, but that's just a matter of where the story went more than anything else.

Where the story DID go was a surprise, and in keeping with the theme of Amazons guarding the prison. I did not see it coming. Where did it go? Well I guess you'll just have to watch the episode to find out. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Ksenia Solo as Kintze does not appear much in this episode, though she does make a few appearances, being anxious about Bo and all.

Ksenia Solo Naked, Bound and Fucked ... or ... Asphyxia Noired?

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Guido Crepax: Getting Mainstreamed

A panel from Guido Crepax's graphic novel version of The Story of O. Image source: Comic Art Fans .com. You can get The Story of O and other Crepax works on Amazon, but they are freaking expensive. I have seen some listed as low as $90 but I would say, "buyer beware."

The flying monkeys, bless their leathery little hearts, brought in an interesting article on Guido Crepax. The article itself is a worth a read but the part I found most interesting was where the flying monkeys found it: the Comics Alliance website.

The Comics Alliance website deals with comics of all sorts, but it gives a lot of attention to DC and Marvel comics, in addition to webcomics, and also has no problem with dealing with adult comics like Crepax's work. Batman and Superman are commonplace topics, but Fetishman has shown up as well. And Guido Crepax.

Now if you'll read the article you will find many references to Crepax's powerful visual style, etc., the way he was one of the first to really use page frames in a different and unique way to tell his story. And that's true. But his title is "Bianca Fails As Bondage Porn" which admits that much of the appeal of Crepax's work is its bondage element. And he's right about the power of Crepax's work. But only partly. And he's wrong about Bianca failing as porn.

You can see why in the panel from Crepax's Story of O that leads off this article. Crepax absolutely minimized the text in his stories, a good thing for us English readers because he is Italian and his characters' text speech is Italian. So far as I know, there are no English language editions of his work. that said most of his panels contain no text or muffled grunting or random noises.

Speech is also not very necessary because the characters in his stories barely relate to each other, their eyes are out of focus in some middle ground almost always, even as they speak to one another. They all appear to be engaged in internal reveries, even when they're talking to each other. Which they don't do all that often.

The thing is, you can see Crepax's talent in that Story of O panel ... the images are raunchy and yet filled with erotic tension. Look at the hands on the woman being branded, even if he did not include text to show she is screaming, you would know how she is responding to being branded. And the way the woman's lips twist around the gag. And the way the other woman's eyes are so intense over her panel gag. And the way the weight of the woman's butt sags against the tight leather straps that hold the dildo plug in her ass. All done with just pen and ink.

Being forced to stick to the narrative structure of The Story of O helps overcome Crepax's great weakness as a storyteller. His skill as an artist and visual storyteller is like having a powerful sports car capable of moving at great speed, turning on a dime and braking to a halt in a second ... but as a storyteller, he drives that sports car like it's a clown car. He's all over the place. The guys has a weakness for dream imagery, which DOES give him freedom to use his powerful abilities as an artist, but the narrative splinters and fractures and you're left with a story that is no story, just a succession of images. Which is kinda what "Bianca" looks like.

And on a personal level, I find his style of drawing faces kinda repulsive at times. Take the face in the upper right of the Story of O panel. Please. I THINK what Crepax was going for was a powerful older woman with a big nose. But what I get from it is an older woman with a big nose looking bored, and just not that interested in the proceedings. Not erotic at a all.

Furthermore, the "lion tamer" frames in Bianca ... as a guy who likes bondage imagery ... they work JUST FINE as bondage porn, thankyewverymuch.

And the great thing here is, I can have this discussion about Crepax's work based on an article on a mainstream site and have it be about Crepax's style and technique as a storyteller and artist and not have it be only about the BONDAGE BONDAGE BONDAGE BONDAGE just because a lot of his work contains bondage imagery. Bondage may well be mainstreaming, and that's a good thing. Being able to talk reasonably about things instead of being overcome by the sex fear hysteria common among social conservatives (see this post for some great examples) will make us all mentally healthier.

Ksenia Solo and Asphyxia Noir: Celebrity Clones

Left: bondage model Asphyxia Noir. Right: "Lost Girl" TV star Ksenia Solo. Image source: left, Sex and Submission.com, right: vidcap from "Lost Girl".
So, Ksenia Solo plays a hot Goth girl on the SyFy Channel's new TV series Lost Girl about a couple of hot young goth girls (one of whom is a Fae, a succubus in fact, making for much edgy sex, by American TV standards) who gets involved in a secret near-war the Fae (i.e., fairies of various stripe) are having. The Fae live among us and keep their identities secret, but they've got magical powers alrighty. It's all very urban mythology and it's a pretty good watch. (Psst. It's actually a Canadian science fiction TV series that is now in its second season, which is why it's so good.)

Asphyxia Noir is hot Goth model who sexes it up on Sex and Submission. Quite a resemblance eh? I'm thinking this is more definite proof that mad scientists are cloning Goth hotties for some reason. Not that you need a reason!


Try not to think of this next time you watch "Lost Girl"! Good luck! Image source: same as before.