Usually a combination of the first three but sound gets me every time, every FUCKING time.
I find it easier to picture a scene rather than sounds tbh, so sounds are definitely a super catalyst for when I'm in "fantasize" mode. Inflation audios will be the end of me for that reason. Like, swelling sounds with schmexy male moaning on top of it? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP we need more of that shit.
I've voted touch, but there's a whole load of other stuff going on. For instance, there's the rubbery taste and smell of a blowback from a balloon, the metallic taste you get for some reason, and also pain followed by numbness and the hissing of the air. The feeling of being really stretched and tight. The congested sensation you get in your head. Dizziness. Loads of things.
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i presume "Touch" for inflatees would be how (supposedly inanimate) airflow hugs, kisses and tickles you on the inside? Hardly they get off at getting higher POV ^_^
I am pleasantly surprised at how evenly-distributed the results are after 30 answers or so - very interesting!
Personally, I can say I went with sound. It arguably feels more "alive" to me when a person inflates and they're a much more "active" container for whatever they're filled with. The body has its way of voicing its discomfort, after all, like how you grumble and gurgle after a big meal. On top of that, just comparisons to a human balloon; rubbery squeaks, groans, and such have a habit of progressively getting deeper and more ominous the larger one gets, I suppose.
I am a split between "touch" and "sight", but for the inflation itself, the tightness of the clothes or even the skin is a bit more important to me.
Ok but why the fuck are taste and smell options? Who thinks 'mm yeah lemme lick that rapidly expanding woman'???
On second thought don't answer that
Bearing in mind the recent embargo on real-life inflation, yes, taste and smell, in two ways at least. One is the taste and odour of rubber or latex, or a general sort of plasticky smell and taste, representing either something like the blow-back from a balloon or the transformation of your own body into a balloon. From a third-person perspective, an inflatee smelling of rubber. I can see that appeal, and that would also apply to suit inflation.
The other is (sorry Luther) the metallic taste you can get in your mouth when you inflate. It's authentic.
There's also something else I can't describe, which I think of as saliva. And for blueberry enthusiasts, well, do you not think someone full of blueberry juice would be able to taste it?
After a while you associate certain tastes and smells with the rest of inflation.
I have come to associate the smell of new beach balls (the smell of vinyl?) with inflation. I guess it is born from my attempts at filling beach balls with water to give myself a belly. :)
Exactly! I was thinking that too. That's what I meant by plasticky smells.
I always thought conveying the sense of pressure was the most important part.
chill?
The first inflation. Beautiful weather. Blue sky, beautiful clouds like in a fairy-tale. Nervousness. Buzz of an airpump becomes a roar in the ever-widening you and then fades, you physically feel the flow packing you in spurts and you hold it so tight. Watching how rays of sun pierce you. Beautiful! And tension, nervous tension. First inflation after all.
Tension rises, but you're in the green. Clouds gather, rain starts, then snow, your translucent bubble is wobbling all wet. You watch how mini-you shakes in the corner of your lens and you wonder if it's tension? You fight with your scares - how your skin would behave?
You read it's enough and you switch off airpump. Inner you jumps in happiness, you tremble holding it. Finally someone brings a huge warm blanket and they cover your bubble. You become fluffy like a big balloon-cat. You giggle while you deflate
Inflation, of course, mostly deals with bodies, and so the senses we use let us perceive what excites us in the end. So what do you think it mainly comes down to?
Perhaps the broadness of this question is problematic, since this can apply to inflation art, animation/video, or literature/roleplay. But based on your general preferences of inflation, what’s the detail that adds the icing on the cake, or the essential thing that can’t be missed when inflation is depicted?
Seeing how a topic like this has come up blank in the site’s search results, I thought the first thread I’ve created in this community could be a poll that tries to find what makes the fetish click for everyone.
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