I'm curious: for those that have an interest, what is it you like about inflation fantasies that involve helium or other buoyant substances? Do you feel that there is a fundamental difference between inflation of this type and others?
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Mon, 03/03/2008 - 06:12
#1
SvenS
A Question
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 10:25
#3
LutherVKane
I don't think it's fundamentally different. Buoyancy just adds another dimension to the inflation.
On top of all of the effects that go along with being inflated, you have the complications of floating away. This can put the inflatee beyond the reach of any assistance. In addition, one of my favorite plot devices is the expansion caused by the drop in air pressure with increasing altitude. A person filled with air might be safe for the time being. But the helium-filled inflatee is at a greater risk for bursting.
Then there's the different "feel" of a helium inflation. Someone who's inflated and floating seems more balloon-like than someone who's just inflated.
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 13:29
#4
doubleintegral
LutherVKane wrote:
In addition, one of my favorite plot devices is the expansion caused by the drop in air pressure with increasing altitude. A person filled with air might be safe for the time being. But the helium-filled inflatee is at a greater risk for bursting.
Agreed.
Tue, 03/04/2008 - 03:10
#5
LutherVKane wrote:
In addition, one of my favorite plot devices is the expansion caused by the drop in air pressure with increasing altitude. A person filled with air might be safe for the time being. But the helium-filled inflatee is at a greater risk for bursting.
Seconded. I can't speak for others, but for me, you hit the nail on the head.
Tue, 03/04/2008 - 17:33
#6
JSK00
LutherVKane wrote:
On top of all of the effects that go along with being inflated, you have the complications of floating away. This can put the inflatee beyond the reach of any assistance. In addition, one of my favorite plot devices is the expansion caused by the drop in air pressure with increasing altitude. A person filled with air might be safe for the time being. But the helium-filled inflatee is at a greater risk for bursting.Then there's the different "feel" of a helium inflation. Someone who's inflated and floating seems more balloon-like than someone who's just inflated.
Apparently, I find the second part more pleasurable than the first. After all, though I would like to become lightweight, I don't want to feel helpless to the point of being threatened.
(First post, whoo!)
Wed, 03/05/2008 - 08:13
#7
I like the fantasy of floating away. Everyone dreams to fly in the sky, feeling free. The combination with inflation is even better!
Wed, 03/05/2008 - 13:48
#8
I would have to agree that for me the floating would make the inflatee seem more balloon-like. I also think that a character filled with helium and floating in the air would be more exciting compared to somebody filled with air, stuck on the ground, probably unable to move.
Thu, 03/06/2008 - 19:18
#9
darth_clone19
LV summed it up pretty well.
There is also the surreal aspect of doing that to somebody, making them so inflated they float. Adds a much necessary layer to the cruelness factor of the inflator. Helplessness increases, she is more a balloon by floating, she is in way more danger, cuz now its not only the inflator her enemy, but also physics. And she can plead all she wants to her inflator, it MIGHT get her somewhere, but there is nothing she can do to appease to physics :p
Thu, 03/06/2008 - 23:31
#10
well Its very complicated. I will leave it at that. I just like it O.K
Sun, 03/30/2008 - 02:27
#11
I think it caught my interest early in life with stories by Roald Dahl, who often featured balloons and body inflation in his children's books. "The Twits" has a particularly vivid balloon floating sequence that caused a reaction I could neither understand or discuss in my early years.
As my taste for balloons and body inflation developed, I found I prefered to think of my inflating partners floating rather than popping, so I guess floating is a kind of orgasm substitute in my mind. All the control and danger of popping and none of the mess. I should mention that I am as keen to be inflated to floating as I am to get a lover blown up and bouyant. Or have balloons tied to me. Or drink Fizzy lifting drink. Or...
Pongo
Tue, 04/01/2008 - 04:05
#12
I like the idea of being inflated with Hydrogen, as it combines the light-than-air quality of Helium with the adrenal potential for an explosion. The idea of being inflated in such a manner with so much risk involved to me is a bit of a turn-on. I guess it's because I equate explosion=orgasm.
Fri, 04/11/2008 - 22:41
#13
For me, it's a coupe of things.
Helplessness. Loss of control. And once it happens, it's an irrevocable, unstoppable loss of control. If you tie someone up, you can untie them. If you float up, up, and away, you keep floating higher and higher -- there's no way to stop. I equate this with the feeling of inevitability when sexual climax approaches.
It's also potentially frightening. The fear part connects with excitement, just like the scary rides at an amusement park.
And it connects to balloons, which also amuse me.
Sun, 04/13/2008 - 22:53
#14
For me, being lighter than air, unable to touch the ground, is a form of helpless bondage.
Plus with floating, I've always been intrigued with the idea of gas expanding with lessening of surrounding pressure with altitude and a final explosive result.
Mon, 04/14/2008 - 09:24
#15
I actually came around inflation art because I LIKED floating first. Balloons, flying, even flying superheroes are cool (not that Superman turns me on or anything, I just like the idea of flying) so, yeah, I'm a flying type guy.
Tue, 04/15/2008 - 01:26
#16
darth_clone19
Fukureruba wrote:
For me, being lighter than air, unable to touch the ground, is a form of helpless bondage.Plus with floating, I've always been intrigued with the idea of gas expanding with lessening of surrounding pressure with altitude and a final explosive result.
Thats my night time prayer ^_^
Yes. Although I do understand the viewpoint of folks that see the buoyant aspect as a small subset of various other expansion possibilities, I really do see it as something uniquely its own, not only from a physical perspective but a physiological one.