HoudiniBear
@houdinibear.bsky.social
"Overconfident ursine escapologist seeks escape challenges" would be the strapline of my fursona (Behr) but I also post a load of original IRL kink: bondage, old and new, all manner of shiny finery...
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BLUF 887
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BLUF 887
(Not quite the end. Here's a little bonus-ball.)
October 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
(Not quite the end. Here's a little bonus-ball.)
10/
I don't think I escaped this one. It felt properly secure and all my attempts to shake, work or pick it loose got me nowhere. I put in a lot of spirited effort but, ultimately, stayed securely tied (if not necessarily securely gagged!).
I still miss TC. RIP, master rigger!
THE END
I don't think I escaped this one. It felt properly secure and all my attempts to shake, work or pick it loose got me nowhere. I put in a lot of spirited effort but, ultimately, stayed securely tied (if not necessarily securely gagged!).
I still miss TC. RIP, master rigger!
THE END
October 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
10/
I don't think I escaped this one. It felt properly secure and all my attempts to shake, work or pick it loose got me nowhere. I put in a lot of spirited effort but, ultimately, stayed securely tied (if not necessarily securely gagged!).
I still miss TC. RIP, master rigger!
THE END
I don't think I escaped this one. It felt properly secure and all my attempts to shake, work or pick it loose got me nowhere. I put in a lot of spirited effort but, ultimately, stayed securely tied (if not necessarily securely gagged!).
I still miss TC. RIP, master rigger!
THE END
9/
I'm assuming no-gloves was TC's idea: he wanted to give me a "fighting chance" (and I think he also liked to see my very real attempts at finding and unpicking his knots with my fingernails).
Leather is great for a tie-up: it protects against rope burn and allows for a lot of rolling around.
I'm assuming no-gloves was TC's idea: he wanted to give me a "fighting chance" (and I think he also liked to see my very real attempts at finding and unpicking his knots with my fingernails).
Leather is great for a tie-up: it protects against rope burn and allows for a lot of rolling around.
October 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
9/
I'm assuming no-gloves was TC's idea: he wanted to give me a "fighting chance" (and I think he also liked to see my very real attempts at finding and unpicking his knots with my fingernails).
Leather is great for a tie-up: it protects against rope burn and allows for a lot of rolling around.
I'm assuming no-gloves was TC's idea: he wanted to give me a "fighting chance" (and I think he also liked to see my very real attempts at finding and unpicking his knots with my fingernails).
Leather is great for a tie-up: it protects against rope burn and allows for a lot of rolling around.
8/
I can't recall whether I escaped from that tie or not - even after quite a few get-togethers and TC knowing my techniques very well, I occasionally got lucky and managed to loosen my bonds - but we switched it up for a second tie-up. I swapped the shirt for a close-fitting café racer jacket.
I can't recall whether I escaped from that tie or not - even after quite a few get-togethers and TC knowing my techniques very well, I occasionally got lucky and managed to loosen my bonds - but we switched it up for a second tie-up. I swapped the shirt for a close-fitting café racer jacket.
October 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
8/
I can't recall whether I escaped from that tie or not - even after quite a few get-togethers and TC knowing my techniques very well, I occasionally got lucky and managed to loosen my bonds - but we switched it up for a second tie-up. I swapped the shirt for a close-fitting café racer jacket.
I can't recall whether I escaped from that tie or not - even after quite a few get-togethers and TC knowing my techniques very well, I occasionally got lucky and managed to loosen my bonds - but we switched it up for a second tie-up. I swapped the shirt for a close-fitting café racer jacket.
7/
TC liked gags but they weren't his primary turn-on, so tended to be a bit rudimentary compared with the very elaborate roping. I could generally work them loose with only a little sweat 'n' struggle.
TC liked gags but they weren't his primary turn-on, so tended to be a bit rudimentary compared with the very elaborate roping. I could generally work them loose with only a little sweat 'n' struggle.
October 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
7/
TC liked gags but they weren't his primary turn-on, so tended to be a bit rudimentary compared with the very elaborate roping. I could generally work them loose with only a little sweat 'n' struggle.
TC liked gags but they weren't his primary turn-on, so tended to be a bit rudimentary compared with the very elaborate roping. I could generally work them loose with only a little sweat 'n' struggle.
6/
The gloves were always my suggestion, partly because I enjoy full (or as-full-as-possible) coverage and partly because I like the fantasy that my captor has forced me into some kind of finger-muffling gear to frustrate my (supposed) escape artist skillzzz.
The gloves were always my suggestion, partly because I enjoy full (or as-full-as-possible) coverage and partly because I like the fantasy that my captor has forced me into some kind of finger-muffling gear to frustrate my (supposed) escape artist skillzzz.
October 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
6/
The gloves were always my suggestion, partly because I enjoy full (or as-full-as-possible) coverage and partly because I like the fantasy that my captor has forced me into some kind of finger-muffling gear to frustrate my (supposed) escape artist skillzzz.
The gloves were always my suggestion, partly because I enjoy full (or as-full-as-possible) coverage and partly because I like the fantasy that my captor has forced me into some kind of finger-muffling gear to frustrate my (supposed) escape artist skillzzz.
5/
As is the case with, I suspect, most of us into bondage from an early age, his earliest rope model was himself - so he had particular experience of tying legs and booted ankles.
Arm/torso roping seemed different every time. I think TC took particular joy in improvising in the moment.
As is the case with, I suspect, most of us into bondage from an early age, his earliest rope model was himself - so he had particular experience of tying legs and booted ankles.
Arm/torso roping seemed different every time. I think TC took particular joy in improvising in the moment.
October 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
5/
As is the case with, I suspect, most of us into bondage from an early age, his earliest rope model was himself - so he had particular experience of tying legs and booted ankles.
Arm/torso roping seemed different every time. I think TC took particular joy in improvising in the moment.
As is the case with, I suspect, most of us into bondage from an early age, his earliest rope model was himself - so he had particular experience of tying legs and booted ankles.
Arm/torso roping seemed different every time. I think TC took particular joy in improvising in the moment.
3/
In those days, there were fewer options where leather gear was concerned: it was all still moderately expensive. I shoehorned myself into leather jeans and shirt from a Scottish manufacturer, Aero, donned TC's favourite pointy-toed western boots and he spun his characteristic web of thin rope.
In those days, there were fewer options where leather gear was concerned: it was all still moderately expensive. I shoehorned myself into leather jeans and shirt from a Scottish manufacturer, Aero, donned TC's favourite pointy-toed western boots and he spun his characteristic web of thin rope.
October 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
3/
In those days, there were fewer options where leather gear was concerned: it was all still moderately expensive. I shoehorned myself into leather jeans and shirt from a Scottish manufacturer, Aero, donned TC's favourite pointy-toed western boots and he spun his characteristic web of thin rope.
In those days, there were fewer options where leather gear was concerned: it was all still moderately expensive. I shoehorned myself into leather jeans and shirt from a Scottish manufacturer, Aero, donned TC's favourite pointy-toed western boots and he spun his characteristic web of thin rope.
2/
Having established that people here aren't put off by poorly-lit, badly-edited pre-smartphone pics, I thought I'd post more of an occasion (in, I think, 2005) where I got together with TC for a tie-up session that included his choice of black western boots and my choice of leather clothing.
Having established that people here aren't put off by poorly-lit, badly-edited pre-smartphone pics, I thought I'd post more of an occasion (in, I think, 2005) where I got together with TC for a tie-up session that included his choice of black western boots and my choice of leather clothing.
October 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
2/
Having established that people here aren't put off by poorly-lit, badly-edited pre-smartphone pics, I thought I'd post more of an occasion (in, I think, 2005) where I got together with TC for a tie-up session that included his choice of black western boots and my choice of leather clothing.
Having established that people here aren't put off by poorly-lit, badly-edited pre-smartphone pics, I thought I'd post more of an occasion (in, I think, 2005) where I got together with TC for a tie-up session that included his choice of black western boots and my choice of leather clothing.
4/
The torso roping pinned my arms firmly downward, as did the ropes woven through the back of the chair, preventing me from shucking either ropes or "overcape".
I was torn between frustration at being securely immobilised and having my legs feeling weirdly more free than they should've been.
The torso roping pinned my arms firmly downward, as did the ropes woven through the back of the chair, preventing me from shucking either ropes or "overcape".
I was torn between frustration at being securely immobilised and having my legs feeling weirdly more free than they should've been.
October 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
4/
The torso roping pinned my arms firmly downward, as did the ropes woven through the back of the chair, preventing me from shucking either ropes or "overcape".
I was torn between frustration at being securely immobilised and having my legs feeling weirdly more free than they should've been.
The torso roping pinned my arms firmly downward, as did the ropes woven through the back of the chair, preventing me from shucking either ropes or "overcape".
I was torn between frustration at being securely immobilised and having my legs feeling weirdly more free than they should've been.
3/
"I'm going to leave you for a few minutes to make dinner. You'll be out soon."
In order to escape, I'd have to free my really-quite-well-tied hands, and there was virtually no leverage there: they were squeezed between my lower back and the chair, stuck beneath a further thickness of oilskin.
"I'm going to leave you for a few minutes to make dinner. You'll be out soon."
In order to escape, I'd have to free my really-quite-well-tied hands, and there was virtually no leverage there: they were squeezed between my lower back and the chair, stuck beneath a further thickness of oilskin.
October 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
3/
"I'm going to leave you for a few minutes to make dinner. You'll be out soon."
In order to escape, I'd have to free my really-quite-well-tied hands, and there was virtually no leverage there: they were squeezed between my lower back and the chair, stuck beneath a further thickness of oilskin.
"I'm going to leave you for a few minutes to make dinner. You'll be out soon."
In order to escape, I'd have to free my really-quite-well-tied hands, and there was virtually no leverage there: they were squeezed between my lower back and the chair, stuck beneath a further thickness of oilskin.
2/
It's a shame we have neither pics nor footage of the "overcape" going on, but he had to use both hands to get it over me.
C's commentary is hilarious:
"Are you going to get loose?"
(Me: *doubtful gagged noise*)
"I reckon you will because I didn't make it too tight, I just used a lot of rope."
It's a shame we have neither pics nor footage of the "overcape" going on, but he had to use both hands to get it over me.
C's commentary is hilarious:
"Are you going to get loose?"
(Me: *doubtful gagged noise*)
"I reckon you will because I didn't make it too tight, I just used a lot of rope."
October 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
2/
It's a shame we have neither pics nor footage of the "overcape" going on, but he had to use both hands to get it over me.
C's commentary is hilarious:
"Are you going to get loose?"
(Me: *doubtful gagged noise*)
"I reckon you will because I didn't make it too tight, I just used a lot of rope."
It's a shame we have neither pics nor footage of the "overcape" going on, but he had to use both hands to get it over me.
C's commentary is hilarious:
"Are you going to get loose?"
(Me: *doubtful gagged noise*)
"I reckon you will because I didn't make it too tight, I just used a lot of rope."
1/
Feels like I'm milking the fisherman capture scene but people seem to like my blurry '00s pics so here's some screenshots from the accompanying video (which shows too much of my and C's face's to post here).
C, at this point, fully believed I was Houdini reborn. "Don't escape yet" he told me.
Feels like I'm milking the fisherman capture scene but people seem to like my blurry '00s pics so here's some screenshots from the accompanying video (which shows too much of my and C's face's to post here).
C, at this point, fully believed I was Houdini reborn. "Don't escape yet" he told me.
October 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
1/
Feels like I'm milking the fisherman capture scene but people seem to like my blurry '00s pics so here's some screenshots from the accompanying video (which shows too much of my and C's face's to post here).
C, at this point, fully believed I was Houdini reborn. "Don't escape yet" he told me.
Feels like I'm milking the fisherman capture scene but people seem to like my blurry '00s pics so here's some screenshots from the accompanying video (which shows too much of my and C's face's to post here).
C, at this point, fully believed I was Houdini reborn. "Don't escape yet" he told me.
10/
It's not always easy to identify the elements of a given bondage scenario that really Hit The Spot for me, but there's something unbelievably hot about the captor going the extra mile, introducing new elements of fiendishness to frustrate my escapology ambitions.
Gets me every time!
THE END
It's not always easy to identify the elements of a given bondage scenario that really Hit The Spot for me, but there's something unbelievably hot about the captor going the extra mile, introducing new elements of fiendishness to frustrate my escapology ambitions.
Gets me every time!
THE END
October 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
10/
It's not always easy to identify the elements of a given bondage scenario that really Hit The Spot for me, but there's something unbelievably hot about the captor going the extra mile, introducing new elements of fiendishness to frustrate my escapology ambitions.
Gets me every time!
THE END
It's not always easy to identify the elements of a given bondage scenario that really Hit The Spot for me, but there's something unbelievably hot about the captor going the extra mile, introducing new elements of fiendishness to frustrate my escapology ambitions.
Gets me every time!
THE END
9/
Similarly, the judgey little part of my brain that never quite switches off was thinking, "he could've tethered the bound feet backwards to the cross-slat beneath the chair - to prevent possible kicking".
I was realising, however, that sandwiched in my layers of oilskin and rope, I was fucked.
Similarly, the judgey little part of my brain that never quite switches off was thinking, "he could've tethered the bound feet backwards to the cross-slat beneath the chair - to prevent possible kicking".
I was realising, however, that sandwiched in my layers of oilskin and rope, I was fucked.
October 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
9/
Similarly, the judgey little part of my brain that never quite switches off was thinking, "he could've tethered the bound feet backwards to the cross-slat beneath the chair - to prevent possible kicking".
I was realising, however, that sandwiched in my layers of oilskin and rope, I was fucked.
Similarly, the judgey little part of my brain that never quite switches off was thinking, "he could've tethered the bound feet backwards to the cross-slat beneath the chair - to prevent possible kicking".
I was realising, however, that sandwiched in my layers of oilskin and rope, I was fucked.
8/
And the hoods! The inner hood (the one attached to my original oilskin suit) was pulled up in place over my gagged head. The second one was left around my neck and, while I'd have liked it done up too, I was really in no position to make suggestions.
And the hoods! The inner hood (the one attached to my original oilskin suit) was pulled up in place over my gagged head. The second one was left around my neck and, while I'd have liked it done up too, I was really in no position to make suggestions.
October 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
8/
And the hoods! The inner hood (the one attached to my original oilskin suit) was pulled up in place over my gagged head. The second one was left around my neck and, while I'd have liked it done up too, I was really in no position to make suggestions.
And the hoods! The inner hood (the one attached to my original oilskin suit) was pulled up in place over my gagged head. The second one was left around my neck and, while I'd have liked it done up too, I was really in no position to make suggestions.
7/
The chair had a slatted back, and the torso roping was systematically woven through the slats, so there was no way I could work it upwards or shrug it off.
More rope was used across my lap, to bind me downwards to the seat of the chair.
The chair had a slatted back, and the torso roping was systematically woven through the slats, so there was no way I could work it upwards or shrug it off.
More rope was used across my lap, to bind me downwards to the seat of the chair.
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
7/
The chair had a slatted back, and the torso roping was systematically woven through the slats, so there was no way I could work it upwards or shrug it off.
More rope was used across my lap, to bind me downwards to the seat of the chair.
The chair had a slatted back, and the torso roping was systematically woven through the slats, so there was no way I could work it upwards or shrug it off.
More rope was used across my lap, to bind me downwards to the seat of the chair.
6/
The masterstroke! I can't recall where the idea came from - probably me in our online discussions and C running with it - but I'd been asked to bring a further piece of Guy Cotten oilskin, a long hooded smock. This was sufficiently voluminous to fit over my already well-roped frame.
The masterstroke! I can't recall where the idea came from - probably me in our online discussions and C running with it - but I'd been asked to bring a further piece of Guy Cotten oilskin, a long hooded smock. This was sufficiently voluminous to fit over my already well-roped frame.
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
6/
The masterstroke! I can't recall where the idea came from - probably me in our online discussions and C running with it - but I'd been asked to bring a further piece of Guy Cotten oilskin, a long hooded smock. This was sufficiently voluminous to fit over my already well-roped frame.
The masterstroke! I can't recall where the idea came from - probably me in our online discussions and C running with it - but I'd been asked to bring a further piece of Guy Cotten oilskin, a long hooded smock. This was sufficiently voluminous to fit over my already well-roped frame.
5/
The gag. Inevitably, it was C's idiosyncratic favourite: a chunk of sponge held in place with a few rounds of duct tape beneath a plain white cloth bandage.
It wasn't the most secure of gags, partly because I sweat so damn much I can loosen the adhesive and spit the sponge out over the tape.
The gag. Inevitably, it was C's idiosyncratic favourite: a chunk of sponge held in place with a few rounds of duct tape beneath a plain white cloth bandage.
It wasn't the most secure of gags, partly because I sweat so damn much I can loosen the adhesive and spit the sponge out over the tape.
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
5/
The gag. Inevitably, it was C's idiosyncratic favourite: a chunk of sponge held in place with a few rounds of duct tape beneath a plain white cloth bandage.
It wasn't the most secure of gags, partly because I sweat so damn much I can loosen the adhesive and spit the sponge out over the tape.
The gag. Inevitably, it was C's idiosyncratic favourite: a chunk of sponge held in place with a few rounds of duct tape beneath a plain white cloth bandage.
It wasn't the most secure of gags, partly because I sweat so damn much I can loosen the adhesive and spit the sponge out over the tape.
4/
I've noted before how riggers all have their own distinct style. C had roped relatively few men before he and I became regular playmates but he'd evolved a way of placing knots where fingers couldn't easily reach and attaching leg roping to torso roping so it wouldn't slip or be worked downwards.
I've noted before how riggers all have their own distinct style. C had roped relatively few men before he and I became regular playmates but he'd evolved a way of placing knots where fingers couldn't easily reach and attaching leg roping to torso roping so it wouldn't slip or be worked downwards.
October 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
4/
I've noted before how riggers all have their own distinct style. C had roped relatively few men before he and I became regular playmates but he'd evolved a way of placing knots where fingers couldn't easily reach and attaching leg roping to torso roping so it wouldn't slip or be worked downwards.
I've noted before how riggers all have their own distinct style. C had roped relatively few men before he and I became regular playmates but he'd evolved a way of placing knots where fingers couldn't easily reach and attaching leg roping to torso roping so it wouldn't slip or be worked downwards.
3/
Legs and feet followed (the boots are, I think, US fire-issue, not exactly what a hapless fisherman would be wearing), all in C's trademark chunky white rope.
Usually, rope this thick would make it relatively easy to escape but C had a knack for positioning everything *just so*.
Legs and feet followed (the boots are, I think, US fire-issue, not exactly what a hapless fisherman would be wearing), all in C's trademark chunky white rope.
Usually, rope this thick would make it relatively easy to escape but C had a knack for positioning everything *just so*.
October 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
3/
Legs and feet followed (the boots are, I think, US fire-issue, not exactly what a hapless fisherman would be wearing), all in C's trademark chunky white rope.
Usually, rope this thick would make it relatively easy to escape but C had a knack for positioning everything *just so*.
Legs and feet followed (the boots are, I think, US fire-issue, not exactly what a hapless fisherman would be wearing), all in C's trademark chunky white rope.
Usually, rope this thick would make it relatively easy to escape but C had a knack for positioning everything *just so*.
2/
Our loose scenario was "fisherman gets captured by pirates". Quite why those pirates would transport their captive to a clearly-onshore suburban bedroom, I have no idea but hey, we went with it.
Already in my French (Guy Cotten) oilskins, he made swift work of binding my hands, arms and torso.
Our loose scenario was "fisherman gets captured by pirates". Quite why those pirates would transport their captive to a clearly-onshore suburban bedroom, I have no idea but hey, we went with it.
Already in my French (Guy Cotten) oilskins, he made swift work of binding my hands, arms and torso.
October 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
2/
Our loose scenario was "fisherman gets captured by pirates". Quite why those pirates would transport their captive to a clearly-onshore suburban bedroom, I have no idea but hey, we went with it.
Already in my French (Guy Cotten) oilskins, he made swift work of binding my hands, arms and torso.
Our loose scenario was "fisherman gets captured by pirates". Quite why those pirates would transport their captive to a clearly-onshore suburban bedroom, I have no idea but hey, we went with it.
Already in my French (Guy Cotten) oilskins, he made swift work of binding my hands, arms and torso.
1/
Rather than explain/apologise for my lengthy spell of absence, I thought I'd post another of those step-by-step sequences you guys seem to like, digital camera pics of a bondage session from almost two decades ago.
From May 2008, this is one of the few times C and I attempted actual role-play...
Rather than explain/apologise for my lengthy spell of absence, I thought I'd post another of those step-by-step sequences you guys seem to like, digital camera pics of a bondage session from almost two decades ago.
From May 2008, this is one of the few times C and I attempted actual role-play...
October 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
1/
Rather than explain/apologise for my lengthy spell of absence, I thought I'd post another of those step-by-step sequences you guys seem to like, digital camera pics of a bondage session from almost two decades ago.
From May 2008, this is one of the few times C and I attempted actual role-play...
Rather than explain/apologise for my lengthy spell of absence, I thought I'd post another of those step-by-step sequences you guys seem to like, digital camera pics of a bondage session from almost two decades ago.
From May 2008, this is one of the few times C and I attempted actual role-play...
Very many months later (sorry), here's another pic of the end of this long-ago scene.
This was C's first tie-up of the day and, if I remember rightly, he seemed to think I would easily escape. Reader, I did not.
This was C's first tie-up of the day and, if I remember rightly, he seemed to think I would easily escape. Reader, I did not.
October 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Very many months later (sorry), here's another pic of the end of this long-ago scene.
This was C's first tie-up of the day and, if I remember rightly, he seemed to think I would easily escape. Reader, I did not.
This was C's first tie-up of the day and, if I remember rightly, he seemed to think I would easily escape. Reader, I did not.
POV: you're not quite sure whether your captor has finished and you're allowed to start your Dramatic Escape, so you quietly explore the limits of the predicament he's placed you in.
Full account of this session in the accompanying thread:
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Full account of this session in the accompanying thread:
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January 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
POV: you're not quite sure whether your captor has finished and you're allowed to start your Dramatic Escape, so you quietly explore the limits of the predicament he's placed you in.
Full account of this session in the accompanying thread:
bsky.app/profile/houd...
Full account of this session in the accompanying thread:
bsky.app/profile/houd...