The subject was “Pics/Vids with that terrible Lächeln Lorieau”

“Dear Sirs,

evidently you think to gain custommers experimenting around with strange and absurd shibari-positions (especially with the above mentioned model, so I think it might be her thing, too). Let me tell you that you’re just losing custumers, i.e. me and my wife. I’ll have our membership cancelled, if you continue that way. Phantasy is not proved by doing strange positions and shibari was never your thing, so keep your style, damn it!”

This one is so ridiculous, so over the top, it is difficult to know where to start. The note reads like a 3 year old having a hissy fit. We actually had to sleep on this one over night before responding. But here are some thoughts that crossed our mind when reviewing the note this morning.

The composer is unnecessarily rude – a personal attack on a model is simply classless and never called for. If you do not like a particular model’s look or style, simply do not look at their photos or videos. We have worked with over 200 models with quite varied looks – if you don’t like one, ignore their work.

He uses meaningless threats and greatly over estimates his value. Does he honestly think his opinion is the only one that matters? That we should produce only material that appeals to him? Hell, if he had had the balls to include his name or send the note from the email address he used when he signed up, his membership would already be canceled (and his name added to our permanent blocked list). While we value our customers’ opinions, we created the site for our own reasons and the fact that thousands of you are enjoying the ride with us makes us unlikely to change or limit our “style” to suit one individual’s tastes. Besides, the old saying “you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar” holds true in any culture – if you want something, a polite request goes a lot further than a threat and a demand.

He knows the word ‘shibari’, but has no understanding of what it means. We have never done anything with Lächeln Lorieau that we would call ‘shibari’. It could even be argued that we have never done anything with any of our models that could be classified as being authentic ‘shibari’ – and we wouldn’t disagree.

He obviously knows little or nothing about us, our models, Imago Studios, or our history. Those of you that have been with us for several years know that our personal tastes and interests vary greatly and that we produce a wide range of material. Glamour bondage, D.I.D., “shibari” variations, goth, rope, chains, tape, suspensions, mummifications, etc. – our work has included all these elements and many others in varying degrees over the years. We have written about this numerous times – but to repeat, if we had been stuck doing just one or two of these things over the last 14+ years, we would have gotten bored and quit long ago. We have researched Chinese bondage (see our site chineseropeart.com), attended and taught at Shibaricon, and opened willinglyhelpless.com, all in order to explore different styles of bondage and our varied interests.

We could go on, but we have already wasted enough time on one idiot.