Line #4 PlayingWith/BoundAndGagged


1	'''Basic Trope''': Someone is tied up with rope and/or gagged, to prevent them from being able to move and/or call for help.
2	* '''Straight''': Ava ties up Alex so he can't get away from her, and she gags him so he can't speak
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Ava winds tons and tons of rope around Alex's hands, torso, feet, knees, etc., every which way, ties many knots, then she gags him with a lot of cloth and multiple scarves.
5	** Alex is tied up in far more rope than you need to hold a human still, and even has chains holding her to the floor. She "mmmphs" her displeasure loudly and with a tone of annoyance.
6	** For good measure, Ava brings metallic locks (with keys to unlock) and chains to put that on top of the ropes tying Ale, and also a metal muzzle on top of her gag.
7	* '''Downplayed:''' Alex's hands are tied behind her back while Ava holds her hand over his mouth.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** Alice witnessed Bob doing something criminal, so to prevent her from being able to tell anyone, he ties and gags her in his shed.
10	** Ava needs to keep Alex as her hostage.
11	** Ava is too nice to hurt Alex, but she wants to keep him contained.
12	* '''Parodied''':
13	** "Hmm, a man in my house trying to prove what I did. I think I'll... tie him and gag him! Why not?" Ava then goes on to pull out 5 coils of rope and a bunch of scarves.
14	** Ava pulls out actual BDSM gear that she just happened to have on her and secures Alex with that. No comment is made.
15	** Ava ties Alex up in soft, comfortable silk scarves and he starts to enjoy being her captive.
16	* '''Zig Zagged''':
17	** Bob starts to tie her up tight, but she complains about her wrists hurting, so he loosens it a bit, but then she slips out and tries to shank him in return. Bob tries other progressively absurd tie-up-apparati that are effective yet comfortable, and Alice proceeds to worm her way out of each one. Eventually, he just ties her up as tightly as he should have in the first place and tells her to deal with it.
18	* '''Averted''': The story finds other methods of suspense, such as having Ava threaten or stalk Alex instead of capturing him and tying him up.
19	* '''Enforced''':
20	** The producer or director is [[AuthorAppeal "into that sort of thing"]], and wants to have Alex tied up as part of the plot.
21	** "Lets show how cruel Bob is, have him tie up poor Alice".
22	** The writer isn't allowed to depict Bob using violence against Alice, so instead they have him tie her up.
23	* '''Lampshaded''': Alex asks Ava, "let me guess, you're gonna tie me up and keep me prisoner, aren't you?"
24	* '''Invoked''': Alice is into bondage, and tries to get herself into situations where she will be tied up.
25	* '''Exploited''':
26	** Alex, expecting to be tied up, hides a knife in hus back pocket where his soon-to-be-bound hands will be able to reach it.
27	* '''Discussed''': "Ava wanted to keep Alex from causing issues, so she tied him up and kept her prisoner."
28	* '''Conversed''': "What do you expect? The man snoops around the villain's hideout, and she ties and gags him. Happens all the time."
29	* '''Played For Laughs:'''
30	** Alex doesn't want to be freed because he thought the restraints tying him were so soft and comfy.
31	** When Alex is freed, the first thing he did was to complain that his gag ''stinks'' before anything else, if he could have been in danger, it's not about what Ava's EvilPlan would do to him, but how he's going to die due to the smell of the gag.
32	* '''Played For Drama:''' Alex is tied so tightly that the rope cuts into his wrists, causing severe ropeburn and some bleeding. He cries while he's held hostage. When he's later freed, his face is soaked with tears, and the circulation to his hands had been cut off so long that he's in serious pain.
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34	Back to [[BoundAndGagged Bound And Gagg-NNNNGGGHHHDD!!!]]
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36	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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38	%%* '''Implied''': ???

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