A Comment/Review on Otis’ “Responding to the Siren’s Song”

Last Sunday, I said I had read another piece at EMCSA I would be commenting on later this week. Well, the time has finally arrived for me to do just that. I’m talking about Otis’ Responding to the Siren’s Song.

The synopsis of this unusual tale goes like this:

A deeply entranced man professes his desires to his Goddess.

Yes, I said unusual and for good reason as this piece reads differently from pretty much everything else that usually appears at the Archive. When I write induction pieces or dialogue-based ones, sometimes people tell me they’re not really stories but rather scripts or something of the sort. It’s a strange distinction, one that admittedly gets to me sometimes, but the truth is fictional accounts can take on many forms. I have no doubt the same people will think this one isn’t a story too. I think it is. It’s also “almost” a plea.

Yes, this piece sees an unnamed man (perhaps the writer himself) completely spellbound by a powerful woman, telling the whole world the things he wants to do for his Goddess/Siren. He wants her to be in control at all times, he wants to be used by her in any way she wishes, he wants to be broken and reshaped over and over again until he’s the perfect instrument of her will, etc. There are a lot of kinks in the mix, some more appealling than others. As a fictional account, it definitely serves its purpose of showing a certain… desperation.

Now, I said this was “almost” a plea, didn’t I? The reason for that is because the word most frequently used is “want” instead of “need”. The latter is definitely strongest. We want many things in life, most of them we can definitely live without. Wants are most of the selfish. Needs – real ones at least, not just ‘wants’ disguised as such – are raw, primal. They’re necessary. Which one is more impactful? Wanting a Domme or needing a Domme? The answer is obvious, isn’t it?

I personally feel this piece would have been better served by the use of the word “need”. Reading so many “wants” altogether threw me off of it despite its underlying intentions. I still enjoyed it for the most part and I am thankful it exists and for having read it though. I’ll read and comment on others when I find the time to do so.

Until then. Thank you for reading.

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