It Depends on the Individual
People usually think that the experience of tying people is the same in every situation and with every partner. However, the experience depends on the individual.
Physical differences and limitations are a variant in the experience of the scene. The scene will be different with each individual although you are making the same routine. It all depends on who you are tying. Even if you use the same ties with the same rope, the experience with each person is totally different.
The difference of the experience in a Shibari scene depends mostly on how people react to rope. This is because every person reacts differently and has a different perspective of rope the experience differs. Some people fall into a relaxed and trusting state during a Shibari scene, while some tense up and get an intense and erotic energy in the scene, some others are more focused on closeness, intimacy and power exchange with thier partner, some others like the fight between dominant and submissive roles, it ll depends in the mood of the scene.
Depending each partner and the mood of the scene is what makes the experiences different or alike, I don’t think you could compare the experience in which there is a consent fight of dominant submissive between a relaxing scene in which the objective is to enjoy the intimacy, forgetting about dominant submissive roles.
Although rope is an important part of the scene, and the rope you are using is the same, with the same movements, and even the same positions and ties, even if the patterns might be the same , the purpose and the meaning of the scene depends on the person you are tying, and might also depend on the type of reaction you have with your partner. Every partner brings different things in each scene, and that is what makes everyone special and individual.
Now you know why it depends on the individual.
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