Maybe someone had asked this before. But I found unmasking really sexual and is a core feature in Superheroine Genre. The thrill of being able to see who the superheroine at the same time the embarrassment from the superheroine is losing her secret identity, this is like stripping the heroine naked and without power, because now everyone knows who she is now.
For me, mine is the villain beating the heroine to a complete defeat, not necessarily death but have her arse handed over her, and then at the weakest moment, the heroine is being unmasked by the villain as a reward for catching the prey. Or for a supervillain to be unmasked, I would love to see the supervillain on the verge of being able to defeat the heroine, but table turned against her, and she got defeated and unmasked.
That's how I want my unmasking scene done
So how you all like your superheroine being unmasked?
It depends on my mood a little and what the unmasking is.
If it's a masked heroine, then perhaps in the throes of an intense fight or struggle, especially if it's the villain's intention to unmask the heroine. Alternatively a merciless and sensuous unmasking, post defeat (the villains little secret!). Or something more dramatic... the bound unmasking with a live-broadcast camera in the heroine's face as the mask comes off!!
Of course there are secret identities that are not hidden by a mask, sometimes the heroine is in plain sight. Cat Grant ordering Kara Danvers to take off her glasses was kind of hot in a way. Kara was trapped, trying to keep up the illusion of being the sweet, humble, idealist and so had to comply with no "saved by the bell" moment coming. Cat saw right through her with the glasses off.
Or maybe there is the unmasking by stealthy, covert means. A hacker in some darkened room intentionally, or accidentally, coming across the heroine's or alter ego's identity.
I love the unmasking aspect as well. When done right, nice and slow, and deliberately, it can be sexy. The folks who do the unmasking aspect poorly are the folks who just rip the mask off quickly and barely play or sell that storyline beat and treat it as an afterthought. It ought to always be played for maximum effect and drama. The villain has essentially stripped the superheroine's superheroine identity from them and has revealed their civilian alter ego, that's a big moment that ought to be treated as such.
I love the unmasking aspect as well. When done right, nice and slow, and deliberately, it can be sexy. The folks who do the unmasking aspect poorly are the folks who just rip the mask off quickly and barely play or sell that storyline beat and treat it as an afterthought. It ought to always be played for maximum effect and drama. The villain has essentially stripped the superheroine's superheroine identity from them and has revealed their civilian alter ego, that's a big moment that ought to be treated as such.
Those scenes are usually basicly let have the superheroine beatan and degraded with very little though or dialouge like anything else 1 out of 20 has real thought behind them
We've done quite a few unmaskings in both our regular episodes and our customs.
In Episode 20, we did a dramatic unmasking where the villainess knocked out the heroine, then slowly removed her mask, and took a photo which was then uploaded to the Internet. The heroine had to go into hiding until she could use her biokinetic powers to change her appearance. So that was more of a traditional unmasking with the maximum consequences.
Just did another unmasking in Custom 18, coming out next month. The villainess had already seen and identified the heroine's secret identity, though, so it was more of a "now, let's see your beautiful face unencumbered by the mask" aesthetic choice to expose more beauty and hotness.
Still quite sexy, though.
We also have a different kind of unmasking coming up in Episode 25, also to be released in a month. In this one, however, the "mask" signifies the hypnotic mind control that the villainess has over the heroine. So when the mask is removed, the heroine is no longer under the evil control, and thus it becomes a relief and a triumph to remove the mask.
Definitely lots of creative ways to do unmaskings!
As I have a doctor title in unmaskology ... I feel obliged to post here ;-)
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Mask: Should cover at least half the face, love cowls and full-face masks
Mask-material: best would be rubber or latex, preferably in black, should be a little stretchable ... at least
Unmasking procedure: NOT unconcious... as that's really uncool. I wanna see a reaction (from her) to the unmasking, especially as the unmasking is underway (take your time)
Also... preferably NOT tied up. It should be a challenge to unmask the heroine/villainess.
I want a struggle, a fight, a build-up, tension. Preferably with mask stretching, ripping... some mask damage is great.
Preferably the mask should not just be removed but "destroyed" in the end.... so she couldn't use it anymore.
She must react well as soon as hands move onto her mask.
Start with one or two unmasking attempts, build up to the "climax"... the reveal of her exposed face.
She must fight back, she must struggle, she must do everything to defend her mask... her secret identity.
Also, some dialogue from her... desperate, horrified, determined, angry #masktalk
And the one who unmasks her... toying, teasing, enjoying every second #masktalk²
I think it is a core feature as well when the heroine/hero or villain is defeated or any bondage and is unmasked followed by the domination sex scene
I don't know about this, because if the villain already defeated the heroine, I think it somehow become an afterthought, something like "well now I have defeated you, I may as well see who you are". I would want the heroine to fight for her identity, although it seems futile...
It depends on my mood a little and what the unmasking is.
If it's a masked heroine, then perhaps in the throes of an intense fight or struggle, especially if it's the villain's intention to unmask the heroine. Alternatively a merciless and sensuous unmasking, post defeat (the villains little secret!). Or something more dramatic... the bound unmasking with a live-broadcast camera in the heroine's face as the mask comes off!!
Of course there are secret identities that are not hidden by a mask, sometimes the heroine is in plain sight. Cat Grant ordering Kara Danvers to take off her glasses was kind of hot in a way. Kara was trapped, trying to keep up the illusion of being the sweet, humble, idealist and so had to comply with no "saved by the bell" moment coming. Cat saw right through her with the glasses off.
Or maybe there is the unmasking by stealthy, covert means. A hacker in some darkened room intentionally, or accidentally, coming across the heroine's or alter ego's identity.
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There are tons of movie that have the heroine being unmasked live while tied to something, I think TBFE did a few of those (Strange that they no longer have that) I remember one with Amber McAlester in Coercion 2. I think it's a hit and missed some time, it depends on whether or not the producer hypes up the unmasking before doing the deed
As for intentionally unmasking, I remember there is a scene (I don't really recall where that come from) when the villain told the heroine a list of thing he is going to do to the heroine and one of them is he will unmask her and rape her once he is done, I found that quite sexy as now the heroine have to up her game if she don't want to get unmasked or raped, that motivate her to fight. But in the end, it really doesn't matter as she found out there are nothing, she can do about it and she is going to get unmasked and rape anyway, that's hot for me.
I don't really feel the psychological unmasking, the "I know who you are" without actually unmasking by the villain. I am sure this appeal to someone, but not me.
I love the unmasking aspect as well. When done right, nice and slow, and deliberately, it can be sexy. The folks who do the unmasking aspect poorly are the folks who just rip the mask off quickly and barely play or sell that storyline beat and treat it as an afterthought. It ought to always be played for maximum effect and drama. The villain has essentially stripped the superheroine's superheroine identity from them and has revealed their civilian alter ego, that's a big moment that ought to be treated as such.
Yeah, I am onboard with that train.
As I said with another member, unmasking should not be an afterthought. It has to be done right, a long suspenseful unmasking while the heroine fight but knowing she will lose, because her secret identity is every bit as important as her superpower. She wouldn't give up her superpower willingly, so she shouldn't be giving up the mask willingly as well.
What I also like is the villain toy with the superheroine before removing her mask, like play with her hair or mask before doing the deed, a little tease and the heroine know it's coming, but can't avoid
We've done quite a few unmaskings in both our regular episodes and our customs.
In Episode 20, we did a dramatic unmasking where the villainess knocked out the heroine, then slowly removed her mask, and took a photo which was then uploaded to the Internet. The heroine had to go into hiding until she could use her biokinetic powers to change her appearance. So that was more of a traditional unmasking with the maximum consequences.
Just did another unmasking in Custom 18, coming out next month. The villainess had already seen and identified the heroine's secret identity, though, so it was more of a "now, let's see your beautiful face unencumbered by the mask" aesthetic choice to expose more beauty and hotness.
Still quite sexy, though.
We also have a different kind of unmasking coming up in Episode 25, also to be released in a month. In this one, however, the "mask" signifies the hypnotic mind control that the villainess has over the heroine. So when the mask is removed, the heroine is no longer under the evil control, and thus it becomes a relief and a triumph to remove the mask.
Definitely lots of creative ways to do unmaskings!
The first one sounded like Doctor Who.....(Not sure if you know what Doctor Who is in the US, it's a big Sci Fi TV show in the UK) They changed up the appearance of the Doctor when something happens (eg, the Doctor is mortally wounded by his/her enemy) Doctor Who never wear a mask tho (well, I think some did, but I digress) and I never think of this angle of unmasking, interesting. But then that did beg the question, if the heroine can change her appearance, then why the mask?
The second one in a lot of superheroine movie, the villain unmasked the heroine because he/they want to see the beautiful face of the superheroine, I don't really enjoy it unless it also come with a pre-defeat fight, I think we shouldn't see the superheroine as a "Beautiful girl" I know it's weird, but for me it make it looks like the villain is unmasking a bimbo superheroine but not a competent heroine who are good at what she does. Sure the beautiful part is a plus, but it's not a deciding factor for me.
The third one remind me of Ava's Superheroine Project. She had a villain called "Pink Pixie" which her mask let her process the power of mind control, and her heroine always need to unmask Pink Pixie to put the subject out of her control. I don't mind that as a plotline.
As I have a doctor title in unmaskology ... I feel obliged to post here ;-)
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Mask: Should cover at least half the face, love cowls and full-face masks
Mask-material: best would be rubber or latex, preferably in black, should be a little stretchable ... at least
Unmasking procedure: NOT unconcious... as that's really uncool. I wanna see a reaction (from her) to the unmasking, especially as the unmasking is underway (take your time)
Also... preferably NOT tied up. It should be a challenge to unmask the heroine/villainess.
I want a struggle, a fight, a build-up, tension. Preferably with mask stretching, ripping... some mask damage is great.
Preferably the mask should not just be removed but "destroyed" in the end.... so she couldn't use it anymore.
She must react well as soon as hands move onto her mask.
Start with one or two unmasking attempts, build up to the "climax"... the reveal of her exposed face.
She must fight back, she must struggle, she must do everything to defend her mask... her secret identity.
Also, some dialogue from her... desperate, horrified, determined, angry #masktalk
And the one who unmasks her... toying, teasing, enjoying every second #masktalk²
I think half face mask works better than full face mask, some scene did have a more sexual tune for a full face mask, but I would want to see at least some facial expression from the heroine (or villain for that matter) when she was being unmasked. Full face mask cover the entire face, you can't really feel the fear, unless that actress is very good with her eyes.
I don't have any preference on mask material. Well, as long as it's not 2 dollars costume shop mask....
Yes, definitely no unconscious unmasking, I agree, removing someone's article post unconscious is like an afterthought to me, It's like "Okay, I am yours, just take anything you want" I know some people like it, I just don't
Strangely I don't have any issue the heroine being tied up. or whether or not the mask was destroyed in the end, that did give me something to think about.
About the build up climax and mask talk, funny you mention this, but not too many people find that hot, I do find it really hot.Not sure if you had watch this movie (It's not a superheroine movie, but a slasher killer movie) It's called the stangers where 3 masked killer go on rampage killing, 2 of them are girl, one called Dollface (Wearing a Doll mask) and the other called Pin Up girl (Wearing a 50's style girl mask). There was a scene when Dollface stalk her victim (a young girl) and try to kill her, the young girl was hiding in the police car after dollface slashed the officer neck, Dollface toy with her and finally make her move. But the girl manage to unwiggle the officer shot gun and blast Dollface in the chest, as dollface sat on the road dying, the girl get out of the vehicle unmask her and ask her "why" and she said "Why not" then the girl shoot her in the face with the shot gun.
That short exchange makes the scene very, VERY HOT.......
This is IMO one of the best, if not THE BEST villain unmask scene in movie I have seen.
But then that did beg the question, if the heroine can change her appearance, then why the mask?
Sure the beautiful part is a plus, but it's not a deciding factor for me.
The third one remind me of Ava's Superheroine Project. She had a villain called "Pink Pixie" which her mask let her process the power of mind control, and her heroine always need to unmask Pink Pixie to put the subject out of her control. I don't mind that as a plotline.
1) The heroine didn't realize at first that she had the power to change her face. She'd been using her biokinetic power on others, but not on herself. In Episode 20, she goes to her brother for some shelter after her identity is revealed, and (smart cookie that he is) he gives her the suggestion to try altering her own face using her powers. It works. Then he uses his computer skills to wipe the photos of her old face from the Internet and create a new ID for her. She has thus wiped out her old identity and has a new name, preserving her new secret ID.
2) The villainess wants to see the heroine's "beautiful" face because she has a crush on her. It's part of a sexy flirting process that takes place during and after their fight, i.e. "You're so pretty, I wish that you weren't evil so we could have some fun together."
3) I remember the Pink Pixie but not the mind control aspect of her. Anyway, this mind-control mask is different. The mask only appears on a heroine when she is dosed by the mind-control pollen of Devorra the Queen Bee (which happens in the previous episode). Then, the heroine develops a 'bee mask' on her face to signify that she is a mindless drone under the Queen Bee's control. When the plant-powered heroine uses her power to remove the pollen from the heroine's system, the 'bee mask' disappears from the heroine's face. Hence, she is 'unmasked' but also brought back to full control of her own faculties.
Thanks for addressing these masking issues! By the way, I did watch the Strangers slasher/thriller clip. It was dramatic and well done but I didn't really consider it to be 'hot'. To me, the object of desire being killed negates the hotness. Different strokes for different folks, that's fine!
