can you do an aesthetic for hair grabbing//manhandling please??? thanks!
Oooh, yes, that’s a good one! Let me know if I got everything you were thinking of!
Aesthetic: Manhandling
So there are the classics, the ones we know and love - being herded by a gun, hands in the air, moving slowly to stall for time and also because a trembling trigger finger will spasm at any sudden action. A sword shoved in the hollow of a throat, head tilted back, eyes narrowed, a smirk as they swallow, as the swordpoint digs in a little deeper. Being dragged with shackles and chains, resisting because of both pain and defiance, a glower on their face.
And then there are the ones that are special. The ones that don’t use weapons. The ones that use only bare hands.
A fist wrapped in long hair, yanking back (it’s always back, isn’t it, forcing the guard open and leaving the neck defenseless). Do they grin, eyes slanted, a deliberate swallow to draw attention to the angles of their neck? Do they snarl, tears almost forming at the corner of their eyes at the pain when they resist? Do they cry out, trying to comply but moving too slowly, too weak, the movement tugging at old wounds?
A hand around the neck, just underneath the jaw, shoving them into a wall. Not quite choking, but their windpipe is compressed and they shove themselves on tiptoes and talk faster and faster as they’re pressed against the wall.
Two guards on either side, forcing arms behind back and palms yanked up. The position is beyond uncomfortable and the fingers are tight on their wrists. It is almost too discomforting to pay attention to the conversation.
Tackling them to the floor. A sudden expulsion of breath, fingers jabbed into pressure points, a heavy weight on their limbs. They’re on their back before they realize what’s going on. They are restrained before they can breathe again.
A hand on a wrist - deceptively casual, but the grip is strong, grinding bones together, and the wrist is weak. A sudden yank to drag them closer, stumble-stuttering forward, a wince as their wrist is nearly pulled out of alignment.
A crushing grip. A handshake that turns into a pissing contest, an easy smile as their fingers grind against each other. The pain is unbearable and they drop to their knees, pleading for it to stop.
We don’t need guns or swords or chains. We have hands - hands that can twist in hair, that can tighten around bones, that can push and pull and squeeze and break. The human body is versatile at fighting, at dominating. Make full use of it. Of the intimacy in using hands, of the roughness, of framing power and strength.
Tools are useful to even the playing field. But sometimes they don’t need tools. Sometimes they’re just stronger. Stronger than your strongest characters. And they will prove it by treating them like a toy.
