Tuesday, June 20, 2006

First Post: A History

I can't explain it, but it's there. This fascination I have had since I can remember. I don't know exactly when it started. It most likely started with "sleeping gas". Yes, that had to be it. You see it all the time on cartoons; villains will release a puff of smoke in a female's face and in a second they are fast asleep. So common is this cliche that I have even seen it recently on TV. Oh no! Knockout Gas!One show I credit with this fascination is the cartoon "Inspector Gadget" produced by DiC. Who can forget that show? It practically defined my childhood! An episode titled "A Race to the Finish" had a scene where Penny (the protagonist, a little girl) was trapped in a warehouse that began to fill with "knockout gas"! The average child probably never gave a damn, but there was something about that scene which stuck. I didn't realize it, but that scene and many others greatly influenced me.
(Here is the Inspector Gadget scene on Rapidshare: http://rapidshare.de/files/23623160/inspectorgadget_racetothefinish.wmv.html)

Exposure to the internet had a huge impact on my fascination. Websites such as The Gasman's Sleeping Gas site, The Land of Nod, and The Ethernet (now defunct) were visited constantly by me. Those sites reassured me that I was not the only one with this fascination, that there were others just like me.
It became increasingly harder to find gas scenes. Whenever I did a search on Altavista or Google for "sleeping gas" or something related, nothing but porn came up. I am not interested at all in pornography, that defeats the purpose. Essentially my only resources were TV and comics.
Then one day while reading the Sunday comics in the newspaper, I came across a scene in Spiderman:
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It was something different, but I liked it. It was called chloroform.
Chloroform is a very interesting substance. It was originally used as an anesthetic but not anymore because it is dangerous. It is still used in fantasy however. A lot of comics and TV shows used it.
It is a simple yet effective way to render someone unconscious. First, the chloroform (usually in the form of a volatile liquid) is applied onto a cloth. Then the cloth is placed over the victim's nose and mouth, forcing them to breathe the fumes. Almost instantly the victim is gracefully drugged into submission. It would take longer in real life, but I don't care about real life. All this exists completely in my imagination.
Now of course the victim is almost always a female. There are exceptions, but 99% of the time I am completely disgusted by a male victim. The image of a sleeping female is one of the most beautiful sights God endowed upon us. The last thing I want to see is an ugly putz getting the cloth; it just ain't happening!
So anyway, in my searching I discovered a site called the Chloroforum. I think it is currently the hotbed of activity in the sleepy subculture. People share their finds, which can be a video clip or picture. Most of the time however, people just download! I have an account on the Chloroforum and I go by the pseudonym "Prgram". How did I choose that name you ask? Well I saw it on a ballpoint pen I had sitting on my table. A logo on the pen meant to say "Program" but misspelled it "Prgram" and that's how I got my name. Just yesterday I uploaded from my personal collection a clip from Spiderman of the Black Cat getting gassed. It was a very popular clip! I also made an avatar that was taken from a screenshot of a Detective Conan episode. It has also sparked some interest. So as you can see, I have been pretty busy lately!

Using the Chloroforum I managed to amass a collection of over 2,000 clips and pictures related to my fascination. Recently I have been doing my own independent research in finding clips and have turned up quite fruitful. Just in terms of comic scans, I have found nearly 500 of them! I plan to share these finds as they turn up.
Gas and chloroformings are my favorite, but there are also scenes with good injections, head knockouts, and drugged drinks. With over 3.2GB of sleepy files on my hard disk, it is becoming increasingly difficult to hide my secret. Everyone who knows me in person, does not know about my fascination. Hopefully, the anonymity of the internet can hide my identity.

This blog is perhaps the most audacious step I have taken since I started saving files on my hard disk. I also think this is one of the first blogs that discusses nothing but the sleepy fetish (I really hate that word by the way). I have no idea where this blog will lead me. One thing's for sure though: this fascination is here to stay.

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