Bound to succeed

Sometimes the person about to be spanked is first securely tied to the bench - or other item acting as a spanking bench - before the first stroke is administered.

In the real life world of historic non-consensual beatings, such an act was often part of the ritual:  one example - before a bosun did everything he could to impart serious pain into a miscreant's backside, the victim would be secured across a cannon, so that escape was impossible and the entire ordeal would be completed in one session.

Partly for this reason, some domestic discipline scenarios have a similar ritual - the penitent is secured so that a full measure of discipline may be administered.   But, I suspect, only partly.

Nowadays, I would hazard all adult to adult spankings are completely consensual:  for those that are not lead to rapid appearances before some criminal court to be asked to explain just what one was thinking.

But sometimes the pretense that it is not consensual adds a peppery tingle to the session.   So a second reason that a person may allow themselves to be secured by wrist and ankle to a frame is that, to some degree, the beating is out of control of the one on the receiving end.   There is trust that the caning, paddling or whipping will stay within the bounds of being reasonable, but it is no longer possible to simply stand up and walk away if it is not.

But many of those with a liking for spanking also have the fellow foible of bondage.   When a lady willingly touches her toes to be dealt with in an appropriate manner - that act of submission carries many level of overtone in it.   And to demure to being securely fastened is one of the ultimate acts of submission.

So - when one adult secures another prior to a beating, there are many forces that have come into play:  the submission, the non-consensual nature, and that it is not impossible that pain thresholds might be crossed.   A heady mixture - so heady, I am among those who agree it is one that should only be shared by partners who have earned complete trust in each other.

It would be a disaster to find that your newest, most charming partner is actually an utter sadist once you have made it impossible for you stop any more pain being inflicted.   Only the most dedicated masochist would enjoy such a session - and, to the surprise of vanillas - very few spankos who enjoy being on the receiving end meet the definition of having masochistic tendencies.

If your writing takes your characters into being tied up and spanked, it does not have to turn into a Mood Pictures pain fest.    The delights, sensations and emotions of being secured and whacked can be explored in depth, without the victim having to endure some sort of torture session.   Just a very intense one.

Even in our wildest fantasies, having one eye of it all being SSC is not a bad idea.