Handmaid's Tale - The Belt!

David and I have just been making our way through the Handmaid's Tale TV series. We just got to season 2, episode 8, and there was a good old fashioned belt whipping I need to blog about!

Offred a.k.a. June

We watched season 1 around the time it first came out. Then recently we saw there was a new season, so we went to watch that and quickly realized we had skipped seasons 2 and 3, so we went back to watch those. Then we remembered we had seen an episode of season 2 and got grossed out and quit (the handcuffed to stove thing... yuck!). But we persevered this time and got to episode 8 and were rewarded with a good belt whipping!

In case you haven't seen the series or read the book, it's Margaret Atwood's dystopian view of a future USA where the religious fundamentalists take over amidst a plunging birthrate. Certain "fallen women" who are fortunate to be able to bear children are made "handmaids" and are given out to high ranking families to bear the man's child where the wife cannot.

Commander Fred and Serena Joy Waterford

The main character is June, a handmaid renamed Offred ("Of Fred"), who is given to Commander Fred Waterford and his wife Serena Joy Waterford to bear them a child by means of "the ceremony".

Yes, it's fucking kinky, though we're meant to "tut tut" at the rape. This is a theme, as we shall see.

A this point in season 2, Serena Waterford is a twisted, holier-than-thou, bitch. She used to be a hard-driving politician, but after the takeover, all women were expected to not work and fulfill a domestic role. The Commander is injured in a bombing attack, and while he was incapacitated Serena began secretly acting on his behalf, aided by Offred who used to be a book editor, forging his signature on orders that kept the household safe from even worse elements in the government.

Once the commander is recovered, there is a sick baby, and the most expert pediatric specialist is a woman now a housemaid. Serena asks Fred to sign an order allowing the specialist to visit the baby. He refuses for their safety. But then, behind Fred's back, Serena, aided and abetted by Offred, writes an order and forges her husband's name on it. It actually winds up saving the baby, but that's not the point, is it?

Commander Waterford finds out and calls both Serena and June into his office.

David and I were both thinking "spanking" right from this moment, but thought we would likely be disappointed. As it turned out, we weren't!

After clearing up what happens, and after Serena tries making excuses, Commander Fred says, "it was unfair of me to burden you with so much responsibility. Now we must make amends."

"Amends?" Serena asks.

Oh boy! David and I turned to one another. Is she going to get spanked? Nah!

The Commander goes to his book shelf and gets the Bible and reads, "wives, submit yourselves onto your own husbands as onto the Lord..." As he reads he walks slowly over to a chair and then pulls it out from the side of the room into the middle.

Oh yeah! Spanking time, Serena, you stuck up, holier-than-thou bitch, and right in front of your pregnant handmaid Offred who you've generally been horrid towards. That should take you down a peg or two!

We close up on Serena.

She's looking worried and says, "Fred, please..." It's on for sure, though David and I are still pinching ourselves.

Fred puts the Bible down onto the seat of the chair.

He then slowly unbuckles his belt,

pulls it off, and doubles it.

Wow! She's going to be belt whipped bent over the back of the chair, looking down at the Bible, while Offred watches. Is this, like, the best mainstream spanking ever??? And did David and I just stumble into it?

The Commander calls Serena over. She knows what's expected of her. She slowly walks to the chair, puts her hands on the back of it, and before bending over looks over at Offred, not believing that this girl will see her shame, but the shame is part of her punishment; and Offred's punishment is to witness her Mistress being punished.

Serena bends over and awaits her fate.

At this point it becomes clear that Serena will not be disrobed for her belting. Shucks!!!

The production should have hired technical advisors, such as David and I, to lend a sense of realism to the scene. There's no way that belt is going to do anything to her ass through all those thick layers of skirts. Not beleivable! At least the blue dress should have come up and she should have gotten it on her slip. Or more likely the slip up too, so he could see where he was aiming and what damage was being done. If they wanted to preserve some modesty for TV, sure keep her panties up. A panties-up belting would still leave a good impression on the uppity woman.

Then he starts whipping her. The belt lashes are good and hard, enough to leave an impression, but totally at the wrong angle!

Where in hell is that belt expected to land??? On her tailbone? Grazing off the top of her ass? I mean really! Later on, in the most exciting reveal, we see that she has marks on her lower ass cheeks. How did those get there??? David and I, as technical advisors, would have been right in there. I would have bent over with the dress up. David would have swung the belt properly, to hit my low ass cheeks. Amateurs, I tell you!

As Serena Joy is struck over and over again, Offred tries to turn away but is told by the Commander she must watch it all. She turns back and winces at every stroke.

She is horrified! The cruelty! Meanwhile David and I are laughing our heads off. I mean, earlier in the series they fucking burned a girl's hand off! This was like a routine Sunday belting for us.

Legit, if I forged my husband's signature on a document, after first asking him to sign it and him refusing for good reasons, I'd be getting a hell of a lot worse than her, the precious little priss. Take it. Take your belting. You know you deserve it. Stop whining about it.

The camera kept going back to Offred witnessing the torture. David and I were still laughing. We figured Serena's pussy was just getting a bit wet by now and El Commandatore was about to take her to the bedroom and shove his dick in, maybe while he makes her eat out June. What a commotion over a little spanking. Yeesh!

Afterwards, we cut to a sore, limping, tearful Serena in her bedroom starting to undress.

She winces in pain as she slowly undresses herself.

It is soooo over the top. I mean, suck it up buttercup. You got the belt from your man, big dealio.

At this point after one of my spankings, I'm all relieved of my guilt and glad to be back on my man's good side. I'm happy and bubbly! And with a sore ass, yes. And expecting some activity in the bedroom that evening, after wiggling my bare red ass in his face and engorging his passions during my spanking. And believe me I will be oh-be-dee-ent in bed after a good spanking like that.

She's crying as she lets her hair down for maybe the first time in the series.

We are to sympathize with her. No way. Bitch had it coming!

She slowly turns and we can see she is positioning to look at herself in the mirror.

Is this going to be it? Is thing going to be the "money shot"? She begins the faintest of turning motions. OMG! It is!!!

I mean, what girl after a spanking does not want to look at her ass? It's almost mandatory, right? Will there be a closeup? Please let there be a closeup!!! It was only in frame for an instant, but thanks to the miracle of downloading, I present it here for you in all its exposure-enhanced glory!

Yes!!!!! A bunch of observations come to mind.

• Does not look like a belting to me, more like a lamp-cord whipping or something like that.
• No way from that high angle does he touch her low butt cheeks like that.
• Sexy panties for the ultra-religious, chaste wife, no? They are regulation.
• Great ass! World class.
• Who was the lucky makeup artist who got to work on that????
• Yeah, ok, it hurts Serena Joy, but enough with the histrionics already!

David and I were openly laughing and mocking her character. What a lot of fuss over a little belt whipping. I've had worse warmups than that.

We then see the oh-so-helpful Offred follow Serena up to her room and knock on her door.

"Y...y...yes" says Serena, still standing in her bra and panties inside her room.

"Mrs. Waterford... do you need anything?" asks Offred. 

"No." she says firmly, choking back her tears.

"Can I do anything for you?" Offred persists, the sisterly angst on her face so genuine.

No answer.

"Serena?" she persists.

Serena almost, almost breaks down and sobs.

But gathering herself in the nick of time, she puts back on her stony bitch face and says, "yes. Go back to your room."

After which she breaks down and sobs silent tears into her hand.

I mean, have none of the writers, actors, directors, ever been spanked before??? What a lot of fuss and nonsense!

Next time, hire David and I as your technical advisors, really.

But of course, what we love is all the tut-tutting the audience is expected to engage in at this horrible violation of Serena Joy's backside by her strict husband. Meanwhile, of course, it was served up precisely because it was so titillating. I wonder how many frustrated vanilla wives turned to their husbands and asked, "you would never think of doing that to me, would you?"

Ha ha!