One-line definition
A predicament is scene design that suspends a participant between two uncomfortable options or postural pressures.
Full definition
The predicament is a design pattern rather than a single practice: any setup where every available choice costs something. Its best-known form is predicament bondage, but the pattern works without rope, whether that is a posture to hold, a rule that conflicts with a reflex, or a choice between two penalties. The elegance, by the genre’s standards, is that the dilemma runs itself.
Related terms
- Predicament Bondage
- Bondage
- Punishment
- RACK