Bad Ideas explained: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/321008/ Includes index.

It's not just the weight of the crown...

Picture a chair, or rather a throne, with the usual four legs. Now let's change it some. At the bottom of the left two legs we'll add a cross-piece and then do the same for the right two legs. Now the throne has two long flat pieces resting on the floor. Rather than leave one flat, have one of them (left, from the point of view of one sitting on the throne) curved on the bottom. This is not a rocking chair, but one piece looks more like half of a log than a square beam. On this side is a (counter-)weight and a stop. The throne tips slightly in the direction of the weight but the stop keeps it from falling over.

Now the other side is left alone except for what's under the beam. Some fellow's balls are trapped there. Perhaps he is bound and standing in a pit, or standing next to a raised platform on which this throne sits. Or maybe, appropriately, he is kneeling. It's not bad for him, not yet. The weight of the throne itself is mostly countered and he can take it without pain - or at least he can take it without showing any pain. Of course, he can't say much with that gag.

But if, that is when, someone sits upon the throne then his pain will be immense. Should that someone lean his way, the pain increases. Maybe enough pressure for things to *pop*. He's one of the lucky ones - he's not down in the dungeon where much nastier things can and do happen. One should not offend the Princess, should one? And it really takes balls to be Her "right-hand man."

Oh, Hello Your Highness...