This Pride Month interview comes courtesy of Vesper Vail, a queen of kink. She’s an accomplished trans femme domme, who makes fantasies into a reality for those who want to submit. Most recently, Vesper has starred in BEMOAN, a film directed by Bella Vendetta and co-starring former SMBabe Victor Viero. Check out what Vesper has to say below:
The film that you’re in, Bemoan, debuted a few weeks ago. How was the experience of being directed by Bella Vendetta and working with Victor Viero on something that an outsider would view as vulnerable?
Bella Vendetta is a godsent. The direction that she has given me as a domme and a model has been invaluable and I am so grateful to be a member of the Treasure Cams studio. Getting the oversight of someone with so much experience in the field has been wonderful, and having the opportunity to collaborate on a project like Bemoan was thrilling beyond words.
Victor Viero is one of my favorite people to partner with. Many will note how well we have worked together in our double domme shows, last year around the holidays. We had so much fun together on set creating so much blasphemous and debaucherous wickedness together.
Since Bemoan was also my film debut, I won’t lie, I was a little anxious before things started, but I am someone who jumps in with both feet. Once we started shooting, all of the nerves melted away, and we all just let the creativity flow. I could not be more satisfied with how hot the end-product turned out or how positive its reception has been.
As certain groups try to silence the Queer presence in the world, it seems like counteracting them with art and culture is a pillar of strength. What does it mean for you as an artist for Queer art to thrive?
In the face of this hostile political environment, it is more important than ever to uplift Queer voices. The mere act of existing as an out and proud trans femme is an act of resistance, and I carry that into everything I do, including and especially my art. When I am not on cam, I spend most of my time actively creating art, supporting fellow Queer artists, and planning our art projects to get involved in.
For my Queer art to thrive, I strive to authentically represent the unique perspective that comes from being Queer in our society. Some of that is hardship and adversity, but I think it is more important to focus on Queer joy. All too often, we are bombarded with a barrage of pessimism and gloom when we tell Queer and trans stories. Amongst all of the erasure of Queer content and Queer history, it can be difficult to find narratives that dispel the sadness and instead display the liberation and revelry that comes from embracing ourselves honestly.
Creating art is my predominant motivator in life, and I find that juxtaposing Queer suffering with not only Queer resilience but also Queer celebration speaks most loudly.
While working as a domme, you’ve certainly have opened up several Pandora’s boxes for otherwise cis-het people. Have you found that ushering fetishes for people on cam or otherwise have lead to them discovering their true self?
If there’s one thing that gives me the greatest pride in my work, it is the way that I have cultivated spaces for people to divulge their secret desires. I took a couple weeks off for a vacation in January, and when I returned to cam, I can’t tell you how many people told me how grateful they were to see me back. It was overwhelming how many subs told me that they had tried doing queer scenes with other models, but it just didn’t feel right – or in the worst case, even made them feel bad or ashamed. My aim as a domme is always to provide my subs with the safety to experience fantasies that they’ve been curious about, and I take great care to ensure that they are able to experiment and indulge without negativity.
There are more than a few who have come to me to tell me about how they have come out since we started playing together or even just change how they think of themselves. As someone who specializes in storytelling and setting immersive scenes, I lavish the opportunity to swap stories back and forth as my subs go out into the world, start having new and exciting experiences, then come back eagerly to tell me about it! Some of my regulars come in just seeking advice. It warms my heart to witness them change and I’m honored to be a part of it.
When I was reading your bio on the Treasure Cams site, you have an incredible and eclectic taste in media. What is something that you enjoy where if you told someone they’d be like “Oh, really? I wouldn’t have guessed that!”
I’m definitely known to have an eclectic – and sometimes chaotic – taste in media. I often tell people not to listen to my playlists with any expectations except to be surprised. Variety is the spice of life and I am quite the experimentalist.
It seems too cliche to say that people are surprised to learn how much of a nerd I am. I love sci-fi and fantasy, especially TTRPGs. I’m a dungeon master in more than one sense of the word.
One thing that often surprises people is that I probably listen to classical music more than any other genre. I was a classically-trained pianist, and baroque and romantic music is where I am most centered. Something about the dyed hair, piercings, and alt exterior makes people assume I’m mostly into punk, metal, and rock, but I temper my Deftones and The Clash with Debussy and Chopin.
Celebrating the Queer community is obviously a sentiment that should go year-round, but what is something that you’re proud of as a domme?
I studied philosophy in college, and in one of my classes, a professor described the difference between Queer as an adjective, a noun, and an identity from “queered” as a verb. Things are Queered, when they are othered, made to be different and implied to be worse for being so. This view has shifted my world view, and I remind myself that even if I’m not engaging with someone in a “Queer act” the way that we traditionally think of it, we are all partaking in queered acts for having an interest in kink, fetishes, and BDSM.
I am proud, as a domme, to assure my subs that doing Queer and queered acts is not wrong. As I said above, I take great pride in the comfort that I have cultivated with my subs for them to express their most hidden wants and covert desires. More than that, I can brag about how I can exist in a world of so much taboo without unwanted shame, embarrassment, or disgrace.
Recently, I was having some pillow talk with one of my subs after a marathon session – in which I committed a series of carnal acts that I am very proud of. We were talking about what kink and power dynamics mean to us, and they told me how it may seem somewhat counterintuitive, but they feel incredibly empowered when they submit. Acts of submission hold a lot of stigma, but to them, there is nothing more emboldening and they carry that power with them outside of our scenes and throughout their day.
A surge of pride overcame me when they told me that. As a domme, there is always a rush that comes from exercising power over a person, but it is so much more rewarding to see how positively it affects them. My subs put a great deal of trust in me, and I cherish that. I am proud to see how my time with them gives them so much needed and well-deserved relief.
