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{{Short description|Fetish involving balloons}}
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[[File:InflatableBalloons.jpg|thumb|[[Balloons]] with different colors]]
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|publicationdate = October 28{{Sup|th}}, 2014
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|publishedby = DAW Books
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|type = Novella
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}}{{Quote|Magic is a central element in the Kingkiller books, and there are clues to Auri's past that seem to point toward some great power, either bottled up or lost. Slow Regard, though, isn't concerned with solving the cipher that is Auri, only with giving her room to bloom.|[https://www.npr.org/2014/10/28/358118750/slow-regard-is-a-riddle-wrapped-in-a-mystery-living-in-an-underground-tunnel NPR]}}
  
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'''Balloon fetishists''' (colloquially "looners")<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071110095616/http://thewavemagazine.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=22026 Fetish Confessions: Telling loved ones about your fetish is as easy as solving fractured quadratic equations]}}, Sandy Brundage, ''The Wave Magazine'' Volume 2 Issue 15, 31 July 2002 (retrieved 22 August 2010 on [[Internet Archive Wayback Machine]])</ref> may be divided into two categories: those who are sexually inclined to pop balloons, possibly alongside other activities (called "poppers"), and those who are sexually inclined exclusively to non-popping activities, such as blowing up balloons and deflating them (called "non-poppers").<ref name=gates>Gates, Katharine (1999); [https://books.google.com/books?id=C--gIzIGo5UC&q=%22balloon+fetish%22 ''Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex''], [[Juno Books]], {{ISBN|1-890451-03-7}} (retrieved 22 August 2010 from [[Google Books]])</ref><ref>[http://www.nerve.com/ididitforscience/i-did-it-for-science-balloon-fetish I Did It for Science: Balloon Fetishism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723142533/http://www.nerve.com/ididitforscience/i-did-it-for-science-balloon-fetish |date=23 July 2010 }}, Jen Miller, Nerve.com, 4 May 2005 (retrieved 29 January 2020)</ref><ref>[http://www.asylum.com/2008/09/10/balloon-fetish-is-it-porn/ Balloon Fetish, Is It Porn?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305021942/http://www.asylum.com/2008/09/10/balloon-fetish-is-it-porn |date=5 March 2010 }}, Emily McCombs, Asylum.com, 10 September 2008 (retrieved 22 August 2010)</ref><ref name="gates2">Gates, Katharine (1999); [https://books.google.com/books?id=C--gIzIGo5UC&q=%22balloon+fetish%22 ''Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex''], [[Juno Books]], {{ISBN|1-890451-03-7}} (retrieved 22 August 2010 from [[Google Books]]), pp. 83, 89–90</ref>  Some "non-poppers" are greatly distressed by the idea of popping balloons, possibly even to the point of tears.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=l_8pAQAAIAAJ&q=balloon+fetish ''Headpress'': journal of sex, religion, death, Issues 21-23], David Kerekes, Headpress, p. 142 (retrieved 22 August 2010 from Google Books)</ref>{{efn|A severe fear of balloons or their possible popping may be referred to as ''[[Balloon phobia|globophobia]]'' (which may also refer to a fear or dislike of [[globalization]]).}} Others enjoy blowing up balloons or sitting and lying on them.<ref>Gates pp. 83,89-90</ref>
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'''The Slow Regard of Silent Things''' is a novella and one of the companion tales in ''[[The Kingkiller Chronicle]]''. The story focuses on [[Auri]] and covers the seven day period between chapters four and eleven of [[The Wise Man's Fear]] where Auri is waiting for a visit from [[Kvothe]].
  
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== "Looner" Culture ==
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==Editions==
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One hallmark of the distinction between poppers and non-poppers may be in seeing balloons' bursting either as a metaphor for [[orgasm]],<ref>{{cite web |date=24 January 2013 |title=B is for... |url=http://www.iateskinny.com/2013/01/b-is-for.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223135525/http://www.iateskinny.com/2013/01/b-is-for.html |archivedate=23 February 2014 |accessdate=17 June 2018 |website=I Ate Skinny}}</ref> or as a metaphor for [[death]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Balloon Fetish / Mistress of Asia |url=http://www.mistressofasia.com/fetish-balloon.php |accessdate=16 September 2017 |website=Mistressofasia.com}}</ref>
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (US).jpg|The Slow Regard of Silent Things (US, original cover)
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== Media Depictions ==
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (UK).jpg|The Slow Regard of Silent Things (UK)
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (BR).jpg|A música do silêncio (Brasil)
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* Geiru Toneido, a fictional [[Evil clown|homicidal clown]] and [[Balloon modelling|balloon artist]] from ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice]]'', developed online notoriety with the advent of the "[[Coulrophilia|clussy]]" concept, the artwork of which has a very strong focus on the sexualisation of balloons, per her [[Characterization|character design]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-28 |title=Serve Me Up a Slice of That Clussy |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/geiru-toneido-clussy |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=MEL Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (CATALONIA).jpg|La música del silenci (Catalonia)
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* In 2019 the stylist [[Christopher Kane]] presented a collection inspired by looners.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AnOther |date=2019-02-19 |title=A Guide to the Sexual Fetishes That Inspired Christopher Kane A/W19 |url=https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/11515/a-guide-to-the-sexual-fetishes-that-inspired-christopher-kane-aw19 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=AnOther |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Salter |first=Steve |date=2019-02-19 |title=christopher kane invited us inside the fetish world's of looners, rubberists, and sploshers |url=https://i-d.co/article/christopher-kane-invited-us-inside-the-fetish-worlds-of-looners-rubberists-and-sploshers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123143923/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/j57dpy/christopher-kane-invited-us-inside-the-fetish-worlds-of-looners-rubberists-and-sploshers |archive-date=2021-01-23 |access-date=2025-04-24 |url-status=live |website=i-d.vice.com}}</ref> A tematic t-shirt <ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Looner' t-shirt {{!}} Christopher Kane |url=https://www.christopherkane.com/ru/shopping/looner-t-shirt-13987728 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729200856/https://www.christopherkane.com/ru/shopping/looner-t-shirt-13987728 |archive-date=2023-07-29 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=www.christopherkane.com}}</ref> and a sneaker <ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=The Looner Sneaker {{!}} Christopher Kane |url=https://www.christopherkane.com/ru/article/the-looner-sneaker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729200858/https://www.christopherkane.com/ru/article/the-looner-sneaker |archive-date=2023-07-29 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=www.christopherkane.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Looner sneaker {{!}} Christopher Kane |url=https://www.christopherkane.com/ru/shopping/looner-sneaker-13450581 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729204034/https://www.christopherkane.com/ru/shopping/looner-sneaker-13450581 |archive-date=2023-07-29 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=www.christopherkane.com}}</ref> were released.
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (CZ).jpg|Hudba Ticha (Czech Republic)
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* ''[[SexTV]]'' season 9 episode 23, 9 June 2007.<ref>[http://www.sextelevision.net/archives/episodeArchivesDisplay.asp?segmentID=536&seasonID=9 Balloon Fetish] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617041244/http://www.sextelevision.net/archives/episodeArchivesDisplay.asp?segmentID=536&seasonID=9|date=17 June 2010}}, ''SexTV'' Archives (retrieved 22 August 2010)</ref><ref>{{IMDb title|1048907|SexTV: Amanda Lepore/Balloon Fetish/Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman}}</ref>
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (FR).jpg|La Musique Du Silence (France)
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* ''[[Taboo (2002 TV series)|Taboo]]'', 2012 episode on [[National Geographic Channel]].<ref>{{cite web |date=24 July 2012 |title=Balloon Infatuation |url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/taboo/videos/balloon-infatuation/ |accessdate=16 September 2017 |website=Channel.nationalgeographic.com}}</ref>
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (DE).jpg|Die Musik der Stille (Germany)
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (HU).jpg|A szótlan tárgyak lassú szemlélése (Hungary)
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==See also==
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (PL).jpg|Muzyka milczącego świata (Poland)
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* [[Body inflation]]
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (PT).jpg|A Música do Silêncio (Portugal)
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* [[Coulrophilia]]
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (RU).jpg|Спокойное достоинство безмолвия (Russia)
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* [[Inflatable doll]]
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (SK).jpg|Pomalé skúmanie ticha (Slovakia)
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* [[Latex and PVC fetishism]]
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (ES).jpg|La música del silencio (Spain)
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* [[Bubble dance]]
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (NL).jpg|De Muziek van de Stilte (The Netherlands)
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (TR).jpg|Sessizliğin Müziği (Turkey)
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==Notes==
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things (RS).jpg|Muzika Tišine (Serbia)
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==References==
 
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{{Spoken Wikipedia|En-Balloon fetish-article.ogg|date=2023-07-05}}
 
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Latest revision as of 05:07, 18 November 2025

Magic is a central element in the Kingkiller books, and there are clues to Auri's past that seem to point toward some great power, either bottled up or lost. Slow Regard, though, isn't concerned with solving the cipher that is Auri, only with giving her room to bloom.

– NPR

The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a novella and one of the companion tales in The Kingkiller Chronicle. The story focuses on Auri and covers the seven day period between chapters four and eleven of The Wise Man's Fear where Auri is waiting for a visit from Kvothe.

Editions

  • The Slow Regard of Silent Things (US, original cover)

  • The Slow Regard of Silent Things (UK)

  • A música do silêncio (Brasil)

  • La música del silenci (Catalonia)

  • Hudba Ticha (Czech Republic)

  • La Musique Du Silence (France)

  • Die Musik der Stille (Germany)

  • A szótlan tárgyak lassú szemlélése (Hungary)

  • Muzyka milczącego świata (Poland)

  • A Música do Silêncio (Portugal)

  • Спокойное достоинство безмолвия (Russia)

  • Pomalé skúmanie ticha (Slovakia)

  • La música del silencio (Spain)

  • De Muziek van de Stilte (The Netherlands)

  • Sessizliğin Müziği (Turkey)

  • Muzika Tišine (Serbia)

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