We all enjoy seeing a woman getting pied, but how important is the impact factor? In other words, does a slow pie-to-the-face work as well as a thrown pie striking the face and splattering?

For me, the splatter is necessary. I also love to see it in other areas, such as balloons bursting and covering the target with mess, or having a person drop hard into a pool of mess or mud puddle.

The splash and splatter is a big part of wam for me, as it's not something that can be controlled. My goal is to see a young woman play with a huge clear balloon filled with multi-colored slime until the balloon unexpectedly pops, sending the mess all over her, or all over the wall, or wherever it decides to go. The thrill is in the uncertainty, and the surprise when it does explode.

How important is the 'flying mess' element to you?

I need a good, solid pie hit. Gently pushed in the face does nothing for me.

Visually I like the impact, the fall into the tank, the gunge hitting from the head or the ballistic pie...but when I am getting messy, I like it slow and drawn out to add to the tease and tension, except the pie, which I still like being 'hit' with but that is probably more slapstick.

Surprises are a lot of fun, but impact as in a pie hitting hard in the face is less important. A gently smushed pie with a helpless victim can be very hot. And if it looks like a pie in the face might hurt or is hard enough to cause damage then I find that distracting.

A splash can add fun, but slow immersion, or a more gradual mess, heightens the anticipation and makes it a more sensual experience for me.

A splash that fully covers right from the start just takes it to the end game and skips all the fun.

BUT

BUTT

Splashes happen unexpectedly, and those can be truly wonderful.

Especially outside of the context of planned WAM.