Rope bottom
The person being tied in a rope scene, also called a rope model or, less often today, a rope bunny. Bottoming is treated as an active role with its own skills, such as communication and body awareness.
A rope bottom is the person being tied, while the rigger does the tying. Anatomie Studio in London treats bottoming as half of every rope pairing and a skill that grows with practice: body awareness, moving well within a tie, telling the ache of effort from pain that signals a stop, and above all communicating clearly from inside the rope. Shibari Study’s glossary points out that a bottom is not necessarily submissive, so the two words are not interchangeable. Some communities prefer “model”, which carries no kink association, though some feel it sounds more passive. The older rope bunny is now heard less; the guide to what a rope bunny is explains why. More in Both sides of the rope.