Amnesia

[lululuvsblack]

Here's a story that I would love to read.

A girl who's very respectable and very repressed, possibly even a virgin, and she's very proud of her reputation for not putting it about, like that's what she feels defines her character.

Then she's in an accident and gets amnesia, doesn't know who she is any more, doesn't have that need to push all her lust filled feelings down to protect a reputation she doesn't know she has.

Then there is a mistaken identity as a result of the accident. People think she's a stripper or a hooker or a porn star or something. Since she now believes this is who she is, she feels she must live up to that reputation instead and act on her urges.

By the time her memory comes back she's a total slut and there's no going back.

 

[PerilEyes]

"Amnesia" by SilviaG plays on this theme very nicely. Worth a good look.

 

[FantasyXY]

The plot seems kind of hokey, but strangely I like this idea. This is sort of how I see it playing out.

Girl is extra straight laced and pretty tightly wound. She has a lot of sexual desires that she just doesn't understand so she suppresses them. There is some guy that is her friend. He has a huge crush on her but is to shy to take it to the next level. She has feelings for him but suppresses them because she is afraid of her sexual desires.

She gets amnesia and the mistaken identity thing tells her that she is a stripper. She goes to her job and really likes teasing men. Finally she gives in to her desires and starts having sex with men in the VIP room.

The guy that likes her starts going to the strip club, but he isn't one of the men she has sex with. He watches her taking men back to the VIP over and over and it is killing him inside.

Eventually the guy becomes sort of a stalker; hoping that he can jog her memory and get his friend back. As he follows her he witnesses her dating men from the club and she takes them home with her. The guy follows them, then he sees the men leaving the next morning and he knows they have had sex with his girl.

Finally the guy overhears the club owner asking the girl to come dance at his swingers club. The guy tries to get in but can't because it's couples only. The guy hires a hot high end hooker to complete his "couple" so he can join. When he gets in he sees his girl having all sorts of sex with anyone and everyone.

After painfully watching hours of his girl having sex, guy finally gets his turn with her. Instead of just fucking the shit out of her like the other men were, he takes his time and actually makes love to her. Something in being loved instead of just being fucked jogs the girls memory and she is appalled at what she is doing. She pulls back for a moment and almost tries to get away (maybe early in the story the guy tries to kiss her and she pulls back and runs away). Then she gives in and starts making passionate love to the the guy that she secretly loved all along.

Hokey right? It's like a made for TV movie that includes a lot of sex.

 

[HeyAll]

Sounds like a wonderful idea.

Message me if you want to collaborate.

 

[FantasyXY]

Sounds like a wonderful idea.

Message me if you want to collaborate.

Who were you thinking about collaborating with?

 

[Carnevil9]

This sounds like a more sexed-up version of the movie "Overboard" - where an uptight rich bitch falls off her yacht and gets amnesia. She is rescued by a poor widowed carpenter (who she has recently cheated out of some money), who convinces her that she is his wife, and makes her take care of his house and his kids.

Making her turn into a stripper, or even just a slut for the fake husband, would be a great way to "Literotica-ize" the story.

 

[Hypoxia]

IRL amnesia results from 1) brain trauma, 2) brain disease, and 3) various drugs. Psychological trauma may lead to repressed memory -- is that really amnesia? Anyway, the story could play out very differently, depending on which cause was invoked by an author.

* Brain trauma or tumor or disease: The amnesiac is sympathetic -- not their fault! Tumor or disease would be tragic; physical trauma could be tragi-comic, or just played straight.

* Drugs or psycho trauma: The sufferer is a victim -- somebody else's fault! With drugs, the drugger is nefarious. With psycho trauma, multiple layers of repression could be invoked. The subject became straight-laced after one freak-out, and amnesia after another, years later.

In erotica, amnesia or repression can just be a clever gimmick in a stroker. "I don't remember anything -- please fuck me!" An author should devise a somewhat realistic etiology for a more substantial story. Or, create a 'victim' who FAKES their amnesia (consciously or otherwise) as an excuse to escape their straight-laced upbringing.

 

[subwannabe]

I was thinking of the movie "Overboard" also.

 

[StrayKat]

Finally the guy overhears the club owner asking the girl to come dance at his swingers club. The guy tries to get in but can't because it's couples only.

You can make it a "couples only night", because no swinger club I was in would even dream about rejecting single males. They are main source of income and I bet quite a few couples would never come into a club that only allows couples.

 

[FantasyXY]

You can make it a "couples only night", because no swinger club I was in would even dream about rejecting single males. They are main source of income and I bet quite a few couples would never come into a club that only allows couples.

My thought about the guy having to hire a hooker to get into the swingers club had three purposes in the story. (Yeah, my mind can be a bit hyperactive at times.)

1. Getting to his end game with the woman he desires can't be too easy for the guy. He has to put some sort of incredible effort into achieving his goal. In this case it would be having to find and pay a large amount of money for a hooker to go to the swingers club with him, no questions asked.

2. Having to get a hooker shows that this guy is generally not all that confident with the opposite sex, and/or he has no desire to seek out any woman other than the one he is trying to "save".

3. Once inside the swingers club he has to go through a fair amount of effort to ensure that his object of desire does not see him as attached to the other woman in any way.

Having the club doing a couples night is a good idea. It could also be a case where men are "vetted" before they can come in where couples have free access. The "vetted" men situation is the way the club I was invited to several years ago worked. (The vetting process was too invasive, so I didn't end up going) The character in this story needs to get in that night!

 

[MeekMe]

The stripper part confuses me. For the most part one needs quite a bit of skill. I assume the physical skill needed to be a stripper wouldn't be something this virginal girl naturally has.

If she suddenly got her memory back in the middle of sex with the guy that lied to her... (>_<) sounds like lots of therapy would be needed. I'd probably murder the guy if it were me.

Think about this, she has amnesia and wakes up to have friends and family around. They tell her who she is and nobody lies to her or mistakes her identity. Instead, she goes home and attempting to learn about herself goes through her own things. In a search through her own computer she finds links to some of her repressed desires.

From there she begins to explore a part of herself she was repressing simply because she didn't remember being so ashamed of it.

Maybe in the process of opening up sexually she learns it's not shameful and she can actually enjoy sex in a healthy way. Perhaps she won't be a complete nutjob by the end if her journey.

 

[LWulf]

The stripper part confuses me. For the most part one needs quite a bit of skill. I assume the physical skill needed to be a stripper wouldn't be something this virginal girl naturally has.

If she suddenly got her memory back in the middle of sex with the guy that lied to her... (>_<) sounds like lots of therapy would be needed. I'd probably murder the guy if it were me.

Think about this, she has amnesia and wakes up to have friends and family around. They tell her who she is and nobody lies to her or mistakes her identity. Instead, she goes home and attempting to learn about herself goes through her own things. In a search through her own computer she finds links to some of her repressed desires.

From there she begins to explore a part of herself she was repressing simply because she didn't remember being so ashamed of it.

Maybe in the process of opening up sexually she learns it's not shameful and she can actually enjoy sex in a healthy way. Perhaps she won't be a complete nutjob by the end if her journey.

I like that.

But I'll point out that while I think it takes a lot of talent to be a pole dancer, stripping takes very little "talent."

 

[Carnevil9]

She might have had some "innocent" skill in her previous life that translated to her being a very good stripper. Like maybe a gymnast, or a ballroom dancer, or a ballerina..... something with a skill set that is easily transferred to a naughtier venue. This of course would have to be made clear in the first act, so that it can be used in her amnesiac phase.

 

[MeekMe]

I like that.

But I'll point out that while I think it takes a lot of talent to be a pole dancer, stripping takes very little "talent."

I think there is talent or skill involved in making taking your clothes off sexy. I can take my clothes off easy, I can't make it look good or fluid.

Actually, watching me take my clothes off in a "sexy" way would result in laughter. I'm laughing now thinking about how awkward it would look.

She might have had some "innocent" skill in her previous life that translated to her being a very good stripper. Like maybe a gymnast, or a ballroom dancer, or a ballerina..... something with a skill set that is easily transferred to a naughtier venue. This of course would have to be made clear in the first act, so that it can be used in her amnesiac phase.

I like this idea that she might have had a more innocent skill like dancing or gymnastics. I think it is still hard to put her in a strip club. Does she go and say, "I was told I work here." Meanwhile the club owner is just like, "who the hell are you?" Or does some devious jerk in her life bring her into a club where he has talked everyone into welcoming her like she's an old pal?

Also, if she's talked into being slutty while not remembering, is it technically non-con? Just curious.

 

[FantasyXY]

All of the holes in this plot are what makes this sort of like a made for TV movie that plays to the lowest level of intellect. That's what I meant when I said it was kind of hokey.

Of course it takes skill to be a stripper, unless you work at this place near where I live. There they just take off their clothes, sit in your lap, wiggle, and ask for bunches of money. No skill required.

I also like the idea of the girl having some previous dance and gymnastics experience that gets her by in the club. Also remember that she looks so much like the girl who is the real stripper, that no one really notices.

Maybe the real stripper was killed in the accident that caused the amnesia and the two drivers licenses got mixed up by the paramedics. That could also be why everyone thinks the girl is someone she is not.

Still hokey, but getting a little better.

 

[LWulf]

I think there is talent or skill involved in making taking your clothes off sexy. I can take my clothes off easy, I can't make it look good or fluid.

Actually, watching me take my clothes off in a "sexy" way would result in laughter. I'm laughing now thinking about how awkward it would look.

As a person who has been in many more strip clubs than you can imagine, I think it's safe to say I'm close to being an expert on strippers.

Some strip clubs have an amateur night. If the amnesiac had a bunch of strip clubs bookmarked on her computer, and they coincidentally had amateur nights, then the amnesiac might think she does rounds of amateur night strip offs.

"Look good? Fluid??" Seriously, are you talking about a movie, a TV show ...or real life? In real life, it takes very little "talent" to strip and even if a stripper did something comical while stripping, we ARE talking about guys watching them, yes? Guys who are drooling to see naked bits, not judging "how skillful a stripper strips."

Maybe in Las Vegas or in some big glitzy Las Vegas-style venue, they care more about "how" a woman strips, for your average strip bar, only a gay guy or a guy who never wants to get a lap dance from any stripper that night would critique someone's amateurish stripping. All other strippers would avoid going near a guy that dared to laugh at someone's routine.

You ever watch Jamie Lee Curtis's strip dancing in True Lies? That is close to how it goes down. Did you see Arnold Schwarzenegger laugh or roll his eyes when Jamie bungled her routine? No. In real life, most strippers don't make a big deal with stripping their clothes off. They just unceremoniously take off their tops or bottoms then walk around stage shimmying or shaking what they got.

Most guys in a strip club are thinking "wow. some unknown woman is taking off her clothes for me. How cool is this?"

There aren't any post-high-school-strip-dancing-learning-annex. Most strippers learn while on the job and from watching other strippers doing their routine (of course everyone wants to be unique and it's considered highly unprofessional to copy someone's routine). Most strippers take off their tops, then go: walk walk, wiggle wiggle, walk walk..., while some just walk around the stage.

Very. little. talent. Nobody complains. After being there, sure, some complain, but they didn't think negatively enough to get up and immediately walk right out of that club, right?

Guys in general, in strip clubs are desperate and they will put up with a lot.

Women in a male revue, might be looking for skills, Men in a female revue are looking for tits and ass.

I don't know how much more plainer I can express this.

 

[LWulf]

All of the holes in this plot are what makes this sort of like a made for TV movie that plays to the lowest level of intellect. That's what I meant when I said it was kind of hokey.

Of course it takes skill to be a stripper, unless you work at this place near where I live. There they just take off their clothes, sit in your lap, wiggle, and ask for bunches of money. No skill required.

I also like the idea of the girl having some previous dance and gymnastics experience that gets her by in the club. Also remember that she looks so much like the girl who is the real stripper, that no one really notices.

Maybe the real stripper was killed in the accident that caused the amnesia and the two drivers licenses got mixed up by the paramedics. That could also be why everyone thinks the girl is someone she is not.

Still hokey, but getting a little better.

First, by your comment I'll take it you are a novice enthusiast. Maybe you've been to some big snazzy Las Vegas style strip club to make you have your opinion. I'll point out that such clubs normally charge double or triple of what the average "hole" club charges, and I've been to strip clubs in over thirty states to have a good cross section to know what most are.

Yes, all strippers want bunches of cash. If this concept bothers you so much, then perhaps you shouldn't go, but something makes me think you still will.

I'll also point out your plot bunnies are that if she has amnesia, she wouldn't remember her (learned) dance and gymnastics for the most part.

Also, most driver's licenses have photo IDs on them these days. It would be hard to mix up one accident victim with another unless their faces were bruised beyond recognition, but then you aren't talking about a (typically short) Lit story.

 

[MeekMe]

I'm talking about real life experience. The girls weren't doing anything crazy or anything that looks difficult, but actually trying myself, it's pretty hard. But you're an expert.

As for amnesia making you forget a learned skill, you still have muscle memory and fitness. I was thinking more along the lines of strength or stamina from having been a practiced dancer or gymnast. You don't have to do anything crazy to be worn out from wearing heels or shaking your ass (which isn't as easy as it looks).

I still think it's too far of a stretch to put her in a strip club. If you want cheap porn plot, sure, but an actual story, not so much.

 

[FantasyXY]

I'm talking about real life experience. The girls weren't doing anything crazy or anything that looks difficult, but actually trying myself, it's pretty hard. But you're an expert.

As for amnesia making you forget a learned skill, you still have muscle memory and fitness. I was thinking more along the lines of strength or stamina from having been a practiced dancer or gymnast. You don't have to do anything crazy to be worn out from wearing heels or shaking your ass (which isn't as easy as it looks).

I still think it's too far of a stretch to put her in a strip club. If you want cheap porn plot, sure, but an actual story, not so much.

Meek,
I take it you like your stories to be at least close to real life. I'm pretty much the same. That's why I marked the plot I penned as hokey. Unless I were in the mood to try and write some kind of comedy, I probably wouldn't take on a story like this.

 

[LWulf]

I'm talking about real life experience. The girls weren't doing anything crazy or anything that looks difficult, but actually trying myself, it's pretty hard. But you're an expert.

As for amnesia making you forget a learned skill, you still have muscle memory and fitness. I was thinking more along the lines of strength or stamina from having been a practiced dancer or gymnast. You don't have to do anything crazy to be worn out from wearing heels or shaking your ass (which isn't as easy as it looks).

I still think it's too far of a stretch to put her in a strip club. If you want cheap porn plot, sure, but an actual story, not so much.

Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but the way you are talking, it doesn't sound like you did it for very long. Maybe you tried it, your self-prescribed feelings for perfection seem to have outweighed your desire to do it, and they won out. Maybe you didn't have enough 'liquid courage?' IDK.

Note, I didn't mean to suggest that there aren't talented strippers out there. Pole dancing is arguably the penultimate talent a stripper could attain in that venue. I just meant, on average, most strippers don't require high or even medium amounts of talent to be a stripper. Then again, while I attended most strip bars, I didn't associate too much with any virgin strippers.

I remember one stripper who was probably on her first day. I felt bad for her so I tried to be encouraging in a non-lecherous way, but she desired to be the scaredy-cat who stuck to the dressing room between sets (the dressing room, such as it was, had a window, so I could see her back there nearly cowering when she wasn't on stage. Eventually, I decided that the best thing I could do for her was to ignore her).
I avoided all virgin strippers thereafter.

Now to bring it back to the subject at large, given a person has amnesia, their desire to try to get back into the swing of their former life, I think, would outweigh any feelings of inadequacy or insecurity they might feel.

My point being that something most people don't readily grasp is the desperation in the mind of the amnesiac to reconnect with their former life. Would the amnesiac feel some sense of insecurity about going up on stage in a strip bar? Yes, of course, but if they felt their normal life was doing just that, then they would try to get by on guts alone.

IF an amensiac thought part of their real life was stripping, then they would force themself to do what they never would have dared in real life, unknowingly. To me, this plot is conceivable IF enough prep is done to display that aside from bookmarks on her computer for strip bars, that her life (and/or apartment) was dismally devoid of any character. No tennis rackets, no ticket stubs from a play she really liked. No posters on the wall of actors or boy bands she liked (I know it's juvenile, but some do). Lacking all of that, it's possible that something small could be a wild hope at reconnecting.

Would a strip bar manager say someone was a stripper, that they didn't know? No.

I imagine that scene would play out something like this:
"...So, I have amnesia and I found a bookmark on my computer for this strip club. Do I look familiar and was I a regular stripper here???"
"No, that I remember but everybody starts to look the same after a while." Sees her abject misery at finding a dead end and tries to be encouraging, "...But we have an amateur night every Wednesday night. An amateur stripper who wins takes home $200, plus any table dances she feels like trying thereafter. Maybe you used to do amateur nights at all the clubs?"

blah. Enough expanding and time to put this beaten, dead horse to sleep.

 

[StrayKat]

As a person who has been in many more strip clubs than you can imagine, I think it's safe to say I'm close to being an expert on strippers.

Guys in general, in strip clubs are desperate and they will put up with a lot.

Well that is one great example of self criticism

 

[LWulf]

Well that is one great example of self criticism

...and your point is?

 

[litmlove]

But how do you explain amnesia as a plot device?

- Has accident -> wakes up with no memories (and super powers too because why not??)

but seriously you could try
-medication
-magical intervention (she does get a magic sex drive too)
-accident (meh, injuries won't be explained)
-mistaken identity at hospital confuses her and manifests into something else (feels obliged to fuck?)
- something else

 

[StrayKat]

...and your point is?

My point is if the men in strip clubs are that desperate to see naked boobies, it doesnt mean Lit readers are equally desperate to read about sex at any cost to swallow an unbelievable story.
We come here to get away from real life, not copy it in its blandness.

 

[LWulf]

My point is if the men in strip clubs are that desperate to see naked boobies, it doesnt mean Lit readers are equally desperate to read about sex at any cost to swallow an unbelievable story.
We come here to get away from real life, not copy it in its blandness.

and my point is that one person's bland is another person's curry.

Yes, I see readers as wanting to get away from (their) real life. They want to experience something different. they want to read about what someone dares to do that the reader didn't dare to do. Or take a different turn that they avoided in life. Some people are willing to open their mind to reading what they have done, but portrayed in a different light.

I think readers want real life opposed to wild fantasy (not meaning "wild" as in heart thumping "wild", but as in vampires and dragons "wild"). Then they can relate more to the story and put themselves in place of one of the characters and feel like they are living it.