Story Research: The General Board let me down

[Weird Harold]

http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104068

I made this post on the general board first because It gets the most traffic, but didn't get very many good ideas.

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Story Research: What would your remote do?
Rubyfruit's accident with her TIVO remote and the washing machine has festered and turned into a possible story idea:

"What would happen if a Remote Control was altered by washing it so it controlled people instead of a TV/VCR/Stereo/whatever?"

The attached picture is of two of my remote controls.

The research questions:

Which Remote would you wish would work an people? The one on the right has a "mute" button, the one on the Left has a "prog(ram)" button.

What effect would each button have on the subject?

Things like "mute," "pause," and "sleep" are pretty easy, but what effect would the "OFF" button have? How about "Rewind" or "Fast Forward?"

Does the "TV" mode button make the subject want to wear women's clothing or vice versa?

So many buttons with possible effects to discover by trial and error. <sigh> It's just too much for one author's imagination.
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The remotes: http://www.literotica.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=2418822
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Anyone have some more ideas? What would th "Menu" button on the righthand remote do?

IRL it's much the same as the "Prog" button on the lefthand remote -- it accesses the on-screen programming -- what's a good way to transpose "on-screen programming" to a "people remote?"

 

[Rod Hardwick]

Hmmm...I think the "Menu" button makes her cook you dinner.

 

[wildsweetone]

kind of reminds me of a tv advert we had running here in NZ a while back.

the man comes home from work. he says "hello" to the woman in the kitchen.

she turns, looks at him and the voiceover says "press 1 for a smile, press 2 for a hug, press 3 for a kiss..." or something along those lines.

i think i prefer the unpredictable



hey Harold! maybe you could have a button for 'unpredictability'

 

[Weird Harold]

..."press 1 for a smile, press 2 for a hug, press 3 for a kiss..." or something along those lines.
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hey Harold! maybe you could have a button for 'unpredictability'

That's at least a start on what the number buttons do.

'Unpredictablity" would kind of defeat the point of a "people remote" wouldn't it? I am trying to come up with a mind control story here.

Ron, I'm looking for ideas for an erotic mind control story -- Making her cook dinner doesn't quite qualify as erotic. I suppose you could take that as a challenge and write a story to prove that "making dinner" can be erotic and prove me wrong, but it doesn't really help me figureout how the "people remote" works.

 

[wildsweetone]

okay i haven't looked at the picture of the remote controls, nor have i looked at any mind control stories but i'll have a go...

*thinking* i guess you want to begin slow and cresendo to a climax. hmm

okay the menu buttons could offer various forms of sexual eroticisms, and the numbers for each sub category would have your character move.

oral
1 - touch
2 - fondle
3 - stroke slow
4 - stroke medium
5 - stroke fast
6 - lick length
7 - lick tip
8 - suck slow
9 - suck hard
0 - cause orgasm

is this something along the lines of what you're wanting dear?

 

[cherrylips_au]

WH haven't you seen Nigella the English cook make dinner? She would make it very erotic I'm sure.

Are you looking to control a woman or a man?

Maybe the menu could be sexually positions then program in how you want it protrayed maybe a nice quick, hot passionate sex work out or slowly teasing building it up.

 

[Weird Harold]

oral
1 - touch
2 - fondle
3 - stroke slow
4 - stroke medium
5 - stroke fast
6 - lick length
7 - lick tip
8 - suck slow
9 - suck hard
0 - cause orgasm

is this something along the lines of what you're wanting dear?

Much closer than I've been getting, yes.

Check out the picture for an idea of what buttons are available to assign mind control functions. One remote has a single menu button and arrow keys to navigate the on-screen menus. It's also a multi-function remote tha can control the TV, VCR and Cable -- the "menu" button on that one replaces the "prog" button on the other.

How to implement "on-screen menus" in a person being controlled is one of my major stumbling blocks.

One thing I've considered is that in "Menu" mode, each person has ten (or more) alternate personalities to choose from. Problem -- where do the personalities come from and how does the controller know which is which?

 

[Weird Harold]

Are you looking to control a woman or a man?

Both.

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Projected Main characters:

Mildred Ophelia Masterson -- AKA Mom -- 28, Blonde, shapely but not gorgeous, Chemistry Grad Student, defacto Dorm Mother.

Harmon Kilibrew Winston, Jr. -- AKA "Junior" -- 22, already balding, couch potato, Geek, Comp Sci Major, Dorm Resident.

Projected scenes:

Junior experiments with Mom and the remote to determine how it has changed -- Hot sex ensues.

Junior discovers the remote works on other people -- Dorm-wide orgy ensues.

Mom gets hands on remote, reprograms Junior and then smashes it.

Junior and Mom live happily ever after.
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[masterhypnotist]

If you are serious. The buttons could be depth of control with the menue button determining what you are controlling, arousal, attraction, repel, a litany of possibilities. You could fine tune the results with the volumn button.

 

[Weird Harold]

If you are serious. The buttons could be depth of control with the menue button determining what you are controlling, arousal, attraction, repel, a litany of possibilities. You could fine tune the results with the volumn button.

Since I have no background or knowledge of hypnotism, I hadn't considered the effect to be hypnotic although I had pictured "prog" mode as being trancelike -- actually more like "dropping to DOS" or "accessing the operating system. (I've got much more experience with programming and the Male lead is a Comp Sci major.)

The parallel with hypnotism is definitely a useful thought.

 

[cherrylips_au]

What about some of the buttons controlling exhibionism, dominance, submission, morals, sexual attraction, charisma, etc?

Therefore not just controlling their actions but the reasons why they are acting that way.

 

[Weird Harold]

What about some of the buttons controlling exhibionism, dominance, submission, morals, sexual attraction, charisma, etc?

Therefore not just controlling their actions but the reasons why they are acting that way.

Good idea -- which buttons control which?

That's really the essential question -- which buttons do what?

Nobody has mentioned a functionfor the channel up/down buttons yet? What would they do?

 

[cherrylips_au]

Ok just had a look at the pics of your remotes, all remotes are different so I would just stick with the most basic buttons.

Are you basing it on the Hitachi remote?

The up down buttons could control the limits of each personality so you could go from one extreme to the other or just stick with a middle ground of that particular personality.

The buttons to the side of these left and right could enable the holder to move between personalities, not sure how they would know what they were getting maybe that could be half the fun. Then as they learn the order of each one, sort of like how you know the order of tv stations.

I hope that makes some sense.

Or maybe the swap button to swap between personalities.

 

[wildsweetone]

i'm assuming your characters are normal people who discover the remote is not a 'normal' remote control.

perhaps two main buttons could be used, one for left brain responses and one for right brain responses.

perhaps you could go deeper - depending how analytical you want...

the brain stem - controls basic instinctive responses by automatically monitoring information from the senses

mid brain - limbic system - controls our emotions and motivation.

cortex - covers the midbrain and is the thinking part of the brain.

neurons - nerve cells which are the working units of the cortex.

now... with those things in mind, you could narrow down more the specific areas of control and response you want.

e.g. by controlling the cortex, you can choose to allow your character to think along certain lines

okay i'm sorry i have to go for the night - dinner time here. i'll pop in and catch up on your thread inthe morning WH. it's sounding interesting. i plan on sitting and looking at the details on the remote control (or one of them, if i can wrestle them from the males in the house eh) tonight.

 

[Weird Harold]

Ok just had a look at the pics of your remotes, all remotes are different so I would just stick with the most basic buttons.

Are you basing it on the Hitachi remote?
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Or maybe the swap button to swap between personalities.

LOL! They're BOTH Hitachi remotes. I think you mean the one on the right -- the multi-function TV/VCR/Cable remote. The one on the left is VCR only but it does have some interesting possibilities in the button labels -- Repeat, Skip/frame advance, Variable slow motion, X2 (double speed), Index, Memorize, etc.

The Multi-function remote can duplicate most of the VCR remote's functions, but not the specialized ones like variable speed slo-mo.

I'm beginning to lean towards modeling after the Multi-function remote, but haven't completely decided yet. The Multi-Function has the one key that would give a logicl lead-in to finding the remote works on people -- MUTE. How many of us have pointed a remote at someone and press MUTE when we wished they'd be quiet?

WSO said, "i'm assuming your characters are normal people who discover the remote is not a 'normal' remote control. "

Initially, the person who discovers it works on people is "Junior" -- CompSci major/Couch Potato.

By the end of the story "Mom" -- A Chemistry Grad student/"Dorm Mother" -- learns what it does and how to use it also.

(see details above)

Yes, Junior is "ordinary people" but with some problem solving and logical thinking skills. He has no idea HOW or WHY it works on people, he just knows it DOES. Figuring out WHAT is part of the story line.

 

[Anais Dahl]

A 'rub my feet' button would be good, along with a 'delete' button in some cases.

 

[wildsweetone]

i've had some thoughts overnight... the remotes on your pic didn't come up too clear on my pc WH, however I looked at one we have here and had some basic ideas.

button - suggestion
on/off - life/death
game - love/lifeskills/action/adventure/crime/?
mute - choice of vocal or simply action with no voice
TV/AV - watch/interact
up arrow (channel change) - male/female/straight/bi/gay options
down arrow (channel change) - as above
+ (volume) - movement speed + = faster
- (volume) - movement speed - = slower

AV Interaction sub-categories
1 - flirting
2 - dancing
3 - stripping
4 - body massage
5 - foot massage
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
0 - sex

TV Watching sub-categories
1 - dancing
2 - strip tease
3 - masturbation
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
0 -

if your multifunction remote has other buttons spare, how about using some of them to 'design a doll'? could they be useful enough? one for sex, one for measurements, one for attitude, etc?

not sure if these were of use or more of a hinderance.
wildsweetone

 

[Weird Harold]

i've had some thoughts overnight... the remotes on your pic didn't come up too clear on my pc WH, however I looked at one we have here and had some basic ideas.

button - suggestion
on/off - life/death
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not sure if these were of use or more of a hinderance.
wildsweetone

All are good ideas or at lest good starting points except ON/OFF -- I'm plotting an erotic story, not a tragedy. I've pretty much decided ON/OFF = Coma/Awake instead of Death/Life.

Maybe I should make a list of the buttons instead of using the picture as a reference?

 

[wildsweetone]

that'd be very helpful for me. thanks WH. i'll be back in a little while to have a look at what you define

 

[Weird Harold]

that'd be very helpful for me. thanks WH. i'll be back in a little while to have a look at what you define

It will take a bit, I'll post a list later tonight.

 

[wildsweetone]

okey dokey

 

[Whispersecret]

Hey, WH, don't be too anal about the button thing. You don't have to explain every single button that happens to be on your remote. After all you don't want to end up spending too much time explaining the functions.

I think it's a great idea though! It's been too long since we've seen a story from D.O.M.

 

[Weird Harold]

Hey, WH, don't be too anal about the button thing. You don't have to explain every single button that happens to be on your remote. After all you don't want to end up spending too much time explaining the functions.

I think it's a great idea though! It's been too long since we've seen a story from D.O.M.

I don't intend to "get anal" about the various buttons, but I ned to get the whole range of possibilities fixed in my head so I can describe the effects consistently. I need to know what it can do before I decide what I'm going to describe it doing something.

I doubt Junior's going to use more than the channel, volume, and mute buttons once he figures it out -- just like most remotes are actually used. (check the fingerprints on your remote -- some buttons are almost never touched; others collect fingerprints until you can't read them.)

D. O. M has been a busy litle devil lately. I've got one story half finished, this idea about the people remote in the reserch phase, and he just woke me up from a nap with the beginning for a story I had to do a rough outline on before he's let me come online. I hav no idea whre that one is going to go really, but I had to get the opening down just in case.

 

[wildsweetone]

sounds like all you need now is another ten hours in the day WH

 

[Weird Harold]

sounds like all you need now is another ten hours in the day WH

Nah, I just need that little D.O.M. with horns inthe red suit to give me a chance to finish as tory befor ehe makes me start another one.

I started a new thread with the list of available buttons: http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104525