Strong female characters

[Brutal_One]

I have just got around to thinking about Strong Female characters. I do have great female characters in current story arc and one that is a Domme. But aside from erotic literature the idea of strong female characters is a powerful one. We have the Amazonians of course but I also think of James Cameron creating incredible characters like Ripley in Alien and Sarah Connor in The Terminator.

In the spy era - James Bond the villain is typically a Male megalomaniac.

What about a strong female villain {err that might be seen by some as an oxymoron }. Must be my lack of the right reading but I can only think of Maleficent from 101 Dalmatians.

There has to be a great erotic story with a strong female character as the villain.

So which of you fine authors have written one.

Brutal One

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

I do have one story where the female lead takes something from a guy in a wheelchair. his virginity. Not sure if that would be a villian, he did consent so probably not.

 

[lovecraft68]

All women in the Loving Wives section are villains.

 

[jaF0]

Why does a strong female character need to be a villain? Or even a Domme?

 

[jaF0]

What about a strong female villain. Must be my lack of the right reading but I can only think of Maleficent from 101 Dalmatians.

Princess Ardala in Buck Rogers.

Aunty Entity in Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome.

 

[Enchantment_of_Nyx]

Why does a strong female character need to be a villain? Or even a Domme?

And villains aren't necessarily strong.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Why does a strong female character need to be a villain? Or even a Domme?

Exactly.

I'm going to say that the majority of my female characters are strong characters, some more than others, but for the most part confident and self assured.

 

[Brutal_One]

Why does a strong female character need to be a villain? Or even a Domme?

They absolutely don’t. I was giving an example of one of my female characters, a Domme who is also a strong female character but not because she is a Domme. The evil character again was just my reference to the fact that Bond spy villains are men.

For the OP focus on the strong female character, not the Domme or Villain which may be unique examples.

Brutal One

EDIT: and yes Eon agree a Villain is not necessarily a strong character, arguably the reverse.

 

[Brutal_One]

I guess from Game of Thrones - Arya and Brienne of Tarth, Sansa. G.R.R. Martin gave us many strong female characters.

Likewise Khalan Amnell from Sword of Truth series.

Brutal One

 

[AlinaX]

For me a strong female character is one that isn't constantly being rescued by a male love interest.

This is not to say there can't be a male love interest or that she cannot be rescued, but she needs to be the victor of her own story even if she is helped along the way.

She doesn't need to be physically strong or a great warrior, and doesn't need to be a domme or anything. She just needs to be well defined as a character and have the wits and tenacity to win the day.

 

[jaF0]

^^ I generally go with that concept.

 

[Bramblethorn]

In the spy era - James Bond the villain is typically a Male megalomaniac.

What about a strong female villain. Must be my lack of the right reading but I can only think of Maleficent from 101 Dalmatians.

Maleficent was from Sleeping Beauty; 101 Dalmatians was Cruella de Ville.

It really depends what you mean by "strong female character". In a lot of stories it turns out to mean a woman who can shoot a gun or throw a punch, but still ends up as more or less an appendage of a male character - James Bond heroines for instance are very prone to this. Good essay here: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2013/08/i-hate-strong-female-characters

I'm more interested in female characters who drive the plot through something more than just being good at fisticuffs or lifting cars. Some good examples are Edith in Crimson Peak (not physically strong, but has the courage to fight her way out of a deathtrap while holding onto enough goodness to save others as well) or Furiosa from Fury Road who is a very competent fighter, but also a leader.

There has to be a great erotic story with a strong female character as the villain.

So which of you fine authors have written one.

"Great" is in the eye of the beholder, but I'm pretty happy with Dr. Marchand in The Floggings Will Continue. She fucks up an entire company armed with little more than a whiteboard, some corporate training videos, and a perky assistant.

 

[AwkwardMD]

Elizabeth Winters. Kidnapping, brainwashing, and dehumanizing her victims. Fair warning: this is a disturbing read.

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/dark-horse-ch-01

Penelope Longley. More of a narcissist who inadvertently manipulates a vulnerable character than an outright villain.

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/lafayette-hills

My work pretty much always features strong women of one kind or another, but those are the dark ones.

 

[HappySpouse]

All women in the Loving Wives section are villains.

Not the women in mine, but a commenter let me know how they felt about that.

 

[SimonDoom]

All women in the Loving Wives section are villains.

Villains, yes, but strong, no. In BTB stories women are portrayed as conniving, deceitful, and manipulative, but ultimately weak and morally defective. In the end they are beaten by men who are portrayed as more morally virtuous, smarter, and more resourceful.

There are some hotwife/cuckold stories where women are portrayed in a stronger light. They're not intended to be seen as villains by the authors, but the BTB crowd sees them that way.

 

[Brutal_One]

Maleficent was from Sleeping Beauty; 101 Dalmatians was Cruella de Ville..

Nice correction. My daughter would never forgive me she is a huge Disney fan.

Brutal One

 

[jaF0]

I'm more interested in female characters who drive the plot through something more than just being good at fisticuffs or lifting cars.

Jordan Cavanaugh in Crossing Jordan

Jane Rizzoli in Rizzoli & Isles

Sort of the same character, but different actors and shows.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I have just got around to thinking about Strong Female characters. I do have great female characters in current story arc and one that is a Domme. But aside from erotic literature the idea of strong female characters is a powerful one. We have the Amazonians of course but I also think of James Cameron creating incredible characters like Ripley in Alien and Sarah Connor in The Terminator.

Ripley was written as a male character, and although a woman was cast, was virtually unchanged.

 

[KPaulNeilson]

Forgive me if I'm duplicating. Sorry.

Selena Kyle, Dolores Umbridge, most of Kill Bill, Talia al Guhl, Callisto, Nurse Ratched...

For non-villains, how about Lara Croft, Dorthy Gale, Leia Organa, Mara Jade, Buffy, Valaria, Red Sonia, Charlene Baltimore, Barbara Gordon, Cagney and Lacey, Laverne Hooks and Debbie Calahan...

 

[Emirus]

Elizabeth Winters. Kidnapping, brainwashing, and dehumanizing her victims. Fair warning: this is a disturbing read.

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/dark-horse-ch-01

My work pretty much always features strong women of one kind or another, but those are the dark ones.

I read the Dark Horse trilogy a while back. I think the best word I can think of to describe it is weird. After the first chapter, which I thought was good, I was wondering where the plot was going but with the next two chapters it just died. I agree she was a kidnapper and she did brainwash and dehumanise her victims. You can’t get more dehumanising than making them think they are animals. A strong woman? Yes. A villain? Yes. But dark? No. I didn’t find it a disturbing read. She turned out to be quite kind to her “horses.”

 

[Handley_Page]

This one is brilliant:-
Victoria and Geoff
by markelly

 

[HeyAll]

I recently wrote a mom/son story where the mom is a mafia hitwoman.

And I made another one for the summer contest where mom is a mob boss.

I think powerful crime women are an untapped theme for erotica.

 

[jaF0]

^^ I don't promote or glorify crime.

 

[AwkwardMD]

I read the Dark Horse trilogy a while back. I think the best word I can think of to describe it is weird. After the first chapter, which I thought was good, I was wondering where the plot was going but with the next two chapters it just died. I agree she was a kidnapper and she did brainwash and dehumanise her victims. You can’t get more dehumanising than making them think they are animals. A strong woman? Yes. A villain? Yes. But dark? No. I didn’t find it a disturbing read. She turned out to be quite kind to her “horses.”

Technically, that's less than half of the total story. There are 5 more chapters.

On the other hand, yeah. Chapters 2 is not as strong as I wanted it to be. It's a bit more mundane than I had it in my head when I was working on it.

What counts as dark is subjective, for sure. I've had enough angry complaints over the years that now I only ever reclmmend it with a warning. The thing that, to me, separates Elizabeth Winters is that she's plausible. There is probably some one just like her out there somewhere, doing this to some poor girl, while wefart around on a website and wank it to word porn. The story never comes out and says that, but it's all there.

EDIT:Also, although there is certainly the appearance of kindness, Winters' greatest trick is convincing her victims that they like the way she treats them. Normalizing this kind of behavior is horrific, which is something the conscience characyer (who appears later) brings up repeatedly.

 

[SimonDoom]

My answer is it depends on what you consider a "strong female."

My stories, whether the protagonist is male or female, tend to follow a common arc: the main character has a sexual interest/need/kink/fetish, that is not met, and against the fulfillment of which there is some obstacle or obstacles. The obstacle probably is both external and internal. The character overcomes the obstacle, has a sexual experience, and it usually is in some way an affirming experience. That's what's erotic to me.

My female characters tend to be strong in the sense of being intelligent, verbal, and self-aware. I sometimes have them do outrageous things, but it's more erotic for me as both a writer and reader if they have a strong and complex psychology and can reflect intelligently on what they're doing. They tend to start the story in a state of uncertainty and tentativeness and vulnerability, and perhaps weakness, but by the end of the story they are stronger and more fulfilled. Strength through sex, you might say.