Recently, I have become enamored of the writer Tanya Huff. In her "Valor" series, she portrays a tough as nails heroine that would definitely give my character Freya, a run for her money. Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr is a marine through and through and while she may take a second off here and there for lovin, she is all about kicking ass and keeping the troops in line through hell and back. In the vein of Ripley from the "Aliens" franchise, Sarah Connor from "Terminator" and Geena Davis' character in "The Last Kiss Goodnight," I have been obsessed with powerful female characters and how they balance themselves against Alpha males and Omega males.
Can an Alpha female really be romantic? If so, how do they maintain that balance of being able to submit to a male one moment and kick ass the next? It was my experiment in "A Guardian's Desire," and while erotic, I don't think that Freya ever reached the romantic stage. One of my biggest concerns when writing the book was that I didn't ever want her to soften. I wanted my female to be the hero, the white knight and come to the end just as bad ass as she was in the beginning.
The woman warrior, is not the only type of Alpha female, and just because a female is an Alpha doesn't mean that she has to be a hard ass killing machine, I suppose but she does have to be in control. It's femdom in short, and the more I read the more I want to write.
Out of curiousity, how do you feel about femdom, alpha females and romance? Any recommendations?
May 31, 2009
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I don’t know how many times that I’ve been disappointed from reading a book where the strong kick ass heroine just seems to automatically turns into a puddle of malleable jelly when she first has sex with the alpha hero. Or how many times that I’ve read a BDSM type story where the heroine begins the story as the dominant but ends up either giving sexual control over, or turns submissive, to the hero of the story. (Though, honestly I have a hard time finding romantic/erotic BDSM stories with a female dominant, but that‘s beside the point.)
Most femdom stories really tick me off. Yes, she can show her softer more romantic side, not all of us ladies who like to lead in and out of the bedroom are hard asses from the time we get up until we go to bed, but nearly, if not all, femdom stories that I’ve read have her fight with herself for a few chapters and then she lets her male interest have the control. Usually when I come across this story plot line I stop reading. Sometimes I can let a few days pass and then complete the book but I am seriously unhappy with the way the story ends.
One last thing I want to add. Please, please don’t use a line that suggest that, “She’s never met a man that gave her the urge to submit or give up control before in her life, until now.” I’ve heard this type of line so many times in real life from so called male dominants who say, “You’ve just never met the right man to make you want to submit,“ that it truly makes me see red.
I hear you Sierra, and in some pieces the very 'giving over to the Alpha' does seem awkward, but in some cases, I can see it happening. There are females that seem to need ice breakers before they open up. And for the most part, I can understand that but the books that stand out for me are usually the 'out of bed and back to the mission' type of chicks :D
Isn't the sign of a strong character or a true leader is one's ability to trust another person? So yes, give me more kick ass females who can either take charge in the bedroom or let down her guard long enough to trust the hero to take the lead, but can still stand toe to toe with him outside of it.
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