Romance Novel Readers: I have a question

[aldersprig]

I am beginning to notice a trend, in the few books I have read where there is a woman In Charge, On Top - where that's the whole concept of the novel - where she decides like 3/4 of the way through the story that she wants to be on bottom, or he decides he wants her to submit and she goes along. And all of a sudden she's all submissive and ... I signed on to read an Fdomme story.

Is this common, or just the stuff I've read?

Comments

[inventrix]

Fun fact: I immediately took the 3/4 point, mentally matched it to that beat sheet, and concluded "aha so the plot trope is actually 'woman acts Domme but her true self is sub and the guy makes her realize and accept her true self' because that is exactly where it should happen".

So... I guess you need to find a story where she acts sub but learns she's secretly Domme? >.> <.

[aldersprig]

aaah, it's an Accept Her True Self trope?

Okay. So I know how to subvert and still write to that.

[inventrix]

That is what a ton of romance novels are about, at the core, so far as I know. Girl meet guy, guy has some effect on girl, girl struggles with effect before giving in, where effect is usually something like "uncovers real self", "rekindles forgotten passions", "discovers new thing about self/reality", that kinda thing.

[aldersprig]

Hrrrm! *chews on lip* I can have fun with that

[thnidu]

Please do!

[aldersprig]

*blush* yeah?

[wordweaverlynn]

Or how about a plot that allows people to be switches? It's far more realistic than the usual TwueDomme/twuesub stuff.

[aldersprig]

They both learn they secretly like to switch! I cold totally go with that.

[inventrix]

Or we could have all of the above. ;D