[JimmyDimples]

Hi guys… sorry I haven't posted anything since Christmas… the blasted Taiwan earthquake cut us off, and web connection's been an impossible molasses-in-January crawl until just now.  Anyhoo…

I had been wondering… had you ever faced a dilemma when writing something with an Uberbabe as the main heroine… and debated whether or not to include a sweetheart for her?

Admit it: when you read about a muscular hottie, you have daydreams about her, and wish you could be her man.  And you wish she could hook up… BUT:  if she does, it'll be with another fictional character… NOT you.

But to have her go it alone, never having one, just to have the reader's daydream available… that just doesn't seem fair to her.  (Yes, I know, she's fictional, not a real person. I still don't like it.)

Had you ever been troubled with this problem?  What do you usually do about it?

[Fett]

Glad to hear you're okay Jimmy!

As for your writing question – yes, I've had this problem and I came up with a somewhat unique solution. But honestly, ask yourself if that uberbabe would have a beau, if it's in her nature and what not. If she would, just work out what type of person it would be and try to be honest.

[Lingster]

Yeah, Jimmy, I was wondering how you were doing.  Glad to have you back.

(I have no answer to your question, though.)

[gblock01]

Also glad to have youe back.

Anyway, about your question, I also have a rather unique solution. In my stories, I always use the same two charaters as my main charaters, though their traits (both physical and personality) change slightly from story to story. Mayim always ends up being the "Uberbabe", as you put it, and Jinn winds up married to her, dating her, or otherwise involved with her. While Mayim is a harater of my own reation, Jinn really isn't. He is a refletion of my Id (inner self representing your strongest desires). Therefore, in a way, I actually am paired up with my dream girl.

I guess that it's kind of a pathetic set-up, but it works for me.  😀

[Vollar-Tile]

Hi guys… sorry I haven't posted anything since Christmas… the blasted Taiwan earthquake cut us off, and web connection's been an impossible molasses-in-January crawl until just now.  Anyhoo…

I had been wondering… had you ever faced a dilemma when writing something with an Uberbabe as the main heroine… and debated whether or not to include a sweetheart for her?

Admit it: when you read about a muscular hottie, you have daydreams about her, and wish you could be her man.  And you wish she could hook up… BUT:  if she does, it'll be with another fictional character… NOT you.

But to have her go it alone, never having one, just to have the reader's daydream available… that just doesn't seem fair to her.  (Yes, I know, she's fictional, not a real person. I still don't like it.)

Had you ever been troubled with this problem?  What do you usually do about it?

I think I agree with what Fett said (if I'm reading it right). Do what you feel is best for plot and her personality. Nevermind feeding about feeding our egos. ;D

[Fonk]

I'm with Fett – I try to do whatever serves the story best. I think, up to press, it's been about half in half for attached women and unattached women (though one of the unattached women got with someone by the end of the story). 😉

Besides, you can always imagine you're the husband/boyfriend/significant other, can't you? 😉

[AlexG]

In my case it always depends upon what the focus of the storyline is going to be involving, and although I've written numerous Power Couples stories, I have done some female-solo and male, too, where there is no romantic counterpart of the opposite sex involved.

That's what sequels are for . . .  😉

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[Prophet Tenebrae]

I don't think there can really be any hard and fast rule.

Sometimes you'll want your girl to have the arms of her man to run off to and sometimes she'll have to struggle on by herself or with help of just her friends.

I suppose if you want to show a girl outgrowing (physically) a male, then a boyfriend is a good option.

If you like the idea of the girl asserting herself, she's probably better single.

[pelourinho]

Actually that's a question I struggle with a lot when writing a story.  I'm not a fan of the violent amazon archetype in FMG fiction.  I like the woman to show some humanity and, as part of the fantasy, I want her to appear attainable.  If there is a boyfriend or husband in the story, the male partner embodies the author's attitude toward female sexuality.

[JimmyDimples]

Hmmm… that last sentence, pelourinho.  I never stopped to think about it that way… and it does make a lot of sense. 

On that side of the coin, guys… do you find that your male protagonists are a lot like yourselves, or someone you could root for getting the girl at the story's end?

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