Needed to clear that old journal out with something more personal, so I thought I'd tell you all about how I categorize my characters' levels of dominance.

I think of it as a sliding scale, with seven levels along it, and I'll list them below, along with information about them:

Very Dominant

These characters are just that, incredibly dominant. They'll almost always top, and the very few times they ever bottom, they'll power-bottom. They'll usually be rather sex-crazed, and very cocky, showing absolutely no submissive traits.

Examples:

Taerik Silverwing (Death Knight)


Dominant

These characters are firmly dominant, but not to the extent as Very Dominant characters. These characters will usually top and only rarely bottom. When they do bottom it would usually be power-bottoming. They're often cocky and usually more open in their interest in sex, though there are exceptions.

Examples:

Rin'ji
Takrin
Captain Baelek Mooncrest
Horgann Gravelhammer (Kronthyr)
Grayson Godhound
Taerik Silverwing (Monk)
Garret


Flexible - Leans Towards Dominance

These characters are rather open to their role, but do tend to prefer being dominant. If paired with a submissive character, they'll happily take the lead, but if paired with a more dominant character, they'll slide over to being more submissive.

Examples:

Horgann Stouthammer (Pirate)
Rurik
Ruzzle


Fully Flexible

These characters are right in the middle, having no preference to either side. What role they take completely relies on who they're partnered with.

Examples:

Tharyn Ravenfeather
Taerik Silverwing (Pirate)


Flexible - Leans Towards Submission

While these characters prefer to edge toward submission, if paired with a submissive character, they could easily slide towards being dominant. If paired with a dominant character though, they'll be firmly submissive.

Examples:

Blake Lightswood (Kronthyr)
Hirlef Greenbreeze


Submissive

These characters are firmly submissive and will almost never attempt to take the reigns in the bedroom, or out of it. They're often more shy or timid, and often doubt themselves. There are exceptions to these traits though.

Examples:

Zixxle Zapscrew
Khyed
Blake Lightswood (Pirate)
James Axeton(?)
Zohaar(?)


Very Submissive

These characters are severely submissive. Always shy and/or timid, they'll often hide in the shadows, and/or go along with the group and rarely give their input for risk of being wrong, or simply being talked over by louder members of the group. They're never top unless under incredibly exceptional circumstances, almost-exclusively bottoming. As always, there can be exceptions to some of these 'rules'.

Examples:

James Axeton(?)
Zohaar(?)



So there we have it, the sliding scale of Dominance and Submission. Probably not as informative as it could be, but hopefully it gives some better understanding of my characters and how I define dominance. Some of my characters don't follow the stereotypes of their 'tier', such as Taerik Silverwing (Monk) isn't particularly cocky or sex-crazed, but in the bedroom he -is- firmly dominant. These are stereotypes after all, and so wont fit everyone.

Some of my character aren't solidly in one tier, such as Zohaar and James Axeton, who are more submissive than the other characters in the Submissive tier, but perhaps not to the extent as Very Submissive characters.