kdpierre:
Wheatwine: I think that despite her brattiness and youth (and 'no' I don't want to sound like some creepy pedophile or anything) "Sam" is a definte Top in the making. Let nature take its course. While seeing a brat get their comeuppance is always fun, there is also something edgy about certain Toppy/bratty girls ending up as the ones inevitably in control. I personally would rather see the two other characters, Carly and the boy who helps them, end up spanked by Sam.........even if they don't deserve it and she does merely by virtue of her dominance and their more passive personalities. That's what makes power dynamics fun.
As I stated earlier in this thread, IMHO there are some fictional heroines that I'd consider 100% 'toppish'--however, there are some male heroes that I'd likewise think of as also 100% 'toppish.'
However, as in the discussion of Xena and later this character (Samantha), I do often read proposals or speculation RE how these 'toppish' female heroines could somehow nonetheless be "put in their place" by being spanked (often forcibly and nonconsensually), and it makes me wonder if there are people who don't like the concept of independent, assertive, indomitable women even in fiction/fantasy.
Even though my spanking gender orientation is basically F/M, there are male fictional heroes whom I'd consider totally 'toppish' and I don't imagine them being spanked by anyone (except possibly their mothers)--Captain Jean-Luc Picard ("Star Trek: The Next Generation"), Hercules, Batman, Commander Adama ("Battlestar Galactica" #2), Angel, General Martok ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), etc. I don't remember ever reading any speculation RE how apparently 'toppish' fictional males could somehow end up being spanked in some fanfiction fantasy scenarios, yet I do recall reading numerous proposals about how their equally 'toppish' feminine counterparts could end up across the knee of some guy--for example, the suggestion that Samantha could be paddled by an NFL defensive lineman. Has anyone ever suggested how super-powerful Clark Kent ("Smallville") could end up on the receiving end of a good buttwhacking? (I don't remember any, even though IMHO his personality isn't all that 'toppish.')
However, I would agree that--as proposed with Xena earlier in this thread--even 'toppish' fictional types might plausibly be given maternal or quasi-maternal spankings, especially if they actually requested those punishments or at least readily accepted them. (I do personally feel this type of fantasy situation more likely to occur with females than males, the heroines strike me as being somewhat more willing to accept maternal-style guidance and correction even as powerful adults--it probably has something to do with the lasting complexities of mother-daughter relationships.)
AFAIC some fictional characters, both female and male, aren't plausibly meant to be spanked, and--with the possible occasional exception of maternal-type chastisements--don't work well as spankees, even in fantasy. --C.K.
P.S.: If an author point-blank needs a current NFL defensive lineman as a physically strong spanker, I'd suggest Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions.