History PlayingWith / BestHerToBedHer

** Lovers usually share a lot of common interest, and for Alice, bodybuilding and martial artist are two of her greatest passions,so she will only marry a man who is related to those things. Being that so, if a man wants to have anything with her, he must be up to the challenge and prove himself worthy, and besides, the part after the defeat open up the posibility for many kinds of kinky followup roleplays

* '''Invoked''': A curse is placed on Alice so that she can only be with a man if he bests her in combat first.

* '''Exploited''': Bob deliberately challenges Alice or sets up a conflict with her because he knows it's the only way of winning her.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob only has to show his best without any quitting attitude; it does not matter whether he defeat Alice or not.

** Unassuming [[DamselInDistress Distressed Damsel]] Alice may only marry someone that is MORE helpless and danger prone than she is. She meets Bob, a DistressedDude.

** Alice defeats Bob... and tells him that as a consequence of being defeated, [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe he has to marry her anyway.]]

** ...Because [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe she was disappointed that he refused to marry her.]]

** Alice can only have sex with men who defeat her... At strip poker!

** Bob is [[ChasteHero uninterested in sex ]]and only wants the [[BloodKnight fighting part of this trope,]] and states so loudly before engaging in battle with Alice.
* '''Discussed''': "I don't think martial combat is a healthy basis for a relationship..."

** ...Until she falls InLoveWithTheMark, and can't bring herself to kill him. Fortunately the clan law has an escape clause stating she can reclaim her honor by bringing him back alive and as her husband.

** Alice and Bob are now a HappilyMarried BattleCouple, but Alice still insists on challenging Bob to ritual combat every time they want to have sex. This becomes a RunningGag.

* '''Parodied''': Alice can only have sex with men who defeat her... At strip poker!

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is in love with Bob. Bob is in love with Alice. They can't get married because the law says she can only marry a man who defeats her: he's a wimpy [=Muggle=] and she has FullContactMagic.

** Unassuming DistressedDamsel Alice may only marry someone that is MORE helpless and danger prone than she is. She meets Bob, a DistressedDude.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice had a number of paramours over her lifetime, some who beat her in combat, some who didn’t, and at least one who did defeat her but was so Gonk Alice refused him.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is in love with Bob. Bob is in love with Alice. They can't get married because the law says she can only marry a man who defeats her: he's a wimpy {{muggle}} and she has FullContactMagic.
* '''Reconstructed''': The law doesn't say ''what'' he has to defeat her in. [[LoopholeAbuse They agree on tick tack toe.]]

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice, a SuperpowerLottery winner, meets Bob, who is practically a PhysicalGod, and who not only defeats her in combat but rapes her. Her [[MagicallyBindingContract magic vow]] [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul makes her]] fall in love with him.

** ActionGirl Alice meets Bob, the only man who is stronger, faster, and all around more capable than her, and who bests her in combat. She refuses to obey the rule/oath, runs away from him.

** Bob bests Alice in combat, and she is glad that she can now get married. However, Bob has [[GalleySlave other plans]] for such a strong woman.

* '''Conversed''': Two {{Straw Feminist}}s talk about the misogynist implications of the trope.

* '''Enforced''': The author has a [[FetishFuel thing]] for this kind of charecter.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Reconstructed''': The law doesn't say ''what'' he has to defeat her in. They agree on tick tack toe.

** ActionGirl Alice meets Bob, the only man who is stronger, faster, and all around more capable than her, and who bests her in combat. She refuses to obey the rule/oath, runs away from him.

* '''Parodied''': Alice can only have sex with men who defeat her...at strip poker.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is in love with Bob. Bob is in love with Alice. They can't get married because the law says she can only marry a man who defeats her: he's a wimpy {{muggle}} and she has FullContactMagic.
* '''Reconstructed''': The law doesn't say ''what'' he has to defeat her in. They agree on tick tack toe.

* '''Defied''': Alice outright refuses to do her dating based on trial by combat.

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** Alice acts like TheRedSonja, but is actually a BlackWidow who uses it as a way of weeding out men who might be a danger to her and killing them at their most vulnerable.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': The law has a lot of loopholes, allowing Alice to have a lot of different paramours over her lifetime. Some who beat her in combat, some who didn’t, and at least one who did defeat her but was so Gonk Alice refused him.

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice, a SuperpowerLottery winner, meets Bob, who is practically a PhysicalGod, and who not only defeats her in combat but rapes her. [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul a magic vow makes her fall in love with him.]]

* '''Justified''': Alice has realized the [[OutWithABang implications]] of orgasm in those with SuperStrength, and is using 'able to beat me' as a rough way to determine if a potential love interest could survive sex with her. For greater awkwardness, her invulnerability also means that her 'nice tender lovemaking' is a normal person's 'rough sex.'

* '''Inverted''': Unassuming DistressedDamsel Alice may only marry someone that is MORE helpless and danger prone than she is. She meets Bob, a DistressedDude.

* '''Subverted''': ActionGirl Alice meets Bob, the only man who is stronger, faster, and all around more capable than her, and who bests her in combat. She refuses to obey the rule/oath, runs away from him.

* '''Double Subverted''':...Because [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe she was disappointed that he refused to marry her.]]

* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob are equally strong.

'''Averted''': Alice and Bob are equally strong.

'''Basic Trope''': A woman who will only be happy with a man who "conquers" or "tames" her
* '''Straight''': ActionGirl Alice meets Bob, the only man who is stronger, faster, and all around more capable than her, and who bests her in combat. She falls in love with him and gives up fighting.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice, a SuperpowerLottery winner, meets Bob, who is practically a PhysicalGod, and who [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal brutally rapes and almost murders her.]] [[RapeIsLove She instantly falls in love with him.]]
* '''Justified''': Alice is a strong competent ActionGirl, but she is also a masochist and a sub. She wants a man to be able to control her and smack her around because this is her fetish.
** Alice has realized the [[OutWithABang implications]] of orgasm in those with superstrength, and is using 'able to beat me' as a rough way to determine if a potential love interest could survive sex with her. For greater awkwardness, her invulnerability also means that her 'nice tender lovemaking' is a normal person's 'rough sex.'
** Lovers usually share a lot of common interest, and for Alice, bodybuilding and martial artist are two of her greatest passions,so she wants men who also is related to those things. being that so, if a man wants to have anything with her, he must be up to the challenge and prove himself worthy, and besides, the part after the defeat [[FetishFuel open up the posibility for many kinds of kinky followup roleplays]]

* '''Inverted''': Unassuming DistressedDamsel Alice meets Bob, the only man who is shier, quieter, and weaker than she is, and instantly falls in love.
** TheBigGuy Bob meets HotAmazon Alice, the only woman who is stronger, faster, and all around more capable than him. He falls in love with her and gives up fighting.
** After Bob bests her in combat, Alice must kill him to reclaim her honor.
* '''Subverted''': ActionGirl Alice meets Bob, the only man who is stronger, faster, and all around more capable than her, and who bests her in combat. She runs away from him and wants nothing to do with him.
** After Bob and Alice get together, she tells him she wants to wear the pants in their relationship.

** There are no rules regarding the fairness of the challenge or how hard either party has to fight, leaving Alice free to forfeit to anyone she's interested in and making the whole thing kinda pointless.
* '''Double Subverted''':...Because [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe she was disappointed that he didn't rape her.]]
** ...To test if he's strong enough to tell her no, he's in charge.
** ...Until she falls InLoveWithTheMark, and can't bring herself to kill him.

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice has grown up in a NoWomansLand where she has been taught that men must be the stronger, more capable, and more dominant ones in a relationship. Because of this, she is afraid to live up to her full ActionGirl potential lest she be stronger than the men around her and scare them away.
** Alice is miserable in her new life. She has given up everything she's ever known and pledged submission to a man whom she first met while he was beating the crap out of her. Bob tries to be a good husband, but it's clear he never wanted this either, and they're only staying together for the sake of Alice's honor.
** Alice makes a vow only to marry the man who bests her in a fair combat...and winds up regretting it when that man turns out to be the villain.
* '''Reconstructed''':...She manages to run away from the NoWomansLand, aided by a stronger man who agrees to be her mentor and train her in her skills. She falls in love with him.
** Alice has grown up in a LadyLand where she is taught to repress her submissive tendencies, even though she enjoys them. She says [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight Screw society, I'm following my heart]], and looks for an even stronger man.

* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob are equally strong.