Sandbox / Powerful People Are Subs Wick Check

This is a wick check for Powerful People Are Subs to check if it overlaps or is confused with Aggressive Submissive per this TRS thread.

Wicks checked: 45/45.

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Overlaps with Aggressive Submissive (2/45)

1. Characters.Billions Main Characters (Chuck): He's an attorney who's listed on both AS and PPAS
   • Aggressive Submissive: Chuck likes talking trash and winning arguments, but Wendy's the one in charge in the bedroom.
   • Powerful People Are Subs: So very much. He even manages to use this to his advantage when he publicly admits to his sexual fetishes.
2. Characters.Vales Underground: She's a mob boss who's listed on both AS and PPAS
   • Aggressive Submissive: A psychopathic sadist who allows people she sleeps with to rough her up during sex. One time, she aggressively pulls Mercury closer just to order him to fuck her.
   • Powerful People Are Subs: She loves it when guys are rough with her when she's having sex. The only exception is with Emerald.

Doesn't overlap (29/45)

1. Characters.Critical Role Percival De Rolo: Percy comes from old money, has the best claim to inherit the rulership of a city-state (Whitestone), is well-read, with a cutting wit, is intelligent, able to deal out terrifying amounts of damage without being a magical or close-quarter combatant, while wielding dangerous, unpredictable, and destructive weapons on par with high-level spells. He also enjoys being on his hands and knees. In the picture that Doty drew, Percy and Vex are in bed together with Vex being the dominant partner.
2. Characters.Solar Opposites (Korvo): He’s the team leader but he expressed a desire for an assertive mate and he liked being put down by P.A.T.R.I.C.I.A. He also bottoms during sex with Red Goobler, and implies he does the same with Terry.
3. Characters.Trapped In A Dating Sim Otome Games Are Tough For Us Too (Dorothea): From one of the most powerful and feared noble households, also wants to be tied up in bed, and wear a Slave Collar at her wedding. A noblewoman
4. Characters.Their Bond (Zelda Nohansen): Used darkly with Zelda. She's the princess and later queen of Hyrule, but she's also very submissive when it comes to anything sexual. She uses being submissive as a way to deal with her sexual abuse.
5. Characters.Helluva Boss Goetia Royalty: He's one of the higher class Demons in Hell with some undoubted power behind his demeanor, and it is revealed that Stolas was submissive with both Stella and Blitzo.
6. Characters.Snow Daze (Noelle): An authoritarian business manager who is very in touch with and accepting of her submissive side.
7. ComicBook.The Losers: Aisha follows her target (the immensely feared warden of a Hellhole Prison) to the brothel where he goes to be dominated. She waits until the dominatrix has his tied up before entering, chases the woman out, and takes a moment to note the irony of a man who is so feared and has literally decided if others live or die on a whim being in such a predicament. Then she goes to work on him Jack Bauer style.
8. DarthWiki.MSF High IRC (Empy): Word of God in private, Empy is definitely the bottom in her and Bru's relationship. An Evil Overlord
9. Fanfic.A Thorn Amongst The Flowers: The fearsome Demon Emperor is very happy to let his First Consort tie him with rope and verbally abuse him when they're in the bedroom.
10. Fanfic.A Good Compromise: Implied with Tyria: she's the one tied down in their post-coital scene at the start of the story. Tyria the captain in command of USS Black Prince'
11. Fanfic.I Hope Youre Prepared For An Unforgettable Wedding: Subverted with Principal Skinner. He's in a position of authority (the principal of Springfield Elementary) and the third chapter shows that he's completely submissive in the bedroom. But then again, on the show, it's established that Skinner is an Extreme Doormat towards authority figures in his life, and in this fic, he's in a romantic relationship with his boss.
12. Fanfic.Strategy Sets The Scene For The Tale: Aegon is socially the dominant partner in his marriage, as a Targaryen Prince, the king's eldest son and a dragon rider. However, Errya quickly establishes herself as sexually agressive and confident by casually announcing her intent to change him through sex, rewarding him with intimacy when he studies well and not letting him actually lay a finger on her until their wedding night on which she sets the pace. Aegon is first intrigued by her fiery attitude, then grows to enjoy it a lot.
13. Film.Mr And Mrs Smith 2005: Jane disguises herself as a dominatrix to get close to a mob boss. He likes it when she ties him up and whips him, not so much when she breaks his neck and escapes out the window.
14. Fanon.Frozen: On a more NSFW line of thought, a lot of fanworks portray Elsa as being into some level of dom/sub kink. She's rarely ever presented as a dom herself, though.
15. Film.Jason X: The sleazy college professor is not only shown to be seduced by one of his students in exchange for a higher grade, but dresses up as a woman and engages in submissive roleplay.
16. Literature.Tales From Netheredge: Runi Assam. Word of God says that, having been saddled with a lot of responsibility from a very young age, he finds the experience of giving up control thrilling. He's the head of Bow's government
17. Literature.Queen Of Zazzau: Amina is a princess, later a queen, but her lover is the Hausa War God. Their first time together (a couple pages after agreeing to the pact) has definite BDSM tones, with Dafaru choking her and Amina referring to enjoying her own humiliation.
18. Film.The Generals Daughter: Colonel Moore is shown to have been the submissive party in the late Elizabeth's BDSM play, inverting their official mentor-protegé relationship.
19. Literature.Cryptonomicon: An extremely wealthy character known only as "The Dentist" opposes the protagonists because he is a submissive under the control of his Filipino dominatrix wife, who in turn takes orders from conspirators opposing the protagonists' attempt to recover gold stolen by Those Wacky Nazis and create an Internet data haven.
20. Series.Feel Good: George, a high school teacher by profession and generally sane and responsible, is this in the bedroom. Mae lampshades it when she's amused by the fact that George's new boyfriend Elliot wants to talk about his feelings.
    Mae: You hate talking about your feelings! Doesn't he know that you just want to get pushed around like a slutty bag of beans?
21. Series.Forever 2014: Invoked in-universe with the victim in "The Ecstasy of Agony." The victim was a high-powered executive in a job where any weakness will be exploited. In his private life, he went to a domination therapist where he could let go and let someone else be in charge.
22. Series.Nip Tuck: A powerful CEO who comes into the practice for surgery turns out to be the sub to a ridiculously aggressive dominatrix. Sean walks in on the guy being tortured with fish hooks, and immediately threatens to call the cops. The man claims it's a way to punish himself for having to fire people constantly.
23. Series.Silent Witness: In "Change", the Body of the Week is a wealthy CEO whose secretary tries to cover up that he liked being tied up, gagged and whipped in the bedroom to avoid tarnishing his reputation.
24. Series.{{Succession]]: Roman gets off on being degraded. Tom swallows his own load at his bachelor party (although he tries to pass it off as something cool and seems to start to regret it when realizes the other men don't see it that way). He's the son of a conglomerate founder, so I'm putting it here
25. Series.The Alienist:
    • Kreizler is an ambitious psychiatrist and quite a high-ranking member of the New York society, but there are some hints that he enjoys a submissive role in romantic relationships. This shows up in his conversation with the professional dominatrix Mrs. Williams (he mentions that he enjoyed her stories of "men's vulnerabilities"), and in his relationship with Karen Stratton, who takes him to various kinky places. His relationship with Mary also has strong undertones of this kind: he is highly dependent on her due to his bad arm, and she enjoys his timidity whenever he needs her to do something for him (and whenever he pisses her off, she just leaves him on his own, and he cannot even tie his own shoelaces without her). Besides, while Mary was away, he sneaked to her room to sniff her clothes.
    • There is also the unnamed brewery foreman who is one of Mrs. Williams' clients. In her own words, he's "used to giving orders", but "in here, he prefers taking them".
26. Series.The Punisher 2017: Colonel Morty Bennett commands a base of troops by day, but at night, he engages in submissive roleplay with a dominatrix.
    • Frank mocks him for this when he walks in on them.
      Frank Castle: Well shit, Morty. Looks like I got here just in time...
    • As does Russo in a later scene:
      Billy Russo: You know, without us, Frank Castle would have your balls wired to a car battery by now. You'd probably love that, though, would you?
27. Series.Twin Peaks: The manager of Horne's Department Store, who secretly recruits underage girls into prostitution/drug rings, turns out to enjoy being bound and gagged.
28. Series.Las Vegas: At one point, based on some suggestive camera footage they stumble across, Danny and Mike (mistakenly) believe that their boss Ed, a hard-ass ex-CIA agent who runs the casino, was having an affair with Monica Mancuso, an ill-tempered Gold Digger who bought the casino and regularly feuded with Ed. In an Imagine Spot, both Ed and Monica are in turn portrayed as submissives to the other behind closed doors.
29. TheWheelOfTime.Tropes M To R: Prevalent throughout. Invoked by the Sea Folk, whose marriage vows include a requirement that one member of the couple is always in command while in public, and always submissive in private, something that Lan and Nynaeve don't realize when they ask the Sea Folk to perform their wedding ceremony.

ZCE/Uncertain/Other (14/45)

1. Characters.Chainsaw Man Makima: Despite acting like a dominatrix to all the people she controls, Makima's singular attraction to Chainsaw Man is so masochistic her decapitated head is smiling as he rips her to pieces. Wouldn't call her a sub at all + masochism doesn't always equal being a sub and there's no mention of sex
2. Characters.Natamins Big Adventure (Zeah): After the events of chapter 8, Zeah can be found in the GOG Tavern as a bound server who very much enjoys her job. And during the GOG sidequest, she is one of the prisoners held under the tavern by the Peril Pope. In both situations, she seems very comfortable with her circumstances. Okay, but does it involve sex/foreplay at least?
3. Characters.Pixie Trix Comix (FiFi): Bedroom scenes with Fi Fi show Gi Gi tied up and being spanked, though she's pretty clearly in charge of the situation. Dominant bottom/power bottom woman — not sure if she counts as a sub
   FiFi: Naughty CEO...
4. Characters.Trapped In A Dating Sim The World Of Otome Games Is Tough For Mobs Main Cast (Angelica):
   • Death Glare: Angelica specializes in giving these. Deirdre finds it enjoyable. Misuse — nothing sexual here
5. ComicBook.The Authority: Implied with Apollo. Despite being the Superman Substitute of the team, Apollo seems to be the submissive in his relationship with Midnighter. He isn't a powerful person, just a superhero
6. DarthWiki.Project Alter: While he was never a political leader or anything, Jekyll was still a highly respected member of society, and it’s shown or at least heavily implied that his/Hyde’s preference for being sexually submissive isn’t just due to Author Appeal, it just being taboo, or a Hand Wave for why Hyde isn’t a serial rapist at this point, but developed out of a similar reason; due to his tendency to be a Workaholic and carry the world on his shoulders, desire to be loved by society but that superficial love always being at risk if he were to become too intimate and honest with someone (though it’s extremely likely that Utterson would have accepted him no matter what, Jekyll doesn’t think so), harsh upbringing, and most of all the constant control he had needed to exert over himself his whole life (and still does to an even greater extent), the idea of being able to melt into someone’s arms, giving her his full trust, allowing him to relinquish any responsibility for what happens and just be deeply indulged became subconsciously extremely appealing to him, and this grew into his primary preference (thus, Declarations of Protection seem to make him blush at least and turn him on at most). Though if what Hyde says is any indication about doing it rough being appealing because of the thrill (and the fact that Hyde shows some Combat Sadomasochist tendencies), he may just have been a masochist from the start; though it may still play into the whole idea that letting his partner do things to him revokes responsibility from him, and allows him to just be Henry instead of the doctor who everyone expected perfection out of, and just the fact that Jekyll just wanted some kind of intense thrill in his life when Hyde was created. That's too fucking long, plus a shoehorn
7. DragonAgeInquisition.Tropes L To Q: Apparently the Inquisitor, if you romance Iron Bull. He decides the Inquisitor has so much on their plate, they'd appreciate someone else taking charge in the bedroom. This is also true of his relationship with Dorian, if they get together instead, as revealed in party banter. Bull has a memorable line in which he tells Dorian, "Don't top from the bottom." No idea if he's a powerful person or not
8. Fanfic.Kaleidoscopic Grangers: In Chapter 284, We Could Be Heroes (part 3) Ariadne quite enjoys Ginny telling her what to do - she is used to people looking to her for the answers, and so likes "letting Ginny boss her around." No idea if she's a powerful person or not
9. FanDisservice.Fan Works: Zelda and Link making out is usual The Legend of Zelda fanfic fair but in Their Bond it is less attractive than it initially seems. For one, both see each other as siblings and are also gay at that, so it's uncomfortable for them. The reason for the behavior is less actual sex and Zelda trying to cope with her pain, and Self-Harm herself, after years of sexual abuse and torture by Ganondorf dating back to her tweens. As a result, scenes like Link acting as Zelda's non-sexual dom are not remotely used for fanservice. Putting it here bc it states it's not sexual'''
10. Film.Love Story: A non-BDSM variation. Oliver is a successful lawyer, and Jenny is a housewife - and yet, he is the usual target of her sarcastic quips. Moreover, when he finds out that Jenny is terminally ill, it is she who comforts him and not the other way round. Misuse — no sex is involved
11. Webcomic.Curvy: Wexler is a gun-toting, testosterone-poisoned secret agent, but he has a tendency to get into (and enjoy) very submissive sexual situations, such as with Mallory. Misuse — not a powerful person
12. TrappedInADatingSim.Tropes G To O:
    • I Didn't Mean to Turn You On: Tends to happen with the Bunny-Ears Lawyer Roseblade sisters. Unclear pothole
13. Characters.Ive Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years And Maxed Out My Level: She is the Demon King, which makes her one of the most powerful individuals in the world. Yet for years, she has been looking for a Cool Big Sis figure to boss her around, which she finds in Azusa. Playing into this, she will reject Azusa's requests if the latter politely asks, but she will eagerly oblige if the witch outright demands her to do so. This is unclear — does it extend to sex?
14. WesternAnimation.Spicy City: The judge from "An Eye for an Eye", Margo uses it as blackmail material. 'ZCE