So this might be kind of an unusual fantasy, but I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on it. Some kind of evil or villainous female character is defeated and cornered, but instead of giving up, she decides to go out with a bang. Her body starts to bloat and expand and then soon she is laughing, holding her body and reveals that she is about to explode. Throughout the rest of the scenario, other characters have to either try to escape, try to stop her, or somehow move her out of there before she blows, and all the while she just keeps getting bigger and more unstable.
Does this appeal to anyone else? The idea of a woman deciding to go out with a bang, trying to take the "good guys" with her? This was first inspired by the cell self-destruct scene from dragon ball z. I've always enjoyed the idea of it but always really wished that it was a female character who did it. Somehow I imagine that it would take a very powerful, dominating woman, or one who's a bit crazy.
I could think of a few good candidates. Mystique from X-Men would have the ability to alter her own body, perhaps as a last resort she starts to manufacture a mix of volatile chemicals inside herself. Android 18 from DBZ could do exactly what Cell did and blow herself up like a balloon before exploding. Although she's not evil, D.Va from overwatch, famous for a very special move... I'll let you figure that one out. Widowmaker is evil and certainly has the right personality for it. For people who enjoy blueberry, perhaps some young lady might snap and stuff as much gum in her mouth as she can, swallowing the whole thing, essencially turning herself into a juicy time-bomb.
To keep things from getting too grim, "good guys" might escape and the exploding girl might re-generate afterwards (plot magic).
Anyway I am curious to hear if other people like this or have ideas for characters they imagine in that role.
Female "self-destruct" inflation
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That's a great idea! Also exactly what I mean, a woman choosing to inflate and explode herself out of revenge/desperation/for the sake of destruction. I'd be curious to know what she would look like.
I also think it's fun when there's some build-up time before the explosion. Like she won't explode right away but has to build up to it, either by magic or a chemical reaction or whatever means. That gives time for other characters around her to react and makes it more of a story.
Any other ideas? That's a very good one.
Thank you. I think she looks more like a mix between a bikergirl and a deathmetal singer. Long brown curly hair and a eye-patch. She was a queen who ruled with a iron fist. But at her raids she made a lot of enemies. Her ironfist would end in the downfall of her empire and herself. She cant stand the idea of being a slave again. So she came up with the idea to turn herself into a bomb to end her empire and enemies.
You are treu about the reaction, it makes the characters more human. She is calm because she knows this is the final option. She waits till her enemies run into the room. She says her last quote "a queen dies with her empire". She takes a last drag of her cigar and stick it in her maximum filled belly.
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Meby i have more ideas. I would love to write stories, but my writing in english can be better you know.
Great forum by the way!
Sounds like another story arc I've never got around to writing. Had an idea for a tragic villainess called "The Detonatrix" that could expand and detonate almost on command, then reform at her secret base in a chemical vat. The more she ate, the bigger she got and the bigger the boom she made. Problem was, if she waited too long to explode, her explosion became even large than it ought to have been. Worse,yet, teh bigger the bang, the longer it took for her to reform until she's afraid if she ever got too big and ddetonated,she'd never reform!
Poor woman,just trying to make a living with what life dealt her.
Very interesting idea, although somehow the tragicness of it makes me a bit sad. That's purely my opinion, but I'd rather have the woman laughing and taunting people about her impending explosion, and definitely making her the "bad guy". Also making it seem like she *wants* the destruction, like she's building herself up for a big thermonuclear orgasm.
Y'know I never liked that Cell scene. Little kid me was just too upset that my hot green guy was taken away to appreciate the boom.
Aaaaanyway, Staying on a dbz tangent, Gonna throw this idea out there: Fem!Buu. She's perfect for the idea, What with normal!Buu being able to turn into a liquid and flow into a dude until he fucking explodes. Who's to say fem!buu can't do it to herself?
Hey but you did get your 'hot green guy' back though? At least for a bit. I hope you can see the appeal though to that kind of inflation.
Also that's a great idea! There was actually a point in dbz where the male buu did literally self-destruct, but did not inflate. I would love to see a female buu blow herself up in exactly the way that cell did.
Any other characters or situations you could imagine?
I mean honestly? Never seen the appeal. At all. Like it was a little too silly for me I guess? The shape is a little doofy looking, And lets be real Semi-Perfect Cell looks ridiculous. Idk, Just never really clicked with me.
That and the whole 'losing my first ever husbando' thing but that's a different issue.
And to respond to your last question:
Cool, thanks for your input.
Old school Harley Quinn comes to mind, but I'd still hate to see her blow.
But the new one can end with a bang right?
I love old school Harley, I'm sad that she's lost her bodysuit in more recent versions. It's very easy to imagine her exploding.
Self-destruct might be too narrow of an application
But a puffy person stretching a wonderful cleavage in a half of subway carriage so that others have to sit under it and can't stand up. Five minutes gawking and squishing is heaven, but I'll look at you after you miss your stop
Or a bloated person arranging himself stuck in a turnstile - accidentally of course - when your hours are about to start. Making you vent and seriously consider fetching a barrette from your hair
Or a honeymoon pair of inflationists blowing up to occupy entire first class on a flight - the heroes won't be destroyed by a self-destructing villainess, they simply won't have a seat to fly there
Or three freshmen/women stretching over entire lobby making consierge mutter an ultimatum - either you deflate in 60 seconds or I'll find an airtank and will free this room by other means - knowing he won't dare. Let entire building use fire ladder for a change!
There're no protests easier than inflation in inflation world. There are a lot of people unhappy with inflation in inflation world. Day and night they wish to live in a world where inflation is just a bad dream ^_^
I love this concept. Spectate123 makes great stories on DeviantArt centered around female self destruct inflation. I wish there was more artwork of it.
I'll excuse the necrobump if you post a link. spectate123.deviantart.com doesn't go anywhere.
The working link is https://spectator123.deviantart.com/
That is actually my own account! I totally agree with WWclaz, I wish there was more art related to it.
After I finish writing the last story for my DA account, mebbe I'll start on The Detonatrix.
I was just reading some of what that was about today...
is this "detonatrix" gonna be a villainous character that makes her victims explode? Also if you need a generic victim to be popped- my OC Nami is available!
Initially, she'll make them explode by inflating them, then taking them with her as she explodes, letting all of them gradually watch the giant countdown timer on her belly, ticking down...
After that, I guess she coiuld be an assassin/bank robber for hire, threatening to detonate herself.
After that, who knows? I think I would end the series as a female superhero tracks her down to ther lab where she reforms, has a mid-air fight and finally throws her, all swollen and ready to blow into her own laboratory, screaming "Noooooo!"
Cue fireworks.
Nice! In that case, could Nami be one of the victims that explodes from inflating? Falls victim after trying to stop her or something? (Her usual barefoot karate attire)
if not that's fine, I have to ask though...
Sorry for the necro...who's Nami?
I hope you're still making stories, I love them. Maybe one where a girl is able to create energy from within herself and decides to plug herself up so that she can explode in a last ditch move.
Anyone have a collection of images of this kind of situation?
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Funny how this thread was revived. I have the perfect video for fans of self-destruction. It involves the android 2B from Nier: Automata inflating herself before exploding.
Hey Noone, if you're still around, do you keep the stories you wrote and the images you amassed somewhere?
Necroin this for the 4chan crowd, and a hope Nooone and hfilled make a triumphant return.
Still around. Still have the idea for The Detonatrix floating around in my head. Always had the idea that her origins involved an accident/sabotage and she only barely survived due to some experimental lab work her boyfriend did...but was condemned to refrom in the same lab after exploding all the time. Eventually she goes around seeking revenge onthe people that helped make her into what she is by trapping them in the same room/building with her and self-destructing, complete with countdown or other remote control.
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This last option thing can fit. Specially with villans. And you already explored a bit of this idea.
In my mind i have a scenario for you:
In this post-apocolythic (simular to mad-max) there is this hot but evil gang queen. Her empire is falling and her enemies are at her doorstep. As her enemies walk into her room they meet this big suprize. The queen is waiting for them. She had been drinking a tank of gasoline, so she has this giant belly. She finally says "a queen ends with her empire". She sticks her burning cigar in the skin of her giant belly. She explode into a huge ball of flames.
And boom goes the inflatee