Dueling Controllers/Harem Size/Control Method

Firstly I apologize for the 'scatter-gun' response to some varied topics that've come up in the last month.

Dueling Controllers (slave-swapping): The best EMC scenarios often inspire a kind of split response in me. The reptilian part of my brain is 'that's HAWT!', while the more evolved part of my brain recoils in revulsion at the horrific depersonalization on display. A scenario where 'slaves' are traded like commodities (which of course occurred all the time in slave-keeping cultures), or are 'poached' by rival controllers, seems to be a logical development in many of these scenarios, though it can be unsettling in the reader, as it deals with some of the more ugly aspects of the fetish.

Harem Size: How long is the story? Longer stories will probably require larger harems. Will the artist be able to develop a visual short-hand to depict all these different harem members (who will be naked, a majority of the time)? What are the motivations of the harem owner: the 'accidental' owner practicing 'catch and release'; the 'predator' who who will target any attractive individual who crosses their path, the strategist selecting targets according to specific abilities they might posses, the 'HIVE' that will assimilate ALL.

Control Method: Weird Science/Tech, for the most part. Though there a couple of specific scenarios that I'm fond of. The psychic 'worm'. A character with some kind of psychic or mystic power, enters another character's mind. But that mind has been compromised, and now the visiting psychic is exposed to the programing. Dance. There's music with a mind-controlling component; it compels the listener to dance, and as they dance they become controlled.

This concludes my little rant. Have good week-end everyone.