I like both femdom and cuckolding, but..................
I'll be honest. I'm confused by your answer. You like Femdom and Cuckolding, BUT ..... under certain conditions you'd want to go Harem and be Dominant? The 'but' indicates you'd want to do the opposite of Femdom & Cuckolding, based on certain conditions?
I can't answer without knowing more of the context.
So you're saying based upon the context, you'd want to go Harem Dominant MC, Femdom (Submissive MC) or Cuckolding (Submissive MC)? You'd want to choose between those three paths?
It would depend mostly on the setting (realistic or fantasy), how receptive the female character is to being a "meat shield" for them, her relationship with the MC (as in how close they are, who is on top, etc), and what kind of personality I'm giving to the MC.
So in a realistic setting, you'd want to be Harem Dominant MC? Then in a fantasy setting, you prefer Femdom and Cuckolding? Not sure I understand your angle. I'm dying to know though.
For me, the setting doesn't matter, my fetishes don't change based upon scene. For example, I don't like the spanking fetish, no matter if the scene is Fantasy or Modern.
how receptive the female character is to being a "meat shield" for them,
Aaah, this I understand. You want to know if it's against her will or a form of rape? It's 100% consensual, she knows what she's getting into, but she also follows your judgement; do you use sexual means, combat means, or both? Then depending on how submissive you are, she literally takes over everything, so you're not in charge at all, but she takes advice from you for a good reason.
and what kind of personality I'm giving to the MC.
The MC is an open book. You mold him into a dominant harem seeking alpha, or a submissive who like femdom and/or cuckolding.
Conclusion.
Based on your answer, it seems you like:
Harem
Femdom
Cuckolding
Because based on CONDITION X,Y,Z, you're tastes might dramatically change? That's what I took from your response.
I always like to play Femdom/NTR games FIRST and fore most. I'll try Harem games, but most of the time they're too vanilla, tame and have zero challenge. They feel empty as hell because it was just too easy, too easy = turn off. There is one Harem game I liked, it's called Corruption. The MC was actually an evil sadistic bastard who is into some very kinky shit.
On a side note, my research is showing that guys who like Femdom, but don't like NTR/Cuck/Sharing, seem to have a very dominant personality (VERY surprising), they want to have MASSIVE control over the women, despite submitting to the woman supposedly. It's almost a form of FEMDOM LIGHT(I'm talking featherweight division). Nothing wrong with that btw, it's just interesting. It caused me to make a lot of changes or else I would've upset a lot of people, lol.