What is a creative way to subdue an attacker?

Have her ask the attacker if this rag smells like cloraphom?
Or do the Xena warrior princess’s neck pinch. Where she temporarily blocks the jugular from fueling the brain until she stops it after they confess.

I want her to use a hip, unique, super-cool way to incapacitate him and still get the information she needs

May I ask, do you intend to write a serious or light-hearted novel? Because if you are aiming for seriousness then it’s pretty hard for someone to do such an uncomfortable thing like subduing someone and still remain “beautiful”. You don’t see people attacking someone and trying to look good at the same time.

The context of this thing is also lacking. In which situation are the detective and the suspect? Is the detective being attacked or is she interrogating him? And is he already restrained in the first place? Different situations call for different methods.

Pooping on oneself. It’s actually a tactic recommended by some self-defence experts when in danger of being raped.

Eat a large number of burritos and let r rip on him with a large fart. Again and again until he surrenders.

Whip out a fork, give a little prayer; “Thank you lord, for this meal I am about to have.”, then charge at him, wailing like a noonwraith.

No one except LEO’s really uses dogs anymore, but I would use the hold command. Not many people would try to escape, mentally the concept is terrifying, even for dog lovers.

Also, the bedroom, like Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, pretty good. Overdone though. In the book it was very neat though. Getting a big guy down takes wiles for a woman, or a taser, or drugs, or sex.

I would need to see the layout of the scene and how exactly he is attacking her. Good question by the way.

Let’s say he grabs her wrists and she is frantically trying to break free but unable to because he’s stronger than her. As they’re wresting standing up, he has her wrists above her head trying to get in to hurt her further, she cannot draw her weapon or get free. One clever thing she could do is use her “Sharp/pointed” hairpin. She could swiftly look down, positioning the hairpin/weapon towards his face and lunging her head forward, stabbing him in the face, eye, etc. He lets go to hold the wound and she then draws her weapon.

I don’t have any particularly good suggestions (though I really like @KNOWITALL‘s suggestion about the dog being told to “hold”). One thing I would be conscious of when writing a strong female character (or male characters too) is to avoid writing a Mary Sue. Of course she can be a badass, but we need to feel like it’s earned and that her triumph isn’t inevitable—that she can and does get hurt (and not in trivial, superficial ways), fail, make mistakes, just like all other good characters. She wins by guile, deception, wit, charm, or even force applied strategically, etc. Sarah Connor from Terminator, Ripley from Ailen, are fantastic examples of badass females that are believable and interesting.

@gorillapaws I’m working on a new concept, training my parrot to attack on command. She’s such a bada$$ and she’s got a mean streak. I’ll let you know how that works out haha!

A good, swift kick to the nut bag is always effective.

Do what Jackie Chan does: Make everything around you a weapon.

Some of our field techs carry wasp spray in lieu of pepper spray. It’s more effective if someone attempts to assault them. I thought it was quite creative. Would not be over the top for a story.

Hypnosis.
She would had to be trained to immediately hypnotize .
Raveen a famous Hypnotic stage performer could do in less than 3 min.

https://twitter.com/nickmoorenews/status/321283339648647168

Cheesegrater to the balls while forcing him to listen to Celine Dion at full volume.

Vulcan Nerve Pinch

@Inspired_2write Hypnosis doesn’t work if the person doesn’t want to be hypnotized.

@ucme And so many people love her?! Wth? Sounds nasal and bleating to me. Ugh.

@kritiper Not so. That is what they always say to lower ones guard.
All they needed was a distraction that boggles the mind and in that second utter a suggestion.
I read up on Hypnosis and how its done, years ago.

@Inspired_2write I’ve read up on it myself. A person will not do what the subconscious doesn’t want to do, or what it knows is wrong or dangerous.

@Mimishu1995 Have you seen Charlie’s Angels, Red Sonja, Xena, Storm, Wonder Woman, Shuri, Michonne, Christy Love, Foxy Brown? They fight well and stay beautiful.