I want to be in a power exchange relationship but I also have strong opinions and I advocate loudly for myself in every area of my life. Will that make me a bad submissive?

The idea that a submissive must be generally deferent, quiet, or passive in all situations is a persistent misconception. Many highly effective and deeply satisfied submissives in kink relationships are extremely assertive, opinionated, and self-directed in the rest of their lives. The two are not only compatible; the very strength and self-possession that makes you assertive outside the dynamic is what makes the choice to submit within it meaningful.

Submission is not a character trait you have in the way that eye colour is fixed. It is something you actively choose to offer to a specific person in a specific context. The stronger your everyday self, the more significant that offering is, and many Dominants describe choosing strong, capable submissives specifically because they value what the submission of such a person represents.

The practical implication is that your advocacy and opinions do not switch off when you are negotiating the terms of your dynamic. You negotiate clearly, you express your limits, you choose your Dominant deliberately, and then, within the agreed structure, you submit. That sequence requires exactly the kind of self-knowledge and direct communication you are already demonstrating.

Some dynamics do ask for a quieter, more passive submission style, and if that does not fit who you are, those dynamics are not for you. But the range of submission styles is wide: protocol-heavy dynamics, service submission, more physical submission, psychological submission, and many others accommodate a range of personalities.

Finding a Dominant who values what you specifically bring is a better goal than trying to be a generic version of what you imagine submission looks like.