Sex Magic
| Tropes and genres | |
|---|---|
| Synonym(s) | sex magick |
| Related tropes/genres | soul bond, dub con, Magic (trope) |
| See also | Magic AU |
| Related articles on Fanlore. | |
Sex magic is a trope that involves magic that is used in a sexual capacity, often to get characters together because of a magical spell, or to fulfill the terms of a magical spell needed for some other plot point.
The sex that occurs as the result of sex magic (or to fulfill the terms of the spell requiring sex) may be consensual, dub-con, or non-con. Sometimes the sex magic will result in a soul bond. Magical Healing Cock can be an example of sex magic when it is played literally.
Sex magic as a trope occurs in fanworks for fandoms that include magic, such as fantasy ones; in Magic AUs for fandoms that do not include magic in canon; and is present in various canons. (The Anita Blake and the Merry Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton may suffer from an excess of sex magic.[1])
Example Fanworks
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Necessary Evils by Barb Cummings features Buffy/Spike sex magic at the climax.
- Harry Potter: No Other Superstar by lettered. Harry is hit with a spell that forces him to have sex with his worst enemy, who is, surprise! Draco Malfoy. (May 2011)
- Merlin: Summer Country by seperis. A heat wave wrecks the land and only sex magic can bring on the rain.
- Merlin: So That I Might Be Where You Are by cherrybina. Accidental sex magic that results in Arthur feeling it every time when Merlin touches himself.
- Merlin: Fated series by Araminia16. In a remix of the season 4 episode "A Servant of Two Masters", Morgana compels Merlin via the Fomorrah to have sex with her. In the heat of their passion, Merlin unknowingly performs a spell that bonds her to him, complicating their relationship when she's later captured by Camelot.
- Supernatural: Five Districts, Five Drugs by rei-c. Sam/Dean, five different explorations/scenarios in which sex (preferably with Dean, naturally) helps Sam deal with debilitating aspects of his magic/psychic powers.
- Supernatural: Put Your Arms Around Me Like A Ring Around The Sun by topaz119. Sam/Dean, Sam/Dean/OFC. Dean is being drained of life. Only one thing will help....
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Resources
- Fanworks tagged "Sex Magic" at AO3
- The Sex Magick Challenge - challenge in Merlin fandom (2009)
References
- ^ Did the Witches of Mayfair series by A. Rice have sex magic? (I don't remember, but imagine they must have?)