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Kinks and Clichés: The Slave Fic(s)


I admit, I’ll always give a slave!fic a chance because it just hits slams so many of my buttons. For this one genre, I’ll suspend most of my reader elitism in the hopes that an image or two of the story will stick with me. Mostly, I can categorize what I want out of this cliché into two different plot lines:

Plot A: Through circumstances beyond the control of the characters, A is forced to pretend/act to be B’s slave. Either through fear for their own lives, the struggle to escape, or for some attainable goal these characters are forced together.

Plot B: While this might not be pure slave fic, it’s similar enough that I’d lump them together. This requires a gimmick, some sort of technology or drug that bonds the two people together (most likely against their wills at least at first).

Purely self-indulgent bullets as to why I like this cliché:

~ boys on their knees, angry about it, but wanting it soooo badly
~ collars, markings, or other possession signs hickeys
~ public submissions/ PDA (eg: petting, kissing, lounging)
~ hot outfits good for nothing but showing off the goods
~ bonding through needed proximity (including sleeping/unintentional cuddling)


I think that one of the main reasons that this cliché kinks the hell out of me is the plausible deniability. The character(s) in the vulnerable role get the opportunity to explore avenues that they’d never get the chance too otherwise. I don’t like fics where men are overly feminized (the quickest way to make me hit the back-button is tears when one of the guys isn’t near death or actually experiencing feminine stereotypes eg. hello mpreg.) but this is a chance for a character to either take or let go of control when maybe they couldn’t have before. Not that I’m saying that the character is going to throw off a lifetime of cultural brainwashing, but with the right buildup, this can be way hott.

I like bonding fics because enforced physical proximity can lead to so many, very interesting places. These fics often have the plus of enabling the characters to remain in familiar settings in a total unfamiliar mental headspace. Characters are forced to deal more immediately with others who are not affected and that leads to enforced growth/soul searching. The character has to fight against himself; his own body that is rebelling against what he wants/ or what he only thinks he wants.


Recs:

In no particular order, and updated as I find new (and old) fic. Feel free to rec some, I’d love you forever. NC-17 unless noted otherwise.

Stargate Atlantis:

Advantage by Resonant
An alien mark makes John want to please Rodney any way possible.


Stargate: SG-1:

The Other Half by eliade
Jack gets a new fashion acessory and Daniel gets a new shadow.


Due South:

Slaves by Elizabeth
RayK is a slave in need of rescue. Fraser is the man for the job.


Star Trek: Voyager:

First Contact by Ruth Devero
When an away mission goes wrong, Paris and Chakotay wind up in the middle of a slave culture - and only one can be the master. A classic Trek theme.


Star Wars:

Life While There's Hope by Diana Williams
In this alternate version of 'A New Hope', a frustrated Han Solo meets a pleasure boy who's not at all what he seems...