mirrorwitches: (hotd; funeral)
Title: the rapture of that cruelty which yet is love
Fandom: House of the Dragon
Pairing(s): Alicent/Rhaenyra, Daemon/Rhaenyra
Rating: Explicit
Length: 35k, 1/1
Tags: Alternate Universe - Victorian, Vampires, Gothic Pastiche, Frame Narrative, Uncle/Niece Incest, Sexual Abuse, Rape/Non-con Elements, Dubious Consent, Blood Drinking, Vampire Sex, Lesbian Sex, Embedded Images, NSFW Art

Written for the Fire & Blood Kink Reverse Bang.

Summary:

Rhaenyra died when Alicent was fifteen. Now, almost twenty years later, Rhaenyra has returned looking not a day older than fifteen—and speaking fondly of something queer: bloodlust.

Content warning: the “sexual abuse” tags refers to an adult vampirically feeding on a minor—no human sex happens, but it’s an intensely erotic and eroticized act and experience that qualifies it as such; this is my attempt at a Neo-Victorian narrative/pastiche in a Victorian Era/Westeros mashup and although it’s relatively minor the general vibe contains some Orientalism, colonial mindsets, ableism, fetishization of paleness/white skin, admiration for the vanished glories of civilizations that were brutal slave empires, etc.; lastly it’s a vampire story with all that might imply about consent issues, as well as specific themes of predation/underage predation/fixation on eternal girlhood or youth etc.

Acknowledgments: Thank you to Becca for her gorgeous art and for being a lovely collaborator, and to all the event staff for their hard work that made this such a well-run event that was a joy to participate in every step of the way!

Twenty-seventh day of the tenth month, 1875 AD... )