"Glad to Be Alive" Sex: Difference between revisions

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'''Barney:''' 'Thank God we're alive' sex! It's even better than 'I can't believe you just proposed to me' sex, which I've only had like, [[Magnificent Bastard|four or five times]].|''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''}}

* Invoked in an advertisement for Bridgestone tires, where the GPS advises an elderly couple the best route to a makeout spot:

(Couple turns to each other and begins kissing furiously as romantic music swells.) }}

** Actually lampshaded in the ''[[Moonraker]]'' novelization.

* ''[[Speed]]''.

'''Annie:''' OK. We'll have to base it on sex then. }}

* The end of ''[[The Fifth Element]]''.

* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "[[Black Colossus]]" Yasmela insists on this immediately in the wake of her rescue. Conan does not need much persuasion, to be sure.

* Occurred in at least one of the ''[[Guardians of the Flame]]'' novels. I can't remember which one or which characters, only the line:

* In [[Sergey Lukyanenko]]'s ''[[Seekers of the Sky]]'' duology, based on Helena's (a glider pilot) stories, this seems to be true whenever several pilots survive a crash-landing or a near-miss. This is considering that most of the pilots are male, with Helena being a rare exception. This lifestyle helps her develop a cavalier attitude towards sex. In her first appearance, the main character (a thief) kidnaps her and forces her to fly him from a prison island. After crash-landing, he is badly hurt. Does she run away immediately? No, she has sex with him before leaving "to work out the aching muscles."

* In ''[[Heralds of Valdemar|By the Sword]]'', this trope combines with [[Rescue Romance]] and the [[Florence Nightingale Effect]] to kickstart Kerowyn and Eldan's relationship within no more than a few hours after she saves him from being tortured by a Karsite priestess. Kero acknowledges the trope in the process, reflecting that she's felt the impulse plenty of times before, just never around anyone she'd care to wake up next to.

* In ''East of the Sun, West of the Moon'' (from the [[Council Wars]] series by [[John Ringo]]) Megan's sexual relationship with Herzer has been delayed because she is recovering from repeated rape and [[Stockholm Syndrome]]. She finally demands sex after {{spoiler|watching her friend get killed by a mutant-scorpion-''thing''}} and downing several shots of vodka to steady her nerves. Fortunately she falls asleep before he can comply, as that doesn't really count as [[Safe, Sane, and Consensual]]

* Subverted in ''A Ring of Endless Light'' by [[Madeleine L'Engle]], Vicky and Leo discuss how being close to death has made them more interested in expressing life. Leo uses this as a come-on (including mentioning that [[Squick|his parents had sex]] as part of their mourning process), but Vicky isn't interested.

'''Vicky:''' Let's concentrate on eating, then. }}

* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', it's #26 on Lily's reasons to have sex.

** Also gets a mention in the episode where Ted and Barney pose as tourists visiting NYC in order to pick up girls.

'''Barney:''' Thank God we're alive sex! It's even better than [[Magnificent Bastard|I can't believe you just proposed to me sex, which I've only had like, four or five times]]. }}

* Wash and Zoe from ''[[Firefly]]''.

** Jayne says something about this to Book in "The Message" when they are talking about how they deal with death. The also say something similar when they are defending the brothel in "Heart of Gold."

** In the movie, {{spoiler|Kaylee and Simon}} use this as their [[Relationship Upgrade]]. It's also implied in this exchange during a lull in a battle:

{{spoiler|'''Kaylee'''}}: ([[Dramatic Gun Cock|cocks gun]]) Hell with this, I'm gonna ''live!''<br />

{{spoiler|Of course, anyone who's seen even a few episodes will see right through those spoiler tags.}} }}

* ''[[NCIS]]'': After nearly dying at the hands of a serial killer, Ziva goes to a bar and picks up a guy. Subverted in that she looks more screwed-up then sad. Also, after his old [[Love Interest]] {{spoiler|Paula Cassidy dies}}, Tony goes and tells his girlfriend he loves her in a more romantic form of this.

* {{spoiler|Amy}} all but requests this outright at the end of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Flesh and Stone". Doesn't get further than a kiss before the Doctor puts a stop to it. Then came the next episode where he tells {{spoiler|Amy's pissed-off fiancé}} what happened.

'''The Doctor''': [[Literal Minded|No, I kissed her mouth.]] }}

* Michael and Fiona from ''[[Burn Notice]]'' indulge in this at least once per season.

* Bonnie "Prince" Billy's "Death To Everyone" combines this with a healthy doese of [[Existentialism]].

And it makes hosin' much more fun }}