A non-magical *and* successful defence!! Love it! I'm about a decade behind you, just far enough that NG's weren't my sole source, but I so get what you're talking about.
At a tangent, I remember reading my first description of a BJ in a collection of Punch (I think). Do not even ask why I was reading it. It took me years to work out what I'd read - I think I was maybe 8 at the time. A *sheltered* 8. With precocious reading skillz!! Anyhoo, it *still* sticks in the memory as surprisingly exciting. Probably also my first encounter with a M/M pairing too.