To add more clarification on something that is not only already clear (at least for me), but also unnecessary. I will proceed to more or less rant. This will most likely be used to explain essentially me on this specific thing to purely hypothetical people in a purely hypothetical scenarios, centred on teaching people who are new to this thingy. This is a very extensive and long post.
I wouldn’t be surprised if you think less of me due to this, I believe that’s because of its frankly unavoidable connection to cannibalism. I know this is biased, but it isn’t even close to that. Trust me, I would’ve taken ANYTHING ELSE, but no, I’ve stuck with this. And, as far as I remember — it isn’t great, so may be much older — since 2016. Which would’ve made me 10, approaching 11, so it is very old. If you’re concerned about me acting on these feelings, the way that reality works makes what I want diametrically opposed. You can’t just get eaten and not die, you could die from any of the following and more: hypoxia, hyperthermia, being dissolved/digested. But if it could happen the way I wanted, I still wouldn’t act on them. The only ways I could imagine it happening is being so moth-coded that I just crawl into a giants mouth and get swallowed, like an idiot.
If you, yourself, are fairly familiar with vore — either because of unrestricted internet access or you went on a quest for this kind of material — you will be aware that ‘vore’ (not in the way that I meant it) covers a whole lot more then what I talk about. And, that it is fairly dishonest to exclude cannabilism from the equation. Saying that, cannibalism and is pretty much just extra niche topic in vore as it has to fit: hard vore, digestion, no reformation/fatal, same size. However, for many reasons but particularly due to it making me viscerally recede in horror I refuse to associate with it at all.
If you wish that I stop hanging around communities that I share this with, I don’t recommend it. Not only has it made me comfortable with this, it has help manage it in a way that nothing else does. A bonus to that, Is the bonus emotions have gotten less frequent. There are additional quirks it has given me, which I will not name because it’s a bit odd.
First of all I when I use the word ‘vore’ I do not refer to the nsfw vore community or it’s possible sexual connotations, I mean it as a all-encapsulating term for when characters ‘eat’ each other. Not in a cannibalistic sense but as a non-fatal and unique form of either bonding, based on trust an protection as a tool to cope with personal trauma, or as a tool for storytelling. Neither of which I enjoy sexually or intend it as such. I may use other terms such as; extreme cuddling, Swwh etc to refer to specific elements of vore.
One the coping mechanism side of things, it is much more focused on the feelings of security and trust then the actual vore itself. This manifests as some weird-ass cravings (reverse craving and strange craving). Since cravings are a desire to eat a particular thing, and I’m the one wanting to be eaten, reverse craving fits the bill. The strange is obvious given the context.
Reverse craving is a word that I use to label a desire to swallowed hole by another, usually someone I deeply deeply trust, and for the purpose of ones’ own safety in an unsafe environment. Functionally speaking, it works by both direct and indirect ways. Directly, because the pred is usually more powerful then yourself they can protect you as you’re tucked away inside of them. Indirectly, because they are much larger then you; it acts as an escape as no-one will know your there. A bonus to that, is you are literally as close to them as you can be, which is nice. A similar yet different reasoning goes for the ‘strange cravings’, instead of the desire to be eaten, it’s to protect others who can’t protect themselves and out of fear of their loss.
From experience, the two cravings can occur at different rates. The most abundant being the reverse craving for many reasons, and can get really potent to the point of begging. The other, is much rarer and more so a byproduct of clinginess or protectiveness and I can salivate like crazy, i fr did not know I could salivate that much, that quickly. It is much harder to satiate though.
On the storytelling side of things, to me I just find it as a unique way of showing the bond of two or more characters, also it’s cool. Traits can be added to prey and/or preds to make some interesting scenarios. For example stomach fluid can have a healing effect rather then fatal. It’s very a simple interest, and I expect it to be one I post the most about.
If you read this and still don’t understand why I like this, either you aren’t trying to listen/understand and clearly not worth the effort. Or, you are trying but you just need time, that won’t be easy for the either of us, so please be patient.
Sorry if I rambled there’s a lot to say, and I want to make sure that NONE OF IT is misinterpreted.