vore turn offs?

[Jayezox]

Just thought of something good to bring to this topic. Think of a turn-off as biting into a pizza and finding out there's some topping on it you have a strong distaste for. It ruins the whole pizza. It's not like it's a crime for that pizza to exist, but it would be pretty uncool to bring it to a party unlabeled unless it's really obvious.

[TimberWolf25]

When I see a really nice thumbnail featuring vore... only to find out its only micro vore. Like I get it, it's vore, but at least let the viewer know if it's micro or same size. Clickbait much?

[EnderDracolich]

When people don't label fatal vore as such. It really pisses me off; it's like finding meat in a vegan food dish, or following an online link to a shock site by accident, or having someone hide a screamer in an ASMR video. It ruins the entire experience. If somebody is going to die in your comic, story, or RP, please make that clear at the start, not halfway through (or at the end!).

If you aren't sure, play it safe and put the warning in anyway. Not everyone likes the same thing in Vore; be considerate and aware of that! You wouldn't like it if you were tricked into watching a film, listening to a song, or reading a book that changed into a genre you dislike mid-way through! Even a porn film that changed from one extreme fetish into another mid-way though would be distressing to most people (unless they have both fetishes).

[Ghrelin]

If you aren't sure, play it safe and put the warning in anyway.

how can you not be sure? there are only 3 possibilities: you intended the character to die, you intended them to live, or you did not intend one or the other and left it up to viewer interpretation--in which case, the tags should be left alone. i agree proper tagging is important, but people shouldn't be pressured into choosing a tag that doesn't reflect their intentions.

[TimberWolf25]

I agree with Erastus. Unless the work explicitly states fatal, the fate of a character is left up to interpretation.

People are responsible for tagging their work. It should be a requirement so the blacklisting can function. You should tell them to if you see it. Though I'm like the complete opposite, a reader should look at the tags and read the the description before going into the artwork. They don't to be absolutely obvious.

[EnderDracolich]

If you aren't sure, play it safe and put the warning in anyway.

how can you not be sure? there are only 3 possibilities: you intended the character to die, you intended them to live, or you did not intend one or the other and left it up to viewer interpretation--in which case, the tags should be left alone.

That was mostly referring to written works. Such works can be released episodically one chapter at a time. If an author chooses that type if publishing formula, they may post part of the story before they finish writing the whole story. In such a case, I think it is wise for the author to let the reader know what type of content they intend to work with in the series as a whole. If nobody dies in the first 5 episodes, for example, but the author is open to killing characters later, they should be clear about that. Some people might call that overly demanding, but I think you should know what type of content your work has before sharing it; how violent, how sexual, and that sort of thing. If a television program intends to deal with mature themes, they always let you know on the first episode, even if that episode itself doesn't touch those themes. The same logic should apply to episodic content on the internet.

[HungryScorpion]

Scat will always be disgusting to me.

[Hanzo]

fatal vore, scat, piss. Just generally anything gross.

[jaggedjagd]

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[Jayezox]

What if the author themselves is unsure of where they are going with their story? I take tagging very seriously and try my best to tag everything apropriately because I too hate it when people neglect their tags. But when you're doing a long (and i mean sometimes spanning over several years) running story you may not always be 100% sure what direction you wanna take it in. Split decisions happen. And sometimes more than one type of vore/fetish happens within the same story. Some creators also don't want to spoil specific things purposefully. There's not really a perfect solution to this. The only advice i can give is try asking beforehand via comments what themes the story contains, some creators are nice enough to answer directly.

Even if you are too shy to ask (breaks the fourth wall; hi there lurkers), there is always the possibility of looking through the writer's previous works even if it's looking through the tags briefly to see if their work aligns with the reader's interest. This won't always work if the writer is erratic or hasn't written much.

[Ghrelin]

...the writer is erratic or hasn't written much.

*quietly raises paw*

Though i think this is the exact reason why viewers shouldn't take anything for granted and always check tags before reading. As long as each individual submission contains the proper tags, the author/artist has done their job. While it's helpful in some cases to know what you can expect from a series, it's not necessary. I think the suggestion of asking the author if you're concerned/curious about what you might see later on is your best bet. That, and making sure to check the tags for every post even if it's something you've been following. I don't read a lot of ongoing stories, but when i do, i check the tags of every page before reading on so i can decide whether i want to continue. I don't hold it against the author for not telling me from the beginning, as they might not have had a specific direction in mind and even if they did, the warnings are right there on every page to which they actually apply.
so in short: early warnings for a series are nice, but not needed (and not always possible). It's always on the viewer to check tags, just as it's always on the author to tag each page appropriately.

[Indighost]

I also agree with Erastus and JaggedJagd. I for one either love or happily tolerate almost all types and emotions and phases and genders of vore but really really really hate anything where the predator gets physically hurt (i.e. popping)--while still understanding that some like it and in general it's an acceptable fetish. But the problem is that this is often the "surprise" at the end of a story.

But ultimately, what can you do?

• The author/artist may be simply trying something new.
• Tags ultimately are honestly kinda bad to the art and can ruin something just by tagging, because in any kind of comic or story, SUSPENSE is hugely valuable. Especially for someone who loves/enjoys a controversial item (such as popping or scat or vomiting), having it come up as a surprise and them genuinely not knowing if that's where the story is going is way better than wanting it and knowing it's coming.
• Something that totally triggers all my snowflakes may be no big deal to 99% of users.

I try to prevent these issues by watching artists/authors very carefully to ensure their prefs don't contain any of my snowflake triggers, and sometimes I will ask the author/artist directly (though they are not always honest >_>)

Perhaps there could be some kind of "Hidden Black Tag" thing where everyone has hidden black tags, and if you DONT have that hidden black tag, it DOESNT alert you, but if you do it does. So the people who like the surprising thing can enjoy it as a surprise and the people who dont can avoid it. But that would rely on a more advanced and complex gallery portal system, and you'd still have the issue of people not using the system or slightly misspelling the tag word.

[Saftkeur]

Perhaps there could be some kind of "Hidden Black Tag" thing where everyone has hidden black tags, and if you DONT have that hidden black tag, it DOESNT alert you, but if you do it does. So the people who like the surprising thing can enjoy it as a surprise and the people who dont can avoid it. But that would rely on a more advanced and complex gallery portal system, and you'd still have the issue of people not using the system or slightly misspelling the tag word.

Does the spoiler function work in gallery descriptions as well? Most of the other formatting code does, but I don't know if I've ever seen a spoiler tag used there.

I think that would serve the purpose very well; it's not a huge deal if things show up in the wrong peoples' inboxes, so long as those people are aware of their own triggers and do check the description. And if those sorts of tags can be hidden in a spoiler, it's perfect; if you're worried about a trigger, you open the spoiler, if you'd rather have it come as a surprise, you don't. The stories I work on are (or will be) non-fatal, but with reformation, and I'd like to in some way offer some appeal to both sides of the fence; making sure there's a warning but also making sure people can avoid the spoiler if they choose is pretty important to making that happen, I think.

Personally I'm nervous to go asking authors every time "is this fatal?" or other such things, because A. I'm worried that it would get annoying, and B. it's sometimes hard to convey that it's a detail that genuinely bothers me, as opposed to coming across as someone who just wants to have the ending spoiled for them. And as an author, it might not feel very good to put all that work into writing your masterpiece, only for someone to ignore it and ask you directly for the ending. Though I'm getting over that nervousness myself, if an author has decided that it's very important to them that the reader be surprised for better or for worse, that's their decision; and if it was me, I'd rather someone came and asked me outright, as opposed to skimming the ending for themselves or simply not reading the story at all.

[jaggedjagd]

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[justinrpg]

I hate same size, super unrealistic. I do not like aliens either.

[Merodi]

There's stuff I dislike and therefor won't look at, so I won't call those turn-offs because... It's not like I'm looking for them.
But I hate racism/weird fetishization, in fics especially. Like, when the pred is black and the author uses racist terms to refer to them (ranging from the n-word to comparisons with monkeys) and describes in a racist way. Or when the prey is black and constantly gets compared to chocolate or caramel and stuff. This also counts for other people, but its especially apparent with black people to me.

[EnderDracolich]

(And i'm not even talking about sickos swallowing live rodents on camera, seemingly unable to grasp what the words FANTASY fetish mean. Leave that shit on the deep web where it belongs.)

Oh my god. Yeah. I'm not sure what I would do if I accidentally ran into any sort of animal (or human ) snuff films when looking for vore!

As for your main point about normal (less horrifying) RL content, I agree that I should be tagged.

[delet609hw6bn3296]

1. Male human vore (and sometimes male anthro vore unless the prey is female)
2. cock vore (looks painful)
3. Anal vore (stinky)
4. Scat
5. watersports
6. digestion
7. stretchy vore/samesize vore
8. Hard vore
9. sadism
10. herms

[EnderDracolich]

1. Male human vore (and sometimes male anthro vore unless the prey is female)
2. cock vore (looks painful)
3. Anal vore (stinky)
4. Scat
5. watersports
6. digestion
7. stretchy vore/samesize vore
8. Hard vore
9. sadism
10. herms

Huh. I guess I left some things out of my list, that are just general "turn-offs" not specific to Vore. Some of them only apply to videos (For example, sleazy music).

*Overt sexism or racism.
*Non consent or dubious consent
*Fake or badly written BDSM
*Excessive profanity
*Sleazy music
*Fake sounding moans
*Fake sounding screams
"Watersports"
*Scat (eating or sexual).

...and Fatal Vore, as I already mentioned.

Also, cock Vore does look SUPER painful. I can't say it turns me off, but it certainly doesn't turn me on!

[NameHere]

Pain, death, scat, piss, torture, plant, anal, sadism, herms, cock, gay, male pred, and people who use the circle tool in MS paint.

I am really picky, aren't I...