How and why are we so creative?

[Miridium]

I mean truly, there aren't that many groups out there with a collective liking for something that cranks out as much art and literature as ours. Nevermind fetishes! I mean rule 34 is one thing but this? It's almost like a subculture unto itself now thanks to the internet. How did we get here? What is the origin of our desire to create things based on a kink? Believe me it's not a bad thing! Thank the lord this place exists! I'm just curious about what drives us.

[Eyefull]

The power of horny compels us!

On a more serious note, I think it's because of the more fantasy based portion of our fetish and the amount of overlap. A lot of existing fetishes can have vore added on and we'd be in. Furries? It's only natural. Giantesses? Just begging for it. BDSM? More than halfway there already. Plus, since we are somewhat underground, it's not something we can usually run into by accident. So, we make it!

[Lightness0001]

Yeah vore seems to be in a strange sort of sweet spot where it has a lot of intersection with other stuff, yet remains (mostly) out of public view due to it being mostly fantasy. And unlike some other fetishes, it has an unusual amount of non-fetish interest in it.

Oh and also, creativity wise, since it's virtually impossible to portray fully in traditional live-action porn and stuffs, that forces all of us to create our content with drawing or writing or the occasional animation.

[Aleph-Null]

I think a major contributing factor is that most fetishes, kinks, and other sexual desires have a real life outlet.

With a pure fantasy fetish, there is a necessity for creative thought. That is to say, even in the absence of artistic ability, or access to fetish art, you have to be able to imagine the desired scenario in enough detail to find it erotic.

[VelveteenDreams]

Heh. Saying how creative we are isn't tooting our own horns at all xD More, I think we very...extra : P
Joking of course. I think the real reason we're so different and capable of creativity is that this website really supports acceptance. We're a varied community and no one's really 'unwelcome' so it attracts a bunch of different people as long as they're into vore. Some people here may even only like vore on the side (though I speak for all of us when I say vore is the big one). Personally I'm not here for only vore, even though it's my biggest kink. The fact that I don't have to be vore exclusive is the reason I really feel at home at Eka's and why many more with very different tastes might feel the same.

My point is, when everyone's welcome (even if there's minor prejudice even here), you get a huge amount of variety : P

As for creativity, we generally just pick it up. Being in a community where the main FOCUS is art and writing and roleplay, one really tends to absorb (no pun intended) the talent from others, learning tips and tricks from viewing and through threads like this, and a desire to contribute to the community pushes us to try and create. it also has to do with that variety; such variety is good, but it comes with disadvantages. Namely, few will have the same kinks as oneself. You will hardly find the perfect image that caters to one specific fantasy. therefore, to live that fantasy for ourselves, we try to create the fantasies and share it for the site.

All in all, the reason we're so creative is because we're a diverse community that lives on the arts and greatly welcomes creativity.

[dragonlover81]

Creativity is the product of an eccentric mind. You will find plenty of those here.

[Way2Weird4Some]

To answer the most basic question: I believe that because vore is such a broad genre there are so many different ways it can be used in art. We have creative freedom and we use our own creativity to contribute to the growing base of stuff here.

[deaddanny]

I know I'm capable of writing 2k words a day in RPs. It's just every scenario even those that reuse characters is it's own puzzle I can chew on and get stimulus from. It really keeps me writing.

[sweetladyamy]

For me, it's a livelihood. Deprived of it is almost certain death.

When I was in jail (100+ days) while the courts jerked off with a wait period (couldn't afford bail because of a fixed and limited income), my creativity was taken from me, and the end result was permanently damaging.

I have a much harder time writing, game designing, you name it, all because of this COMPLETELY FUCKED UP LEGAL SYSTEM THAT RAPES THE LESSER-FUNCTIONING PEOPLE LIKE ME.

I was actually on the verge of dying because I was not only trapped in a cage I KNEW FOR A FACT I DID NOT BELONG IN, but in a major and ILLEGAL case of MISOGYNY (imprisoned with men). FUCK YOU JEFFERSON COUNTY COLORADO.

Sorry for the rant.

I am a broken doll, and my creativity is all that keeps me from losing myself entirely now.

Thanks for your invisible support.

[Brainfood]

I think a major contributing factor is that most fetishes, kinks, and other sexual desires have a real life outlet.

With a pure fantasy fetish, there is a necessity for creative thought. That is to say, even in the absence of artistic ability, or access to fetish art, you have to be able to imagine the desired scenario in enough detail to find it erotic.

This is exactly it. We all have to use our imaginations all the time for this stuff, we can't exactly find videos of people getting swallowed alive.

[Speedyblupi]

TPlus, since we are somewhat underground, it's not something we can usually run into by accident. So, we make it!

What? The stuff we come across in other stories or real life usually isn't fetish-oriented, but a large proportion of the things we play, read or watch have vore themes in them.

I've read more fiction books with predation in them than without. This probably wouldn't be true if I read more things set in the real world, but even so, most fantasy stories are absolutely packed with things trying to eat the protagonists.

[Marked]

I've read more fiction books with predation in them than without. This probably wouldn't be true if I read more things set in the real world, but even so, most fantasy stories are absolutely packed with things trying to eat the protagonists.

But how many of those stories have the protagonists actually being eaten by the things out to get them? Yes Vore themes are often used as a source of danger. You could say being eaten is an instinctual fear. And while this does lend itself to things like mawshots and some other tropes about predation, this isn't exactly the same as vore. Still, it makes for an excellent source for the imagination to run wild with.

[MirceaKitsune]

#1 - There are a lot of people alive in the world now, access to the internet is becoming increasingly easier, and people have more free time. All of these being good things... questionably the first because overpopulation in general.

#2 - It's a thing that's personal to a lot of people, in the sense that creating or seeing it makes them happy. As such, it compels artists to do more complex and higher quality stuff in this department.

#3 - Vore is a subject that's easy to do things with. As in the idea of some creatures that swallow others whole is so easy to integrate into countless circumstances and stories. Even numerous cartoons have it

[Speedyblupi]

But how many of those stories have the protagonists actually being eaten by the things out to get them? Yes Vore themes are often used as a source of danger. You could say being eaten is an instinctual fear. And while this does lend itself to things like mawshots and some other tropes about predation, this isn't exactly the same as vore. Still, it makes for an excellent source for the imagination to run wild with.

Well, not many stories end up with the protagonists being eaten, but it pretty regularly happens with villains and background characters. In cases where it's just the protagonists being hunted, usually we just have a predator and our imagination, but with other characters it often gets more interesting.

Over the past few years I've mostly just been reading fanfic and vore stuff, but I did read a few books: Mortal Engines, The Mouse and his Child, Watership Down, and Magician. All of those books have descriptions of prey being eaten - though with a lot of variation in context, detail and plot significance: Mortal Engines is pretty much entirely about cities eating each other (not really "traditional" vore, but there are things like vehicle vore on this site), while Magician has only a single scene where people fight a predatory monster in an arena.

There are also other situations in books, games and films that aren't exactly explicit vore, but still don't leave too much to the imagination.

[deadpoolfan]

holy crap! it i'm not the only one whose noticed this! especially considering how many people are actually into vore, how do we have so many artists spread throughout the community? it's something i've been wondering about for a while

[neversurrender21]

personally, i'd say because this is a full fantasy one theres not much limit to where and "when" it can go. for instance, a person could travel to many different dimensions finding many vorish situations. or someone could be innocently traveling through time when "OH SHIT VOODOO WITCH LADY" point being, imagination is the limit with this stuff.