Digestion: should bones be digested or not?

[Miridium]

I'm of the preference that they should be. But what do you think?

[Tyslan03]

I think the bones should be damaged or fragmented but still there. I like the reminder that the pile of shit used to be someone.

[Sitharc]

I think the bones should be damaged or fragmented but still there. I like the reminder that the pile of shit used to be someone.

Agreed, except for the skull maybe, that can sometimes survive more intact as that especially is a nice morbid reminder that a pred's bowel movement used to be someone. Alongside hair and whatever else too if possible.

Also adds another layer to the morbidity of it all and something else the pred has to concern themselves with when applicable regarding making sure it's hidden away well enough, having to find other ways to destroy the bones, or if they risk it by keeping any of it as a fucked up trophy.

Great too if then or shortly after is when get caught as that's a good reason why aside from just a massive pile of smelly shit as to why the person discovering the pile screams. Or scaring the pred in the right scenarios when she thinks they will somehow survive or even unaware she had eaten anyone, then sees bones sticking out of her poop in the toilet bowl.

[RedNastyFox]

From biological standpoint most of the real life predatory animals digest bones, otherwise sharp fragments would rupture their bowels on their way out, and that isn't fun.
From personal taste standpoint - I like both options depending on what the idea of the story/artwork is.

[FishnorFowl]

I like both actually, it might seem from that one thread that I always want the bones to be digested but that isn’t true, I do like bones sometimes, but it’s also good when they do get digested sometimes because there’s something…powerful about it and it allows them to get more nutrients from the prey and idk
But I do like bones making it out sometimes because of the morbid flair it adds
Not into scat at all personally though
Nothing to be ashamed of if you are into that though

[gonzodingo]

But I do like bones making it out sometimes because of the morbid flair it adds

100% this is the reason I like bones to remain after digestion.

[Assimilation]

Should?

I like when the bones remain because it's visually evocative of the prey's demise.

I like when the bones dissolve because it gives the impression of a powerful digestive system that treats people like unremarkable meat.

In our current reality, we can and do digest small amounts of animal bone—it's a matter of chemical compositions and it's no evolutionary accident—but I'm still impressed by the predator's power in scenarios where they are digesting the entire skeleton in a single day.

[ReigntheWeremunk]

I prefer them not, i like my preds burping up the bones, as a trophy or something

[MasterMage13]

At least some bones should make it out. Especially the skull.

[Nikkidafox]

I'm definitely not a fan of "entire skeleton makes it into the poop". Maybe a few bones scattered throughout. I do think that the prey's skull landing on top of the pile is sexy though.

[Humbug]

Should?

I like when the bones remain because it's visually evocative of the prey's demise.

I like when the bones dissolve because it gives the impression of a powerful digestive system that treats people like unremarkable meat.

In our current reality, we can and do digest small amounts of animal bone—it's a matter of chemical compositions and it's no evolutionary accident—but I'm still impressed by the predator's power in scenarios where they are digesting the entire skeleton in a single day.

Yes, this. It depends on the scenario and what is being implied by their state. It's a narrative tool that tells you different things about both the predator and the prey.
I lean toward digesting every last bit, but hacking up bones/skulls or using them as a toothpick or something absolutely has its place in a number of powerful scenarios.

[Randomdude5]

I think it is about personal preference, and what the author or artist wants to emphasize for the vore. Remember that what is kinky in vore beats realism. I think that many different ways can all be sexy, but it is about personal preference again. Here are a few that I think all would work if done right in vore.
All the prey's bones are completely digested, so there are none in the scat.
Only the skull survives digestion, and sits on top of the pile after the prey is dumped.
The prey's bones are crushed, and the scat pile has many bone fragments in it.
The prey's bones are not digested, but the connective tissue holding them together is, so the bones are in a jumble in the scat pile.
The prey's bones, and connective tissue are undigested, so the skeleton remains intact, and passes thru the intestines, and the pred has to shit out a skeleton.
The prey's bones are undigested, and the pred regurgitates them in a jumble.
The prey's entire skeleton remains intact, and the pred regurgitates it. It could even have some of the prey's undigested clothes still on it.

These are not the only options. I think many of you could think of more, or even combinations of these. If the prey's bones are not digested, I like it when the bones imprints are visible on the pred's abdomen.

[Reaverbot]

when it comes to disposal i don't find actual shit sexy or enticing, its the fact that it used to be a person. it's really gruesome and extreme domination, and things like bones b or even just recognizable items being in it (or leftover after CV) just adds to that.

[GramzonTheDragon]

Realistically? Probs yes.
Kink wise? nope

[EnderDracolich]

I'm in the 'intact but damaged' camp, along with a lot of other folks here.

[AzurePheonix]

I would reckon the bones should be left intact enough to be noticeable, but dulled by stomach acids so that they don't tear up the intestines. In the pred's tight tubes, all that meat and bone will be neatly compacted into a single, firm, jumbo stool which contains the softened bone fragments.

[RoTheHuman]

I think it depends on the pred! Is it a snakey pred? Then bones are digested. Is it a human pred eating a tiny? Leave some tiny little bones in there for everyone to see on the way out

[LordCrowe]

A lot of people here are talking about how there should at least be fragments of bone, but that would make my reason for voting no worse, not better!

Maybe it's just a failing of my own imagination, but the supernatural durability of the internals that allows vore? I can never imagine it continuing after the stomach.

Which means the bones are going to be incredibly painful going through the intestines, possibly extremely damaging too!

So yea, no, by the time you get out of the stomach in my ideal pred, your nothing but goop, and the feces are correspondingly nothing but brown.

Err... no offense intended to those of you who do have better imaginations and do in fact prefer bones.

[TETRO]

To me it depends on the pred and prey involved. Some species just have easier to digest bones. Some preds just have stronger stomachs. I enjoy some variety, so I try to match whatever I feel makes sense for a particular pred and prey pairing when I write stories or RP. The fate of the bones was never a massive factor in how much I enjoy a scenario.

[Siuddithsi]

Depends on the pred and the kink.
Snakes digest bones.
Owls & cats cough up pellets and hairballs with bones & hair.
Kink-wise, apparently a lot of vorephiles like bone excrement scenes.