Could vore ever go mainstream?

[Trajan (mention)]

I'd argue it already is mainstream. Vampires are specifically people that eat other people, with a strong erotic component. Zombies, dinosaurs, sharks, and quite a few other monsters fill the same role. I think people have a natural fascination with it that's fundamentally erotic.

Except that out of those only vampires can really be classified as inherently erotic, and then again the way the eat people is more by draining them of their life force. I agree with the sentiment that consumption of an individual and sex can be associated in myths (the sirens of greek mythology come to mind), but it definitly isn't a forgone conclusion.

I'd also actually like to see the fetish itself not so much mainstream as just accepted and popular. It would be nice to have that pathway for artists and writers. Considering it was mentioned in the 'gay furry project 2025 hack' I don't think it will be under the radar for much longer anyhow. It's been the most searched for term on Furaffinity and it's a lot more popular of a kink than people are aware of. Considering how exotic the concept is to normal human life it isn't too hard to see the thrill appeal, and the inherently sexual nature of the act both physically and emotionally make it kind of hard not to sexualize. As furry stuff continues to grow more popular it's also somewhat of an inevitable 'topic' to arrive at. If you're going to have your bunny-people in your animal movie reproducing like bunnies the logical next step is to introduce them to the foodchain.

Those text logs between the gay furry hacker and the republican politicians were fucking hilarious, it was like seeing bugs bunny troll the hunter (forgot his name).
Vore as a community is definitly big. Not huge like foot fetish, but definitly sizeable enough to be known within erotic and more general internet circles.
I don't think furaffinity is representative of the general population on that note since there's a lot of overlap between the furry community and the vore community.
I think it's known by the general public mostly for the shock and meme value, rather than some kind of universal thrill appeal.

[IJustLurkOnD (mention)]

The problem is that the idea of being eaten goes against one of humanity's most primal impulses, which is "don't get eaten". Most people aren't just not wired for vore, they're wired to find it scary of offputting. Millions of years of human evolution were spent evolving resistance to being eaten by other animals. This in itself makes it very unlikely for vore to go "mainstream", not to mention socially acceptable. What could go somewhat more mainstream is, say, giantesses, since they've got a lot of the appeal of human women combined with the "big dom mommy" thing everyone apparently loves nowadays. From there, people might discover vore more frequently, but there really isn't that much media with giant women.

[Artemis (mention)]

Anything "could" happen. However, when you combine pornbrain logic and vore you tend to get fantasies that are inherently a bit unsettling to outsiders because of their violent or dehumanizing nature. Because of this, even in your wildest dreams where vore was extremely popular, you would still get loud pushback. And with more people into it, that means more people whose mental health happens to be not great that are into it. And that means more opportunities for something terrible to happen that risks souring popular opinion. And that would probably draw a lot of negative attention to people who fantasize about IRL vore. People would probably start using the word predator as a slur to refer to vore fans they find sketchy. And you might see people stop using that terminology in the community as a result.

So in short, it's technically possible but both very unlikely to happen and it's unlikely it would stay that popular forever. And there would be some uncomfortable controversy even if it were.

[LightDragon (mention)]

Except that out of those only vampires can really be classified as inherently erotic, and then again the way the eat people is more by draining them of their life force. I agree with the sentiment that consumption of an individual and sex can be associated in myths (the sirens of greek mythology come to mind), but it definitly isn't a forgone conclusion.

The question is: is vore necessarily sexy?

Actually, we haven't discussed what "mainstream" means. You could make an argument that is something is sexy it can't ever be truly mainstream, because of the taboo on pornography.

[Trajan (mention)]

Except that out of those only vampires can really be classified as inherently erotic, and then again the way the eat people is more by draining them of their life force. I agree with the sentiment that consumption of an individual and sex can be associated in myths (the sirens of greek mythology come to mind), but it definitly isn't a forgone conclusion.

The question is: is vore necessarily sexy?

Actually, we haven't discussed what "mainstream" means. You could make an argument that is something is sexy it can't ever be truly mainstream, because of the taboo on pornography.

Is vore sexy ? to vorarephiles, yes, to others, no, by definition. Now the question is how much of us exists.

Also yes, the definition of "mainstream" is vague and very relevant to this topic. something can be mainstream in a sub-culture (for example, internet-goers) while being niche to the general population.

[ThinCrust1992 (mention)]

Actually, Vore has been mainstream since biblical times, when Jonah was engulfed by a Whale.

[ssbbfanatic (mention)]

I feel like over the past several years, vore, while still being considered a niche fetish has gained some traction in the mainstream, to the point where more people in general are aware of vore BEING a fetish, and acknowledging it's existence as being a legitimate fetish, even if they're not into it themselves.

That one newer episode of Spongebob Squarepants where Sandy Cheeks swallows a massive pile of acorns whole and also unintentionally swallows a fish reporter along with them almost certainly awakened a vore fetish in some people.

Personally, my 'awakening' moment for vore was Serleena in MIB2. I loved the final wet gulp sound she makes, and then followed by her sexily snarky comment of "Yeah...you too~" And then the reveal of her prominently engorged belly and the very audible sloshing sounds you can hear with every movement she makes, and even when she comes to an abrupt stop to look down at the magazine you can even hear the individual internal sloshs of her stomach just from the subtle impact of firmly planting her feet down onto the ground as she comes to a stop!

I remember that I especially loved the extreme close up of her belly as she casually rests and drums her fingers on it, while being subjected to the very loud and deep internal digestive glorping sounds of her extremely potent alien stomach churning to life! Just...hot DAMN, what a scene!!

They may have originally intended the scene to simply be frightening and unsettling, but ironically it's actually more famously remembered in the vore community as argubly being one of, if not THE most sexy and fetishly-charged instance of vore in cinema.

[sparkles (mention)]

There are (sometimes very overt) vore references in The Amazing Digital Circus - YT animated series with hundreds of millions views. They occur in nearly every episode, as well. The creator is self-admittedly into drawing vore.

Individual-wise, I don't know how mainstream it could go. I would assume being encased within any erotic sexual organ could be more popular than oral in this case, considering what others have noted regarding the intrinsic desire to not be prey. However, it does raise some interesting questions, as rape/generally violent fantasies are extremely popular. Despite it being different than the inclination to not be consumed, you would believe there would be some sort of push against psychological harm. BUT at the same time, these are both just imaginary, as I doubt a large portion of individuals into thinking about rape are going out to indulge in the real deal themselves.

I come to the conclusion that the real turn-off of vore is the deeply fantastical nature of it. This may be mainly my own projections, but it can be frustrating to have a sexual fantasy that cannot be acted upon realistically whatsoever in-person. The closest thing one can ever really get is being licked/sucked and have erotic vore-related dialogue going on. Though, this can be a positive, but I don't think that would be an enticing aspect for a large majority of people.

[ThinCrust1992 (mention)]

Or maybe the turn off would be digestion, when it comes to mainstream.

[greyed (mention)]

Vore is too niche and extreme to ever go mainstream.

[Orlando (mention)]

Well Whalefall comes out in a few weeks and it's literally a dude inside a giant whale for the whole movie.

That's about as mainstream as it gets. Either gonna be a lot of awakenings and people getting into the kink or gonna be a lot of people complaining about it like Twitter when an anime girl's tirs and ass pop out.

Personally I don't want it to go mainstream. Mainstream normies are obnoxious and ruin everything they get into.

On the other hand seeing vore more often wouldn't be bad. Especially if it means there's a chance more women could be in scenes of them inside the belly of the beast instead of just instant death like in most movies. Maybe more video games will include it, and be more bold.about it. But it's a weird and degenerate kink so I can't imagine it becoming mainstream.

Like I can see expedition of inside a giant monster/protagonist escapes giant monster after being swallowed being accepted but I can't see same size or those who find pleasure in being swallowed ever seeing mainstream spotlight. Cell from Dragon Ball Z still weirds people out despite he's probably one of the prominent characters when you think of vore.

[JustDessertsHere (mention)]

I don't really care about vore going "mainstream" or not. I would more prefer if people just let those who practice vore or other similarly "unusual" fetishes in healthy manners live and let live.

(also I noticed I already posted here back in 2024 lol. Talk about a small world.)

[CaliLogan (mention)]

Hmmm, I dont know about "main stream" BUT what niche is? Bondage and foot fetish are very well known, but still not really relevant in many TV shows/movies. Though I do think there's more of acceptance of things in general now compared to 20 years ago.

Heres a fun fact though! I had already been in the fetish world for over 10 years before I learned about vore and that was over 10 years ago. Fast forward to today and it has climbed up to be one of the top genres on some of the clip platforms. So its definitely growing in popularity

[Filan (mention)]

In the way we portray it in the fetish realm? No.

In a way its already mainstream in the horror or creature feature genre as there is no shortage of creatures eat people movies in that.

[gerostetG (mention)]

I think that if this becomes mainstream, unfortunately, it won’t be vore anymore — society will likely reshape it to suit its own needs, turning it into something simpler in terms of meaning and easier to consume. For example, I think there would be a negative attitude towards hardcore vore, and it would start to be banned. Digestion involving poop would also be condemned — just as coprophilia is generally condemned to this day. This happens with all niche phenomena: they are either misunderstood or transformed into something more traditional. In my opinion, the problem vore has become more noticeable due to the introduction of the Internet into our lives; people create communities and a lot of content, but the community is still local.We’re sitting in this very local community and we think that everyone has already seen and understood all of this, but I’ve often noticed that if something like this gets onto the “mainstream” internet, people experience a culture shock…Moreover, fetishes are still the subject of irony and memes.As for BDSM... many people have taken it over and made it their own; for the average person, BDSM is often just spanking on the butt or something like that, latex bikinis, and they don’t want to hear about extreme forms.By the way, just today I saw a comment under an art piece where Charlie from Hazbin Hotel is farting. Someone wrote, “Is this really what people are into? I didn’t think the phrase ‘there’s a fetish for everything’ was so literal… this is so cringe, now I feel like there’s even a fetish for vomiting on bare feet… ew.”MAN, THIS IS LITERALLY BASIC, LOL, he was trying to be ironic by making that suggestion, but the funny thing is that it’s actually very…common?...the guy thought he was an absurdist.

[roundness (mention)]

It's often said that vore is an extremely rare fetish, but I'm not so sure. I'm also interested in pregnancy related content, and from time to time the topic of vore comes up in those communities. Almost invariably, several users mention that they're into it as well.

Of course, it's impossible to estimate the actual percentage without proper polling, but I've seen far more people openly admitting to it than I would have expected.

Since pregnancy fetishes are relatively common, I wonder whether this overlap suggests vore more common than assumed.

maybe mine is wishful thinking though....