Changing Trends in Vore

[AllSwalloAndNoChew]

Long Time vore fans what have you noticed changing in the communities tastes over the years? I tropes/ types or preds/prey/ etc

What don't you really see a lot of any more?

What is something new thats becoming popular?

Has one type of pred or prey become more common?

What tropes in stories have fallen out/ in fashion?

doyou see more comics now?

has the kind of art created changed in any way?

why do you think these are?

anything else you can think of is really interesting :3

[IddlerItaler]

My memory is a bit foggy about the earlier years, but I remember people commenting on how it's become way easier to find human preds (including human-faced characters like monster girls or elves or Au Ra or whatnot, particularly of the female sex), whereas at some point a far larger share of preds was made up of anthros.

I believe reformation is more common, and might have taken up a fraction of "lighthearted" vore content which was previously held by endosoma. I don't consider reformation to be too lighthearted (I'm currently editing a reformation story which I find all in all pretty macabre), but I also feel like vore has always had a pretty high bar for what qualifies as dark (like detailed excruciating suffering).

I believe futanaris are more common nowadays, albeit usually limited to pred roles. Same for femboys.

And obviously there's been less engagement since the end of the pandemic. I feel like I missed out, since I only began posting in mid 2023. While I get a big amount of favourites per post, including recurring watchers, most of my readership is silent.

[gbboyth]

Definitely more human content is available now. I got into vore something like 10-15 years ago, which makes me a newcomer compared to many, but in that time I’ve noticed the change. I remember going on mamabliss’s site and squinting to pretend they were humans because there was so little same-size human content available. It was mostly giantess, snake/human or else furry content.

[Llyander]

The biggest change in terms of the kind of vore we see these days, IMO, is anal vore. Good GOD anal vore is everywhere now!

And there's never enough gryphon predators, but then there never has been. Dragons? Sure. Snakes? GOD yes, but never enough gryphons and I swear these days they're even more rare. I think I'm one of the few still consistently writing stuff featuring gryphon preds.

[MagicSeagull]

I've been actively seeking out and consuming (heh) vore content online for about 18 years now. I've found it very interesting to watch things gradually evolve and change over time in the world of vore content.

What don't you really see a lot of any more?

This one's a bit hard to say, since I feel like the type of content I saw back in the day can still be found nowadays in various forms. Nothing's really diminished to the point that I don't see it as much anymore, but I will say that back in the day, when it came to human-focused vore content, giantess vore seemed more common and popular. Same size human vore did exist, it just wasn't as common as it is now. Same size vore was seen as more of a furry-specific thing, like IddlerItaler said, even though it never entirely was. It just used to be that human vore stuff tended to involve size difference a lot more often, whereas furry vore stuff just had a lot of everything, including same size.

What is something new thats becoming popular?

Not sure about any new trends that have started recently, but I have seen some steadily getting more popular over the last five-ish years. For artists, I've noticed more of them doing internals that show the stomach and/or intestines but not necessarily what's inside them. The first time I recall noticing this and thinking it was neat was Lampton's "Final Smash" piece with Rosalina. Dunno exactly where it originated (unless it was from that piece haha) but I like it. It's an interesting sweet spot between a full-on internal and an exterior belly bulge that's really hot in its own unique way. It's also a nice way of showing the intestinal part of digestion without turning off people that are less into the graphic and nasty parts of digestion that would come with full-on internals.

Has one type of pred or prey become more common?

Female preds and prey have always been the most common, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. When it comes to preds, though, I think that male preds in general have definitely become more common over the years. Female preds (and prey) are still more common by a significant margin, but the gap isn't as wide as it once was, which has been nice to see. I've also noticed more nonbinary and other genders of preds showing up more often lately, which has been nice to see as well.

As far as species and other non-gender categorizations of preds and prey go, it's hard to say. Seems to just depend on whatever video games/anime/other media are popular in the moment. That's just my perspective, though.

What tropes in stories have fallen out/ in fashion?

This is a fun question for me since I'm a writer of vore stories myself and I find it interesting to examine the history of vore writing. Vore writing is a unique erotic genre that has (as far as I'm aware) really only started developing as its own unique thing from the birth of the internet to now. Maybe someone older than me can set the record straight, but that's just how it looks to me. From the time I started reading vore stories to now, I've seen some old tropes survive for many years. The "female pred that eats another female because she's jealous of her for whatever reason" is the first one that comes to mind for me. I think that one's remained popular because it's such a simple, understandable, tried-and-true concept that works very well for setup and payoff.

I can't think of any specific newer tropes that I've noticed recently. However, I have noticed that stories now have a higher tendency to emphasize vivid sensory details and audiovisual descriptions than stories of the past. That's not to say there weren't older stories that'd include those things; it just wasn't as common as it is now. It used to be enough to just have a plot that involved someone getting eaten and throw in a few spicy details, but nowadays, people seem to want more of those details deftly woven into the story without grinding the pacing to a halt. I see it as a natural evolution of the genre. As a genre develops, creators in that genre experiment with new ideas to see what they can do to make the best work in that genre possible, and the ideas that stick get adopted by other creators, and thus the cycle of innovation continues.

doyou see more comics now?

Yeah, the number of comics being produced has definitely increased over the years. There have been a lot of really good ones, too.

has the kind of art created changed in any way?

In broad terms, I think the biggest change is just that there are more types of content out there covering a wider array of pred and prey types, scenarios, and other stuff. You'll still see a lot of art and stories that follow tried and true tropes, but there's just as much interesting new stuff alongside that, too. Aside from that, I'd say the changes in art are mostly new trends that catch on, like the one I mentioned in one of my previous answers, and the overall bar of quality going up.

why do you think these are?

I think it's just natural that as more people get into the wider world of vore content, they'll bring more unique stuff with them whether because they want to stand out or because they just wanted to see some specific idea brought to life and no one else was doing it. I started writing largely because I just wanted to see more stories that hit certain notes I wasn't seeing much elsewhere. This also can apply to new trends as well; someone has an idea that they want to see that no one else is doing, they do it, and then it becomes a thing others do. I think the quality bar going up is just a natural result of artists wanting to make good, sexy stuff at the highest level of quality possible and being inspired by others doing the same.

anything else you can think of is really interesting :3

Like I said in my response to the story tropes question, I just find it fascinating that vore as a form of content that people consume for its own sake has only existed in its current form for a relatively short period of time. Makes me really curious to see how things will change in the next ten, twenty, or thirty years. Whatever happens, I'm just looking forward to seeing more hot art and stories haha.

[Nuenshi]

The biggest change in terms of the kind of vore we see these days, IMO, is anal vore. Good GOD anal vore is everywhere now!

I have a pet theory on this: One place I see anal vore the most consistently is in 3d animation with SFM or something. I imagine it is a hell of a lot easier to animate one model disappearing between another model's cheeks than it is to stretch out the mouth for oral vore; even animations that do use oral vore usually have a size-difference or cut away from the swallowing part. With these animations seeming to get decent exposure around the internet and the general cultural shift to booty-appreciation these days, and I think it makes sense.

More on topic, having lurked around vore spaces for over a decade, I'd agree with most of the above. I'd also say there's been a general increase in quality work as well (no offence to the classics, they're still awesome) as technology and ways of making money off doing art online have allowed artists to hone their talents.

[njvore90]

In terms of "Mainstream" content, it seems that unbirth has taken over the vore scene on clip sale sites. Granted, I am not complaining, but it seems that it is the most "acceptable" form of vore.

[GastricAztec]

As far as written stories and comics, prior to 2007 most sites allowed underage preds, now any underage characters are discouraged at most websites.

[FunnelVortex]

Anal Vore and Cock Vore are super popular now compared to even just 5 years ago for whatever reason, and to my personal dissatisfaction because I am a bit of an oral vore purist. But pure "classic" vore is becoming more difficult to find in general at least without 4 AC/CV pieces next to it.

A lot of people here are saying there's more humans/less furries now which is a bit of a weird one because anime people/cartoon blonde chicks have been dominant in vore spaces as long as I can remember, and I've seen furries become more common recently.

As far as written stories and comics, prior to 2007 most sites allowed underage preds, now any underage characters are discouraged at most websites.

Honestly this is a change that's for the best. I am of the opinion minors/underaged should never be involved in fetish art.

[FunnelVortex]

And obviously there's been less engagement since the end of the pandemic. I feel like I missed out, since I only began posting in mid 2023. While I get a big amount of favourites per post, including recurring watchers, most of my readership is silent.

I didn't really start making online content until 2022 so I also missed out on the big pandemic online content wave if that helps reassure you. Even then I ended up in the hospital and had a lot of shit happen after that so I didn't really start cranking art out until late 2023.

But best not to get hung up over FOMO and also just think it's better late than never and there will probably be some new wave to ride in the future.

[Miridium]

In my experience, same-size is largely confined to the free sites like this one. But macro/micro is increasingly behind paywalls.

[unicorn]

I've noticed this trend recently, mostly in animation (but sometimes still art) where CV digestion is represented by the balls like... jumping up and flattening on the sides as if being pushed in by invisible walls... And by jumping i mean it looks like the balls are jumping, not the prey inside struggling. It's difficult to describe xD
It looks bizarre as hell imo, but i see it a lot and have no idea where it originated or why it's caught on, though i have to assume people like it i guess for that to happen! I look at a lot of vore animation, and this is something i've only really seen this year, so it's a pretty new trend.

Also as far as non-animated 2d art (and perhaps fatal vore as a whole,) i've noticed bones have become more popular in recent times. Bellies with the clearly defined shapes of bones remaining packed inside, balls with the same, etc. It's not a new thing, but i think it's become a lot more popular.

[jaggedjagd]

The only thing i noticed a massive increase over the years is tumblr type vore. It used to be all furry and poorly drawn cartoony style femPreds. We got the gender rainbow filled up to the brim now, up to your ears in pastel colors and CalArts bean faces. Also, significantly more anime style waifus, much less western art. (I've been around since 2008 for the record.)

[GastricAztec]

The only thing i noticed a massive increase over the years is tumblr type vore. It used to be all furry and poorly drawn cartoony style femPreds. We got the gender rainbow filled up to the brim now, up to your ears in pastel colors and CalArts bean faces. Also, significantly more anime style waifus, much less western art. (I've been around since 2008 for the record.)

Cal arts? Isn’t that an animation college in Southern California? I would be interested in some links to some examples of their work. I considered going to a college like that for animation, but decided to focus on comic books art.

What is a bean face?

[FunnelVortex]

The only thing i noticed a massive increase over the years is tumblr type vore. It used to be all furry and poorly drawn cartoony style femPreds. We got the gender rainbow filled up to the brim now, up to your ears in pastel colors and CalArts bean faces. Also, significantly more anime style waifus, much less western art. (I've been around since 2008 for the record.)

Personally I haven't noticed this. The anime chicks have always been dominant in online drawn porn and there's more furry stuff than there's ever been. Also while there's some "beanmouth"/tumblr-looking stuff it isn't very dominant: the stereotypical Tumblr artstyles kinda peaked in the mid-late 2010s and have steadily fallen off since.

The only thing i noticed a massive increase over the years is tumblr type vore. It used to be all furry and poorly drawn cartoony style femPreds. We got the gender rainbow filled up to the brim now, up to your ears in pastel colors and CalArts bean faces. Also, significantly more anime style waifus, much less western art. (I've been around since 2008 for the record.)

Cal arts? Isn’t that an animation college in Southern California? I would be interested in some links to some examples of their work. I considered going to a college like that for animation, but decided to focus on comic books art.

What is a bean face?

"Calarts Style" is a pretty controversial term. It's an artstyle that was popular among cartoons and fanartists in the 2010s that is stereotypically associated with "Cal Arts" even though it probably did not actually originate from the school. It is often associated with poor animation because it peaked around the time western animation was doing a bunch of bad reboots and is seen as existing as purely a cost-saving measure by corproate executives.

It should be known that not every "beanmouth" show is bad, Gumball and Steven Universe are beloved shows with the style, but it aquired it's negative image throughout the mid-late 2010s when network executives ordered a bunch of reboots of dubious quality often in a watered-down and poorly-animated version of the artstyle to save costs with the animators often rushed to meet deadlines which was reflected in the end results in a way that was very visibly noticeable.

[GastricAztec]

The only thing i noticed a massive increase over the years is tumblr type vore. It used to be all furry and poorly drawn cartoony style femPreds. We got the gender rainbow filled up to the brim now, up to your ears in pastel colors and CalArts bean faces. Also, significantly more anime style waifus, much less western art. (I've been around since 2008 for the record.)

Personally I haven't noticed this. The anime chicks have always been dominant in online drawn porn and there's more furry stuff than there's ever been. Also while there's some "beanmouth"/tumblr-looking stuff it isn't very dominant: the stereotypical Tumblr artstyles kinda peaked in the mid-late 2010s and have steadily fallen off since.

The only thing i noticed a massive increase over the years is tumblr type vore. It used to be all furry and poorly drawn cartoony style femPreds. We got the gender rainbow filled up to the brim now, up to your ears in pastel colors and CalArts bean faces. Also, significantly more anime style waifus, much less western art. (I've been around since 2008 for the record.)

Cal arts? Isn’t that an animation college in Southern California? I would be interested in some links to some examples of their work. I considered going to a college like that for animation, but decided to focus on comic books art.

What is a bean face?

"Calarts Style" is a pretty controversial term. It's an artstyle that was popular among cartoons and fanartists in the 2010s that is stereotypically associated with "Cal Arts" even though it probably did not actually originate from the school. It is often associated with poor animation because it peaked around the time western animation was doing a bunch of bad reboots and is seen as existing as purely a cost-saving measure by corproate executives.

It should be known that not every "beanmouth" show is bad, Gumball and Steven Universe are beloved shows with the style, but it aquired it's negative image throughout the mid-late 2010s when network executives ordered a bunch of reboots of dubious quality often in a watered-down and poorly-animated version of the artstyle to save costs with the animators often rushed to meet deadlines which was reflected in the end results in a way that was very visibly noticeable.

Thank you for taking the time to explain all of that, I appreciate it

[FunnelVortex]

In my experience, same-size is largely confined to the free sites like this one. But macro/micro is increasingly behind paywalls.

Yeah I've noticed this too. Good luck finding macro/micro that's accessible, or at least quality macro/micro.

A trend I've noticed in animations is the increasing lack of stomach internals. A lot of animations will cut off after the swallow while others animate the internal shot of the character going down the throat but then don't give us a followup of the character inside the pred's stomach, they just have it fade to black or something.

[Alumni]

As far as written stories and comics, prior to 2007 most sites allowed underage preds, now any underage characters are discouraged at most websites.

Honestly this is a change that's for the best. I am of the opinion minors/underaged should never be involved in fetish art.

Rest assured there is still a lot of UA material being written and consumed. The only difference is that without proper tagging procedures it's a lot easier for someone who's not looking for it to stumble upon it when they don't want to. Plus, a lot more "ambiguously aged, petite characters" in art which engender a level of plausible deniability.

[go47]

Surprised nobody mentioned. But atleast when I first started wandering around circa 2013-2014 Monster/Creature vore definitely seemed more common than it is now. As in of course like Snakes, Dragons, big worms etc.

[GastricAztec]

As far as written stories and comics, prior to 2007 most sites allowed underage preds, now any underage characters are discouraged at most websites.

Honestly this is a change that's for the best. I am of the opinion minors/underaged should never be involved in fetish art.

Rest assured there is still a lot of UA material being written and consumed. The only difference is that without proper tagging procedures it's a lot easier for someone who's not looking for it to stumble upon it when they don't want to. Plus, a lot more "ambiguously aged, petite characters" in art which engender a level of plausible deniability.

I’m mainly describing the attitudes of most people since prior to 2007. Back between 2000 and 2005 or ‘06, if you had underage preds in a situation that could’ve been a network television show with no sex or nudity, it was allowed and treated the same as college girl preds.

Now, the majority of people are completely against it and will boycott you if you’re involved with creating that type of art.