Vorarephilia

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'''Vorarephilia''' (also referred to as voraphilia, '''vore''', voreaphilia, and phagophilia) is the interest/sexual fetish in which a person fantasizes about eating another furry and/or human, or being eaten. People with this fetish sometimes refer to themselves as '''vores'''.

Preferences vary, but most vores prefer to fantasize about being devoured whole and alive (sometimes called '''soft vore''' or '''smooth vore'''). Those who prefer to be torn, chewed, and killed are often referred to as '''shreddies''' (and such stories and pictures may be categorized as '''hard vore'''). Vore may alternatively involve consumption via the rectum (anal vore), the penis (cock vore), or the vagina ([[unbirth]]ing), though these are not universally classified as vore, and are not as common. The fetish is often associated with [[macrophilia]] and [[microphilia]], and is most commonly found portrayed in [[fiction]], cartoonish drawings, and internet [[role play]].

Vorarephilia is typically considered an "imaginary fetish" since practicing the fetish would be difficult, to say the least; although the specific cases of [[Wikipedia:Issei Sagawa|Issei Sagawa]] in Paris, [[Wikipedia:Armin Meiwes|Armin Meiwes]] in Germany, and possibly [[Wikipedia:Jeffrey Dahmer|Jeffrey Dahmer]] in the United States, show that it is within the realm of possibility (though most vorarephiles are aware of the inherent silliness of their fetish, and are largely uninterested in the idea of cannibalism). The voreaphile typically has specific preferences concerning what roles they play in vore encounters, and some [[MUCK]]s allow them to list these preferences in an accessible table to help match compatible vorarephiles.

== Vorarephilia in the furry fandom ==

Vorarephilia is a relatively popular topic for [[roleplay]] and [[art]] in the furry fandom as compared to the wider world, although it is still considered a fringe interest, shared to a greater or lesser extent by perhaps 2-5% of furry fans. Its popularity may be due to the large number of predator/prey species matchups that come into contact with one another, although some vorarephile characters will eat just about anything, even animals who would normally be eating them. Furry vore is also made somewhat easier to act out and depict by the fact that many furry characters do not wear [[clothes]] to begin with - and those that are doing the eating often have claws to handle the rest.

The general sequence of roleplay goes something like this:
* Boy meets girl
* (optional) Non-vore roleplay of various kinds
* Girl declares that boy looks awfully tasty, either verbally or by nibbling on something
* (optional) Boy tries to appease girl with gifts of alternate foods
* Girl pounces boy
* Boy puts up a token resistance but lacks the physical strength to escape
* Girl swallows boy, either all at once, or (more commonly) over a series of [[pose]]s in which boy bemoans his fate (if swallowed [[tail]]/feet first) or struggles (if swallowed head first)
* Boy is crushed into the (usually tight) confines of girl's stomach, and expires from digestion, typically falling unconscious first due to lack of oxygen

The above is just a rough guide - for example, each participant may be of either gender, or [[hermaphrodite|both]], or none. Vore may not be fatal - such consumption is sometimes offered as a "warm place to stay the night". Even if it is, the consumed participant typically "respawns" within a few minutes, or appears without comment the next day. This neatly sidesteps the major disadvantage of [[real life]] vore (that you only get to do it once).

Vore is in many cases even in th rp form a consensual activity. For every player who decides he wants his fox to go dowm kicking and screaming as he is reluthlessly gobbled up, there os another who enters a chatroom with the comment "I'm feeling tasty tonight."

Some popular places for vorarephiles include the [[Vor Cafe]] on [[Tapestries]] (adjoined by [[The Feedery]], which caters to [[fat furs]]), the [[Zaftig City]] mailing list, (for some inhabitants) [[The Giants' Club]] on [[FurryMUCK]], and [http://aryion.com Eka's Portal].

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