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Vorarephilia

2007-03-02T16:10:09Z

Tialla: /* Vorarephilia in the furry fandom */

'''Vorarephilia''' (also known 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), the nipple/breast (breast 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]].

Motivations behind the vore paraphilia vary but [[Wikipedia:Endosomatophilia|endosomatophilia]] (attraction to fantasies involving complete encapsulation of a living thing within the body of another living thing) and dominance/submission play are two common driving forces. Allowing oneself to be literally devoured could arguably be called the ultimate act of submission on the prey's part, and the ultimate dominance by the predator.

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 mingle daily, although some vorarephile characters will eat just about anything with no regard for the conventional food chain. 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)
* (Optional) 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" or "reforms" within a few minutes to a few days. 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 the role-play form - a consensual activity. For every player who decides he wants his [[fox]] to go down kicking and screaming as he is ruthlessly gobbled up, there is 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]], [[Jess]] and [[Avon]]'s [[Vor-com]], the largest vore MUCK [[Voregotten Realm]], and one of the largest Vore communities, [[Eka's Portal]].

{{Wikipedia|Vorarephilia}}
[[Category:Paraphilias]]

Castles and Coves

2006-11-12T08:51:46Z

Tialla: Felt that the full name (Castles and Coves) should be a redirect, as well as the shortened 'Castles&Coves'.

#REDIRECT [[Cambridge Castle MUCK]]

Castles&Coves

2006-11-12T08:41:04Z

Tialla: Was simply a name change, as suggested have merged the two.

#REDIRECT [[Cambridge Castle MUCK]]

Cambridge Castle MUCK

2006-11-12T08:39:35Z

Tialla:

'''Cambridge Castle MUCK''' was a fantasy [[role-playing]] [[MUCK]].

* '''Addresses''':
** '''MUCK server''': ccmuck.org, port 7777
** '''C&C MUCK servers''': dev.dragons.org, port 1234 (was triphop.oit.unc.edu, port 1234)
** '''Website''': http://ccmuck.org/ (defunct)
* '''Previous names''': Castles&Coves
* '''Ran from/to''': 1998-2000 (as Castles and Coves) 2000-2004 (as Cambridge Castle MUCK)

== Theme ==

The game was a fantasy based world, with minimal technology (pre-Renaissance technology level.) The world had no major structure, or major rules as to races, which allowed for a freeform game experience that was mostly controlled by the players' consensus on what should be included. Argo (previously Medusa) was the major wizard in control of the game, handing control to Artica a couple of years before the game's demise.

== Staff ==

=== [[Wizard]]s ===

* Argo - Head Wizard/[[MUF]]
* Artica - Helpstaff/Builder Wiz
* Athos - Builder Wizard
* Caelan - Roleplay Wizard
* Lobo - Asst. RP/Asst. Builder Wizard
* Wog - MUF/Tech

=== [[Helpstaff]] ===

* Aurora - General Help/Newbies
* Grimbor - Building/Misc/General Shtuff
* SilverClaw - General Help / [[MPI]]

== [[Character]]s ==

* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Steel-Jaw/index04.html Ouadjyt Naja] - Female [[Anthropomorphic]] Egyptian Cobra
* [http://brisbe.kyre.org Brisbe] - Male Faerie Dragon

== External links ==

* [http://web.archive.org/web/19990202082240/www.tigerden.com/infopage/muck/castles.html Rhal's Furry MU*s Page: Castles&Coves] at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry.bleachers/msg/4b03bb124b5d2586?dmode=source&hl=en Status of various furry MU*s?] - December 2000 posting

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010202091800/http://ccmuck.org/ Cambridge Castle MUCK Homepage] at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010418000633/www.tigerden.com/infopage/muck/cambridge-castle.html Rhal's Furry MU*s Page: Cambridge Castle MUCK] at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine

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[[Category:Medieval-fantasy multiplayer worlds]]
[[Category:1998 births]]
[[Category:2004 deaths]]