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- This article is about the sexual fetish. For the suffix, see -vore.
Vorarephilia (also referred to as voraphilia, vore, voreaphilia ,and phagophilia) is the interest/sexual fetish in which a person fantasizes about eating another person and/or creature, being eaten him/herself, and/or watching another be eaten. Preferences vary, but most prefer to fantasize about being devoured whole and alive (soft vore), as opposed to those who prefer to be torn, chewed, and killed (hard vore). Those who prefer hard vore are sometimes referred to as “shreddies”. Both types of vore are most commonly found portrayed in stories or cartoonish drawings and acted out in internet role-playing.
Vorarephilia is typically considered an "imaginary fetish", since practicing the fetish is practically impossible. Most vorarephiles are largely uninterested in the idea of cannibalism. The voreaphile typically has specific preferences concerning what roles they play in vore encounters, and some MUCKs allow them to list these preferences in an accessible table to help match compatible vorarephiles.
This fetish is often associated with macrophilia and microphilia, which makes it somewhat more plausible, as well as the furry community, where predation is more natural in roleplaying. It is related to unbirth in some respects (both are types of endosomatophilia).
Soft vore
Soft vore is a sexual fetish where one fantasizes about being swallowed, or swallowing someone or another living creature whole. It is mainly found in online roleplaying games.
It is linked to vore, macrophilia, microphilia, unbirthing, and Endosomatophilia.
The term for the eater is commonly "pred", short for predator. While hard vore (or shreddy vore) involves tearing, biting, shredding, or chewing, soft vore is oriented towards swallowing the subject whole, often without it being harmed.
In soft vore, prey can be either willing or unwilling. Because of its non-violent nature, soft vore is commonly regarded as more sensual and sexually oriented. In soft vore prey are either digested, suffocated, or simply held in the stomach.
Although soft vore is defined by the prey going down whole, many have their own preferences on whether or not they want to be digested, snuffed or simply held in the stomach. There are many variations of this fetish, such as pred/prey.
Non-sexual soft vore is often used in a wide variety of cartoons. Most of these are seen as a harmless sight gag or a minor inconveniece for a character such as Jerry from Tom and Jerry cartoons. Other times, this is used as an obstacle to be overcome. These may be based on Native American folklore, such as one story where Coyote enters the stomach of a giant to rescue a number of people who were eaten alive, or the biblical story of Jonah.