A topic on Preferences    

By Roco, a year ago
Hey there fuzzies, get yourself some popcorn and your reading glasses, cus this journal's gonna be a doozy.

I want to start by addressing a topic that's caused me quite the bit of depression of late and has really ramp up my anxiety and overall productivity with artwork.
Vocal Non-Preferences

So, the thing is, when you tell someone your preferences... ask yourself... why? Why do you tell someone whether you like x, y, and or z? Usually it's because, you want them to know! You want them to understand that "this is what I like and don't like" and from there you're usually hoping they share in that belief or at the very least can come to understand your position and respect it.
But there's a problem when you do this knowingly to a person who doesn't have the same preferences as you and you want them to know you don't like what they do. It causes a divide. It causes... problems. Usually one might do this in the hopes of getting said person onto there side of the line. Saying you don't like X,Y or Z to someone who does will basically translate to "I don't like what you do and I think you're wrong" an instant line in the sand similar to an argument (and can usually develop into one). In the end, the purpose of you stating your preference, or rather what you DON'T prefer, is an underhanded way to push your own preferences onto others. Whether you think about this or not, that's what happens.

So, why am I talking about these X,y, and z things anyhow? Why am I talking about Vocal Non-Preferences? Well, it's become quite an issue of late for me. As I stated before I've been in quite the throngs of depression and anxiety which has killed my productivity. As an example I lost almost all of last week because my anxiety was so bad I could not touch my tablet.

I'm usually a pretty resolute guy. I know I like weird shit and I draw weird things and sometimes it clashes with people. I like to draw LOTS of weird things and right now it's focused around fatal and graphic stuff. Mind you it's not ALL I do, It's just the last couple of pictures on FA (which were drawn ages ago anyhow) I draw tones of things and topics and right now I'm commissioned and enjoy to draw more of the fatal stuff. Someday I'll move onto other things to. Who knows, maybe one day I'll start focusing on another fetish entirely instead of vore (haha hard to believe I know ). But the point is, as it stands now, I'm being told almost every time I post artwork that my stuff is wrong and I should feel wrong.

That's not a good feeling. That's not constructive at all to be told "Hey, I don't like this and I wanted you to know my displeasure with your content". It it only helps to chip away at my resolve to draw.

I like drawing, I like drawing kinky weird things and sometimes it's fringe or taboo. Sometimes it's gonna not be to peoples liking. That's just par for the course in doing fetish work. But I hope you can understand how draining it is for someone like me to constantly hear how much people hate my art or how it gives them displeasure. I certainly get a lot of praise on the flip side. But the negative commentary is always on the content and never the art itself. (which I'm totally okay hearing constructive feedback on issues with how the art was made itself, like anatomy problems or perspective, lines or quality etc usually these are some of the best comments to receive and sadly the fewest I ever get).

It's quite honestly caused some very VERY bad depression for me. I haven't been able to keep my work steady because of it. I listen to what people say and while I try to shrug it off it causes a building effect.

The sad part is this isn't purposeful for most people. I understand that. I understand it's human nature to just tell people what you like and don't like. But words can really build up and hurt. Being told what I like and what I draw on a regular basis is wrong and so and so doesn't like it due to the content... it's essentially the same feeling one gets when you're told "being gay is wrong" or "your particular life style is wrong and you should feel bad" I've been through the former and it's honestly the same feeling. Imagine if you went out with friends and one of your friends or acquaintances says "Ya, I don't really do the whole gay thing. It kind of makes me feel gross and I really don't like it. Makes me want to puke really." It causes confusion, depression, anxiety. Sure, the friend might have just wanted to let his preferences been known. But it pushes a "I'm not okay with your preferences" agenda and makes you feel bad. The friend could have explained his non-preference by just saying "I'm not gay myself, but it's cool if you are." This shows he respects the other's preferences even if they clash.

It's something I've been battling with. I've never been so vocally ousted since I started drawing more fatal and graphic stuff. It's stunted my ability to draw and I really don't want that (nor can I really afford that!)

There's no constructive criticism by telling me that my particular brand of the fetish is wrong and I'm wrong for liking it.
So, When you do tell an artist your preferences keep in mind the person who makes that art also has feelings and while it might be okay to say your preferences, it might hurt the artist to know the only reason you posted was to tell them how you don't like that fetish and you wanted them to know their art was not appreciated.

I love you guys, I really do. Even the ones who don't like everything I draw. You make living on my own possible. You make being a furry a fun and enjoyable experience. But for the sake of everyone, please try to keep in mind artists are people to and your words can chip away and hurt.

I know many of you watched me in the past for art I used to do, and who knows, maybe I'll just end up splitting into a bunch of galleries to try and seperate all the different fetish work I do. But I'd rather not split galleries or split my vore preferences into two different galleries specifically.

How the fuck does Wolfblade manage a following when he does so many different fetishy materials? I don't think he has multiple accounts.

Regardless, thanks if you managed to read through the whole thing. I hope you've come to understand my position and also why art has been a bit slower than usual to make.


Now, onto another topic:

Why do I like Fatal vore?

There's a simple answer and a long answer. Simple answer: It's taboo and I have a fetish for taboo stuff.

As for the long answer, Fatal vore is kind of the default for the fetish. There's varying levels of degree of severity to the fatal vore's visualization or depiction, but for the most part Vore is by default a fatal act. Sure you can pervert it into endo and reviving and what not. But the base desire to eat another person is usually for self gain reasons. The act of eating was MADE to take from life so you could live. Survival and all that. Not everyone's into that, and that's cool, but you can't deny that vore takes the act of eating life, a usually fatal affair, and then perverts it into a fetish.

Now, this is not to say I dislike non fatal vore. It certainly is enjoyable as well! But I've just recently been wanting to express more fatal stuff and commissioners have been prevalently fatal vore(or at the very least ambiguous ). I feel it gives a lot of interesting avenues for stories and ideas in art. It's kind of why I don't draw a lot of vanilla porn, because it's overdone, it's predictable, it's unexciting. Fatal vore always has that risk vs reward feeling. It always has a bit of conflict built into the fetish. Plus it's been an interesting challenge to draw the more anatomy heavy stuff (IE bones and whatnot) but fatal vore doesn't have to include the more graphic things. Sure, there's lots you can do with non-fatal vore, or safe happy vore with no major consequences. There can be a lot of fun depicting those scenarios to. (I'm actually working on an idea where I have two separate canon comics depicting a sort of fatal vore setting and non-fatal vore setting for a zootopia or original series I want to do). But for now I really like the perverted ideas of fatal vore and sometimes the more graphic stuff (to really hammer it home).

It also is a way to express a more primal aspect of our id and let it loose. It's the same endorphin rush you might get from playing a shooter game and being told "you can shoot and kill all these bad guys because the game says it's okay and you don't have to feel bad about it. Infact you're all powerful and awesome and go get them tiger!" That's letting your id take over and giving you a safe environment to just do whatever feels good. Does that say something about my psychy? I'm sure it does, but just like how violent videogames don't cause violence. Violent fetishes don't cause violence either. (and before you say "I don't get a boner playing a shooter game" that's not what I was talking about. It's about being able to disconnect with what you're doing in order to achieve an overall experience beyond a usually limiting realistic factor.)

Vore, in general, to me has primarily been a Dom vs Sub affair in it's most primal form. I know people can get many MANY different enjoyments out of vore for vastly different reasons and it's part of why I think vore is so amazing and awesome. It's like the all fetish. Fatal vore just has that extra kick. That extra bit of oomf. Like why look at porn of two people fucking when... they can be furries! It's that extra bit of exotic flavor. Why just have vore with a belly slowly shrinking? Why not show off the bulges... why not show off what's happening inside? Why not show off what happens after? Why not have a trophy skull to show the utter humiliation of the prey and the utter domination of the predator~ Why not go all the way when society tells us it's wrong to do so!?

I can separate obviously painful acts (though I usually don't envision the digestion as painful anyhow, it just might look that way) and the whole idea that someone dies so I can enjoy the porn art for what it is. Why get philosophical over something that's obviously not trying to be? I love life and am usually one of the first people to cry in a movie when a loved character dies. But that's a different setting. That's a different place. Real life? I respect everyone's life... I don't even know if I could shoot a gun to defend myself.
But when it comes to the fetish world? To porn art? I can let loose~ I can slip into another world and another way of thinking.

Why do I like fatal vore? Because, it's Taboo and I'm free to enjoy it for all it's perverted glory!

Now enough of this, I'm hungry and everyone is food. I'm sorry you don't want to be digested, but I really want to digest you :9
15 comments

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  ojikori

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
Honestly I think you hit the nail on the head with your summary of fatal vore. For me I love taunting teasing predators taking what they want so fatal vore hits that spot and then some. Can be fun to
be a bit wicked or evil sometime on fantasy and such. Hell it can be a down right healthy way to vent things. But if people dont want to they dont have to look at it yea? Me I cant handle lottsa blood
n such but its not my place to tell someone who enjoys it they are wrong or sick. Same thing Id appreciate with disposal or fatal vore. Just simple respect or decency. Im possibly ranting and if so
please ignore the flailing madness of a fox.
  silveratlas

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
DUDE I feel this so hard on both accounts. For the first half- I totally understand what you mean. I know there's a lot of people who don't have any ill intent when they're shocked by more graphic and
niche art themes- the art sort of carries a natural "shock value" to it anyways- but the comments they leave + the ones left by genuinely rude people are just painful. Being told that the things you
enjoy are "disgusting" or "awful" is really de-motivating, especially when people connect a high-fantasy kink with some awful act that you "MUST" like in real life. As a fan of heavy bondage
and ultra heavy gagging, I've gotten quite a handful of commenters (mostly on Deviantart but still) saying I'm disgusting and "I hope you don't own any pets you sick fuck" and stuff of the like- it
sucks. Granted I blow a lot of them off for being close-minded and rude, but it definitely gets to you after a certain point. I hope ya can overcome the comments and get back to producing at a rate
you're happy with dude. :c

As for the second part, I'm a huge fan of very heavy bondage as stated above, but I love the idea of permanence also being applied. It's just that little extreme addition that turns it from something
pretty interesting, to something utterly fascinating and arousing just thinking that their fate is sealed and that whatever bondagey predicament they're in is irreversible. I'm very much the same with
vore where while soft vore has its fun moments, the hard heavy graphic fatal stuff is so much more intense and fun~ (hence why you're probably my favorite vore artist on this site heh ;P Well, that,
and I have a huge kink for "facelessness" of a sub via something like a holeless latex hood or as an outline on the body as they're vored so you get bonus points from me considering how often you do
that xD)
It's just an added layer of exoticness that spices up something fun into something really special, and I find the more exotic "flavors" of kink to always be better then the flavor everyone's already
used.

So I say keep at it! I fully endorse experimentation in art and kink and even if something comes up that I don't like, I'll still gladly support you making it because what isn't my cup of tea might be
kink-heaven for someone else, and who am I to judge. c: Best of luck to you dude!
  marked

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
I'm saddened to hear this was the reason that your output has fallen to a trickle. I'll admit I started thinking you didn't take the patreon seriously/were focused your RL situation. Totally fine if
that was the case, and I completely understand, but to hear that you're feeling down about your preferences getting some flak, that's a real shame. I don't have a great answer about if splitting your
gallery would be a good idea or not. I might advise you to add thumbnails to each image you upload, and of course continue to tag your submissions. That at least makes it undeniably the responsibility
of the person who click on it if they don't like the content; they were warned and they did it anyway. I realize that might only cut down the numbers, but not stop people voicing their non-preferences
though, and even if you never make those changes, you don't deserve that kind of thing. People want to talk about the things they HATE in vore, they should go over to Aryion.com where their's a whole
forum to do just that, but not on an artist's page or even individual images. Anyway, I hope you can get back to doing what you're passionate about producing. If other people don't like it, too bad
for them, they are free to draw or commission their own art with the content they like best.

And if all that fails and your still feeling down about some backlash you got?

Take it as a compliment.

It means your art is so good, they can't ignore you.
  charem

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
Thumbnails and tagging would certainly quiet some people. I admit I said my own piece about this whole topic to Roco already but I'm not one to repeat myself either; I've been quiet up till now since
I already shared my input before, no point in beating a dead horse. All I really wished for was proper warnings - indeed, as you said, it's hard to ignore Roco's art, it's good art, it grabs
attention. But that can prove disadvantageous at times.

Basically, I'm sure there are reasonable people who like Roco's stuff for the most part but want to dodge around certain submissions, and would just like a bit of warning. I personally could just
unwatch Roco - and some of those sensitive might be better off doing so - but I'd rather not miss what I DO like. Simple warnings would solve this, but Roco's not obligated to, and indeed I don't
think he really wanted to from what he last told me. Puts me in a bit of a spot - do I keep watching and run into stuff at times I'd rather not, or do I unwatch? Either option seems bad - I'd feel
like a bit of an asshole to 'give up' and unwatch, but I dunno; I don't like feeling weird when I see certain content either. It's a hard decision.

I certainly never meant to depress Roco if I at all had influence with that though. I'm sad to hear that's what's gone and happened by people sharing their thoughts - though I'm sure some have been
far ruder and meaner about it too...
  immortalvanguard

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
I may not personally like every topic you draw, but that's ok. I don't always like every topic an artist draws. What matters is, your art is kick-ass, and to be more specific, it's -YOURS-. Not mine.
Not anyone else. Yours. You can pander to an individual, or you can draw what you enjoy. I'm glad you honestly seem to be doing the latter.

Stay golden, Eeveeboy.
  topsecretasdlfj

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
To be honest, I...can't help but feel guilty about this now since I left a few comments on your stuff along those lines, and, well, my mind tends to make connections like that. Fatal vore does tend to
unnerve me a bit, just because I also tend to over-sympathize with fictional stuff, but...in the future I'll keep that to myself. I just hope you can work through this. I recently hit a depressive
patch and it was...not fun.
  mewtwo

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
Shit, man. I'm sorry you're going through this. Why I don't think I ever came at you on this, I know that a long time ago at AC we talked about the subject, and I apologize if anything I ever said
could have been construed as me putting you down for your choices.

Your thing ain't my thing but I'm not going to shit on you for your thing being your thing. I used to do that with someone that wasn't you and really shouldn't have done that all those years ago. I
know what it is to take things happening to a fictional character WAAAAY too seriously, so I kinda get why someone would get mouthy about it, but if someone's constantly finding content that you post
to go against what they like to see, why the fuck are they watching you in the first place? Unwatch and move on. Maybe the above comment of "your art is so good, they can't ignore you" holds a lot
of truth.

You're getting a lot of commissions for fatal vore because the fans of yours that like you drawing it want to see more of it, and new situations of it, so the same shitheads that are knocking on you
for your own art are doing it there too...but fuck them, you have a life to live, art to enjoy, and essentially a job to do since it's commission work. If someone wants non-fatal vore there's many
groups out there that support exactly that.
  the-trash

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
I think I agree with your assessment of fatal vore.

Sorry to hear that you feel that way over the negative comments though.
  tastytales

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
Sorry to hear people have been giving you a hard time with fatal vore. I'm sitting on two fatal vore commissions and trying to decide whether to post them because of the comments I usually get when I
do post stuff like that. I don't know if separate galleries is the way to go either, I feel like your stance on fatal vore is well known and if people come to your page they should expect to at least
encounter it.

Either way, I hope things get better for you soon and I hope people take what you've written here to heart.
  snackcat

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
There's a fairly big chunk of people in this fandom who do these kind of comments. And I think when you're an artist with a fairly good following you pretty much become a magnet for it.....but still
doesn't mean it's okay :/

Sorry that you have to be exposed to that crap, Roco. Confidence is real fragile and I hope this journal is the start of a turnaround.

(You draw what you like!)
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  dragonsurfer

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
There will never be people who accept what you truly like and will try to make you change your views, thinking they are doing good and right by such, "saving and helping" you... Yet their just biggot
asshats... As many say, don't like? Don't view, it's THEIR choice to look at such pictures so it's THEIR problem to deal with, not yours dude.
I'm sorry such things have been getting to you and hitting hard but it'll be alright, might be hard but just gotta ignore such negative things... Now if's it about the drawing itself, like they are
talking about actual improvements to the PICTURE then that's one thing, but the topic of such getting hate is invalid to speak about.

On fatal vore, I actually like it alot, especially the kind you draw~ You just make make such fatal/graphicness soooo hot and amazing, be it normal or cock vore, I freakin loooooove seeing peeps churn
away for good by you~ <3
I really would love to see you draw more of it, I never mind "gentle" digestion and such where the bulge/fellas just melt away but it's nice to see them graphically coming apart alive still, you
capture that well too.

So over all, keep doing what YOU love though, it be fatal vore, big cocks or whatever NOT related to those, if you like the picture, there will indeed be others who do too.

Also... Umm, I guess I can't stop you if you want to eat and digest me. >///<
  -thezombywoof-

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
On this whole subject, I've definitely seen comments like that on peoples' stuff and I have to wonder...why did they bother? It kinda reminds me of YouTube comments, though you already know that
looking at those is asking for trouble, you just see comments on these videos just going way out of their way to voice their distaste for the creator or something like that and you have to wonder "if
you hate this so much, why did you go through the effort of searching specifically for this thing you dont like, looking at it, and then leaving behind a comment like that?

Granted...FA is a little different, and the thumbnail system isnt always the best, so sometimes people who follow certain artists would prefer to blacklist certain things they might not want to see,
so sometimes in this case, it comes to them in their messages and it's sometimes unavoidable that they might see something they didnt like. Thing is....why do they feel the need to go click on it and
leave comments like "I dont like this, this is gross, I wish you'd draw (insert something else here)" or something along that lines. Nobody forced them to look at it, nobody forced them to leave a
comment, it's not constructive, it's unnecessary, and it's just kind of a dumb comment in general. If you really have nothing better to do than going out of your way to click on things you dont like
just to voice your distaste...it's really kinda sad. It's not a bad thing to share your personal preferences with people...but that really needs to be on a personal basis with somebody, the time to
voice those likes and dislikes would be if people were discussing like..commission ideas or they're involved in a roleplay or something, that's when you would want to warn someone that "hey, I dont
like this thing, please dont do that", it's unwarranted in the comment section of someone's submissions on FA.

I havent really been checking closely enough to see if there's warning thumbnails on this stuff, but maybe it could help? Thing is aside from it taking that little extra bit of effort just to please
people who dont like some of the more extreme content, I imagine it would mean you would have to do that for a big portion of your gallery, a bunch of extra work for you just to cave in to that. If I
see a picture come up that I dont particularly like or one that actually might make me uncomfortable, I simply just delete the message, I dont need to go bother the artist and complain about them
posting this thing I dont like. Even stuff I really wish I didnt see, I have never felt the compulsion to go click on it for the purpose of expressing my distaste with it, it's just so unnecessary.
I'm really sorry that this whole thing has caused my anxiety in you lately, it's your art man, you like what you like, and certain people who like it too will continue to commission it because they
share a common interest with you, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. There's no point in needing to break down the psychology and the implications of liking one fetish or the other,
because we can disconnect reality from fantasy, we have morals, we're not dumb :P. Anyways, I hope you feel better dude, for what it's worth I always liked your stuff, and even if I didnt like one
thing or the other, it's easy to just overlook without going and bugging ya about it, you should be free to enjoy what you do :3
  htfcuddles

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
I find rather strange that comparatively I get a lot less flak and negative comments. Even one of my most crude comics got just a couple negative comments in the last page but thats it.

The problem is the following. Being here in fA we assume we know people has a huge range of fetishes, and if we don't like something, we can simply look away and continue with their lives. Leaving
comments insulting the artist for whatever topics they like fits more websites for 'normal people' (can I call em normies just for the sake of being short?) like Facebook and DeviantART.

However, I understand the reaction (even if I dont support commenting it). A lot of people get shocked with the content, over all if it doesnt have thumbnails, and they have their jimmies rustled. The
feeling pushes you to do something about it, because your core is shaking, the base of what you like/love/feel. Some people react to that feeling by commenting. Some go and make a journal. Some can
shrug it off and carry on.

A simple example. I remember a fox fur some years ago that, when he saw a pic with heavy domination and cruelty, got so shocked that he had to make a journal about it and he swore he was never going
to draw any kind of vore that could be seen as mean again. Since then all his pictures were just pawstuff and, in the case of vore art, the characters had to look clearly like they were loving/adoring
it.

That kind of reaction is actually something that some artist like to get from the viewer. And thats great, actually. Its fun to see reactions to things watchers didnt expect. To certain extent its
like the youtube channel "howtobasic", where people can come wanting to see something and they end seeing something completely different to what their expectations were, if they didnt know the
channel.

I know its easier said than done, but dont take these mean comments seriously. A possible approach can be trying to take them more like "haha how many jimmies I rustled this time? 2. ok, my score is
2. This week so far my score is 7" and so. And if you get any real hateful comment that you know it has substance behind like putting in doubt your quality as an artist or so, you can always simply
hide them without second thoughts.

The thing is, you're a known artist.
Being known undoubtely attracts people
And you will attract undesirable people. You need to learn to deal with them or you'll be sad forever.

Every single famous artist is usually covered in insults and criticism. Take by example Nikki Minaj or Kesha. Do you think they dont get insults constantly in the social networks? Like a river that
never stops. And it isnt like they let others deal with the bad criticism. They just learned to cope with it.
Same can be said about a band that I love: Nickelback. I never thought the day would come where I'd say that they are heavier and more awesome than Linkin Park, but after LP's "Heavy" song, it
happened. Ah but I'm straying away from the topic. Sorry for that.

tl;dr Dont take them seriously. You are a good artist yourself, and what you do *will* shock people. Some people react to that shock by just commenting whatever just to calm their shaken floor.
  sithious

#link     Posted: a year ago

 
Okay I know everyone has pretty much said mostly everything helpful at this point but I feel adding my input and thoughts as well can't hurt so ill give it a good shot. =P What I have written here
isn't explicitly directed towards Roco anymore either, it originally was but it turned out much deeper somehow and can hopefully be helpful to more people than just Roco especially those that write
negative comments on harmless fetishes art without a second thought. Enjoy sitting down and reading if you're further curious about what Roco has said here. I wrote this because I wanted to not
because I felt I needed to if you're wondering as well. =P I enjoyed writing it honestly.

[Not being into something is okay and perfectly normal, accept it, embrace, it, understand it and/or ignore it, there are many healthy ways to cope with 'fetish shock']
I'm not even into fatal vore or digestion at all so why am I even here, why am I watching Roco and why do I still love his art? It's because ive learned to accept things I don't enjoy and move on to
enjoy the many things he draws that I do, that's why. Some of Roco's art has even confused/squicked me for days on end like his latest graphic digestion comic, leaving me with alot of unanswered
questions I wish could be answered but ultimately coming to terms with what I saw and moving on without trying to make any real scene about it, dealing with the 'shock' of what I saw as un-seriously
as the reason the art was made in the first place in the end. My way of understanding and dealing with things I don't understand, like digestion, is asking about them or really thinking about the
depth of the kink and what about it could be or is enjoyable for the niche that is so into it they draw and write so many stories on the subject. Instead of feeling the need to openly say "Oh I feel
that's depraved and I don't like it so I should let the artist know with a useless line of text or something akin to, bad dog, stop doing that!" which achieves a whole lot of nothing but annoyance or
harmful accumulative self denial emotions for the artist, just like Roco is having. There have been times I felt like doing that to some shocking art and a couple of times I did but it never made me
feel that much better honestly, so I don't do it anymore. Instead, asking the artist or someone into that fetish -why- they enjoy it in this way -does- help tho, generally alot depending on how well
it is explained. I take things too seriously sometimes like vore when I shouldn't and my mind goes into overdrive about it, it just needs to be settled is all. Like someone already said here, making
negative comments is some peoples way of coping with the 'shock' that they feel, when in fact it does nothing for them or the artist and they should really seek out a something more constructive to
get rid of the feeling, like a forum or chatting with somebody into the fetish that has to kindness and skill to explain. Understanding is power and it should never be underestimated with hard
fetishes like this, people just need to get more on board with it like me or you really do have little reason to take negative comments to heart whoever you may be and whatever you may do, they are
choosing the easy route rather than the fair route to how they feel. Roco is proof it dosen't solve a single thing, trying to change somebody that isn't doing anything actually illegal or morally
wrong is and always will be a selfish, pointless act that can never be done with afew words or numbers anyway. The explanation of why you enjoy and draw graphic fatal vore is already great start to
thwarting this Roco, I was shocked when I looked around your profile page again and I found this journal explaining the very thing I was hoping to find out about you for years now. It's a shame it
came to this reason as to why you wrote it but I hope it made you feel at least a tad better to vent, holding in these feelings would not have helped you in any way so thank you for sharing~
Acceptance should be a mutual self training everyone should go through, and really we all end up doing it at some point anyway. Not just for understanding and accepting negativity towards yourself
from others (which admittedly is more tricky and important to come to terms with) but to accept the difference of others as well. The internet has shamefully made it alot harder to feel compassion
towards other human beings due to a ton of missing physical interaction, words seeming harmless and easy to make on a screen but they can still be so hurtful in large amounts. The internet powers our
lives these days, either directly or indirectly and should never be underestimated. Until genetic altering is a thing, regardless of how unmoral it may end up being, we will all be very different from
one another and certainly far from 'perfect'. Even if our physical bodies are made exactly the same and in perfect health taking away the diversity of human psychology would be a travesty to our
species and hopefully won't ever happen, ultimately it's almost what keeps us as a species so intelligent, so diverse, full of so much interest and curiosity to keep expanding. For now accepting other
peoples fetishes and preferences is only as hard as you make it and is far from the worst thing you will ever do in your life, give it a try, talk to somebody that is into the thing that bothers you,
even better chat in a forum with many people into the same thing to explain it in their own way, even chat to people that feel the same way as you so you don't feel 'alone' in your feelings.
Understand differences, embrace them, heck it's even helpful to just flat out ignore them if you're not all that inquisitive, but shaming others for their differences is a thing of the past, it's
anti-social and has no meaning anymore. If it dosen't hurt anyone is it really that bad?
I'll conclude it there lest I keep going on forever haha. I hope I at least made a good point as this can actually be directed at almost anything these days, not just 'fetish shock' as it can be
called. Almost all wars in the past where made due to some acceptance not being made between two people or groups of people, religions fight because they won't accept each other, bullies harass others
usually over differences they had no choice in having. Until the mindset of 'different is bad' is ruled out of common ways of thinking this world is going to be a tricky one to live in for pretty much
anyone, especially people with any kind of popularity like Roco that attracts more people that don't know how to accept things then most other smaller vore artist. Maybe some day when we have colonies
all over space and we have bigger things to worry about then being irked by someone else's fetishes then we can actually get along for once. Until then, Roco is going to go around digesting us
regardless it seems. =P

[Actual conclusion]
Thanks for reading if anyone scrolled down here, hope this was interesting to think about and gave plenty of food for thought. Ultimately both the artist and the viewers have to go through almost the
same degree of accepting things when it comes to hard fetishes like fatal vore if you think about it, in a perfect world both would just agree to disagree but this is not a perfect world, artists,
celebrities, homosexuals, almost anyone will always go through this hard time to find their way to cope with it. Now days it is shockingly more common then it really should be but what can you do,
humans are complex as hell and more opinionated and judgemental then they ever have been before with such easy access to the internet and with popular media skewing peoples minds. Hopefully you can
get over this depression Roco and get back to enjoying the art and fetishes you have always been into though, we believe in you, maybe you just need afew great people to chat to help your troubled
mind back on track? Maybe you should stay away from here for awhile to let your mind rest? Maybe you just need a nice little holiday to ventilate emotions, only you know you so good luck. =3

[Suggestions]
Also just some last minor constructive suggestions if you do come back to making art. I highly and thoroughly recommend the thumbnail warning idea, I know it will probably be very annoying but alot of
artists with hard fetishes do it and it's very appreciated. This isn't a vore based community or art website unlike Eka's Portal so you really gotta consider people that aren't into vore too or the
hard side of vore, just imagine not being into something like say heavy scat play for instance cas you know... that's probably one of the most squicky detested fetishes of them all, and you go around
clicking on art, casually browsing around or on the hunt for fetish art you may like but then you suddenly get a full screen of hardcore scat smearing and eating fetish art with no warning at all! It
turns you off, it grosses you out and ruins your day as you can't stop seeing it in your mind and thinking about it. Would you be impressed? Would you wanna say something to tell the artists how you
feel? Probably, maybe you would be infuriated enough to write a journal or a note to them. This can easily be resolved with ample warning, a big thumbnail that says 'HARDCORE FETISH ART' or
'WARNING:FATAL DIGESTION CONTENT' before they click it or before the image loads will give nobody any reason to complain to you anymore or say anything pointlessly negative because they already had
the chance to ignore it and move along if it's not their thing. It takes all liability away from you as insurance, even state on your profile you draw hard graphic digestion sometimes and fatal vore
so look out for that to follow it up. Your a well know vore artist so I really doubt it will impact your views anymore, you have a solid fanbase like all the kind people that came here to comment and
wish you well so give it a try maybe? Id really appreciate knowing what I am in for seeing before I click open your art sometimes too ill be honest, it would ultimately take the 'shock' away as you
know whats coming so really it solves every problem in one.
Another idea is simply deleting negative comments and/or even better, having some kind of moderator system just to keep comments clean and get rid of any that are blatantly just attacking you for
making niche art. That would tick some people off royally tho and they may go on a 'witch hunt' for you but I doubt it would go to far. It would at least let you focus on what you enjoy and not the
rest of the useless crap you have been getting, I think that is worth a try especially in tandem with the thumbnail system as negative comments would be even less relevant. You could even just have
nice friends or fans watch your comments and say "Hey, you got a negative comment today on X picture, just warning, it's kinda hurtful so I wouldn't bother reading it, maybe delete it" And stuff like
that, actually have some kind of a warning system so you can prepare for it? Seems abit paranoid I know but could still be really handy and nobody would even need to know about it. Comments are
important to alot of artists not just for feedback but to keep their spirits up knowing fans are enjoying what they make. People should understand that or go away, you have the right to do that on
your own hard work, always second guessing yourself is exactly what will get an artist depressed. If you knew you would never get an unpleasant surprise negative comment on your art I bet you would be
so much more motivated and happier to draw, all at no loss either. =3
All these ideas mean you can stay here and keep posting whatever you like on FA too without any need for the back and forth method of moving hardcore stuff to another site. That would just make it
more laborious for you and your fans to flick through so all around just bleh considering how much of a casual artist you enjoy being.

That's the last of it, hope my input on those was helpful as well. Don't ever feel rushed to get back to drawing Roco, take all the time you need. =3


[On the topic of how your feeling, the emotion of 'rejection' after comments like these is perfectly explainable. I went on a little rant about this but I hope it's interesting if you want to read
this far.]
I feel the desire to further explain that self denial emotion I was talking about before real quick, the emotions following negativity. It's a perfectly normal human reaction, most people naturally
seek the acceptance of other humans because we generally want to fit in and be a group even if we don't -think- we care about such a thing we actually subconsciously do to various degrees, we are a
social creatures after all thus why that emotion is there after repetitive feelings of 'rejection'. Roco seems to want this acceptance but what he enjoys fantasising about isn't well accepted in his
eyes so he just feels left out, alone, like something is wrong with him and thus that spiralled into depression, possibly self loathing. In nature at this point the social animal either has to remove
this rejected trait to fit in or be left out and suffer constant depression, we as super intelligent animals understand things like this so we can actually embrace this diversity instead of removing
it like our brains 'think' it should for survival reasons. I am getting really long winded about this but bear with me. It's a leftover from survival programming that still lingers around in our
complex psychology, a couple of other examples are how we get jealous of each other and why we 'jump' if we experience a sudden movement or noise, we don't really need these emotions/reactions to
survive anymore as a species but we still have them anyway and pretty much just put up with them, some people have an easy time with it and some don't, it's what makes us humans, the most
physiologically complex species we currently know of. It is possible to override and ignore the emotion of 'rejection' but it's not easy and is something any famous or popular person has to go through
regardless of if they do art, youtube, acting or radio they will always, -always- go through this experience during their life or career to become better, I know this as I watch alot of famous
youtubers and pretty much every one of them has gone through this when there is technically nothing wrong them at all, they just get 'hate' and negativity for the sake of some people wanting attention
or being jealous of them. This is an entirely different case when it comes to fetish artists I know but at what point is really that different? Someone dosen't like something particular about someone
else so for their own selfish reasons so they are vocal about it. It's natural for them to do so in fact, they don't know the fair way to deal with how they feel about the subject so they make a scene
out of it hoping/expecting others will say they feel the same way so they can feel 'normal' and accepted again without any thought on how rejected it makes the 'abnormal' targeted person feel.
Understanding this is keen to not giving a single darn what they say, you have to know they are just venting how they feel cas they don't understand properly and their body wants to or dosen't want
to. This is exactly why bullies are are the way they are as well, they don't understand themselves or others so they take it out in the most anti-social way possible, with negative actions and words
against others to help themselves feel more 'normal'. Some people are just ignorant and stubborn as heck, made that way over their life or just born like it. At the end of the day all you can do about
that is feel sorry for them, sorry that they will never have as open of a mind as you.
And this is why you feel this way after getting lots of negative comments and why people make them, the psychology can go very deep but that's the gist of it. The only way to understand your feelings
and embrace them is to understand why they are there in the first place, where did they come from? What is the point of them? Are they even relevant? Your brain is infinatly curious, sate it
sometimes.

I go into deep thoughts like that all the time so I hope someone found that fascinating to think about too. =3 That's me done for here, wish you lots of luck Roco~