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Finally Figuring Things Out
Posted 10 months agoHey all! I hope you've all been well!
I have been super absent over the last many months there's a pawful of reasons for that. Between just being so busy with other things and not really having a full idea of where I wanted to take my FurAffinity presence following my last announcement, it's been hard to stay kept up here. But as of today, I think I have things straightened out. I have a huge backlog of art I will posting over the next three months and I hope you all like them all!
As for this account, I think I have finally figured out exactly what I want to do. Because this account is called BiskySquirrel, it's where I will be posting all of my Bisky art. That's handled the same way as my Kapua account (Kapuan). In addition to that, though, I will also be posting all of my vore and nsfw artwork here. Anything nsfw will be marked as Adult so those who don't want to see that don't have to. For the time being it will be very rare anyhow.
As for FellowRabbit, this will be treated as my normie account. There, I will post all refs and non-vorish/non-nsfw art for all of my characters that don't have dedicated accounts (So Bisky will still be posted here and Kapua will still be posted on that account). But I will also repost any of my favorite arts going forward to FellowRabbit as well. For now this won't apply to things I've already posted on this account, but that could change. I only have a pawful of arts coming up that will be posted to both.
Outside of FA, I have also taken some time to think on how I want to manage my commitments. So, I have decided to step down as the owner of Bisky's Cabin. As of November 25, I have transferred ownership of that server to TheSketches, and the server is now known as Sketch's Studio. I still highly recommend checking it out! There's a lot of cool people there an some of the restrictions there have been loosened up. Here's the join link: https://discord.gg/vr6fVgKV5a
In addition to that, I've also begun the preparations for stepping down as the owner of my primary vore server, Beyond the Maw. It is a super hard decision, and I don't make it lightly, but I really need to set my priorities straight, and maintaining a public vore server just isn't something I can justify spending so much time on anymore. That being said, I have made absolute sure to choose someone I know will do a great job as my successor. I don't think they have an FA, though, so you'll have to join the server to meet them, but they are truly a gem and I can't think of anyone else I would rather see as the new owner. Here is the join link if you'd like to check that out: https://discord.gg/vr6fVgKV5a
I will not be completely leaving the staff team, but I will be reducing the amount of involvement I dedicate to it.
And finally, I have also chosen to step down from multiple moderator positions in various servers I also was a part of. Namely, AltOwOVurr's server and ShinyUmbra's server. I will remain a member in both however.
Aside from that, not too much else I can think of to touch on! I have some projects I've been working on that I'm really excited about, but nothing I can share about them just yet. Keep an eye out though! It could be huge!
Best wishes to you all, and I look forward to what the future brings for me here!
I have been super absent over the last many months there's a pawful of reasons for that. Between just being so busy with other things and not really having a full idea of where I wanted to take my FurAffinity presence following my last announcement, it's been hard to stay kept up here. But as of today, I think I have things straightened out. I have a huge backlog of art I will posting over the next three months and I hope you all like them all!
As for this account, I think I have finally figured out exactly what I want to do. Because this account is called BiskySquirrel, it's where I will be posting all of my Bisky art. That's handled the same way as my Kapua account (Kapuan). In addition to that, though, I will also be posting all of my vore and nsfw artwork here. Anything nsfw will be marked as Adult so those who don't want to see that don't have to. For the time being it will be very rare anyhow.
As for FellowRabbit, this will be treated as my normie account. There, I will post all refs and non-vorish/non-nsfw art for all of my characters that don't have dedicated accounts (So Bisky will still be posted here and Kapua will still be posted on that account). But I will also repost any of my favorite arts going forward to FellowRabbit as well. For now this won't apply to things I've already posted on this account, but that could change. I only have a pawful of arts coming up that will be posted to both.
Outside of FA, I have also taken some time to think on how I want to manage my commitments. So, I have decided to step down as the owner of Bisky's Cabin. As of November 25, I have transferred ownership of that server to TheSketches, and the server is now known as Sketch's Studio. I still highly recommend checking it out! There's a lot of cool people there an some of the restrictions there have been loosened up. Here's the join link: https://discord.gg/vr6fVgKV5a
In addition to that, I've also begun the preparations for stepping down as the owner of my primary vore server, Beyond the Maw. It is a super hard decision, and I don't make it lightly, but I really need to set my priorities straight, and maintaining a public vore server just isn't something I can justify spending so much time on anymore. That being said, I have made absolute sure to choose someone I know will do a great job as my successor. I don't think they have an FA, though, so you'll have to join the server to meet them, but they are truly a gem and I can't think of anyone else I would rather see as the new owner. Here is the join link if you'd like to check that out: https://discord.gg/vr6fVgKV5a
I will not be completely leaving the staff team, but I will be reducing the amount of involvement I dedicate to it.
And finally, I have also chosen to step down from multiple moderator positions in various servers I also was a part of. Namely, AltOwOVurr's server and ShinyUmbra's server. I will remain a member in both however.
Aside from that, not too much else I can think of to touch on! I have some projects I've been working on that I'm really excited about, but nothing I can share about them just yet. Keep an eye out though! It could be huge!
Best wishes to you all, and I look forward to what the future brings for me here!
New Discord Server!
Posted 2 years agoHey all! I've given things a lot of thought and I've decided that a new, smaller, more carefully planned out server that more closely aligns with my own interests is going to be needed. My other server no longer covers everything I like and it unfortunately would not be able to shift to accommodate it all.
What is this new server?
Well, its purpose first and foremost is to be a general furry server. There are sections for vore and NSFW, but they are confined to categories which can only be seen with a specific self-assignable role. My plan is for this to become my new primary hangout as I am increasingly finding that I want to chill in an environment where not everything is charged with vore, and because Beyond the Maw has always been advertised as a sfw-vore community and it would betray the server's identity to try and add even a role-locked NSFW section to it.
Therefore, please let me introduce my cabin!
The server is 21+ (though 18+ members may join if they have a referral) and the main part of the server is still going to be SFW. It is catered much more toward my own interests and so even in the vore and NSFW sections, not every type of said content is allowed there. You'll have to join and read the rules for those sections to find out if what you like is allowed there.
As I grow my presence in the furry community and finally get started in making my own furry (and yes, vore) creations, this will also be used as a place to discuss my works and the lore around my characters and their stories. I hope to see you there! And I hope the ways I've changed as a person since I joined this community aren't too much of a upset to anyone who may have become my friend because of my strict SFW-ness. I still will continue to be as respectful as I can with my interests and everyone I interact with.
Beyond the Maw isn't going anywhere though! It's still one of my favorite servers on Discord and I'm still proud to be the owner there. I'll be continuing as the owner for both servers. If you are more vore focused, then you may enjoy Beyond the Maw more.
What is this new server?
Well, its purpose first and foremost is to be a general furry server. There are sections for vore and NSFW, but they are confined to categories which can only be seen with a specific self-assignable role. My plan is for this to become my new primary hangout as I am increasingly finding that I want to chill in an environment where not everything is charged with vore, and because Beyond the Maw has always been advertised as a sfw-vore community and it would betray the server's identity to try and add even a role-locked NSFW section to it.
Therefore, please let me introduce my cabin!
The server is 21+ (though 18+ members may join if they have a referral) and the main part of the server is still going to be SFW. It is catered much more toward my own interests and so even in the vore and NSFW sections, not every type of said content is allowed there. You'll have to join and read the rules for those sections to find out if what you like is allowed there.
As I grow my presence in the furry community and finally get started in making my own furry (and yes, vore) creations, this will also be used as a place to discuss my works and the lore around my characters and their stories. I hope to see you there! And I hope the ways I've changed as a person since I joined this community aren't too much of a upset to anyone who may have become my friend because of my strict SFW-ness. I still will continue to be as respectful as I can with my interests and everyone I interact with.
Beyond the Maw isn't going anywhere though! It's still one of my favorite servers on Discord and I'm still proud to be the owner there. I'll be continuing as the owner for both servers. If you are more vore focused, then you may enjoy Beyond the Maw more.
Heads Up Regarding NSFW Content
Posted 2 years agoI somewhat feel this was inevitable after joining the community, and maybe even is an expected progression after the hints and vagueness about my own position from my last two journals, but I think it makes sense for me to just come out and say it.
I no longer consider myself to be strictly SFW.
I'm kinda numb at this point to most NSFW stuff I see commonly around the site and tbh I even enjoy a fair amount of it, and I've reached a point where I don't think there is any benefit to me in pretending to be repulsed by it. In fact it may even be a detriment. I've been poking about it places where nsfw is allowed and I've been able to form new kinds of friendships by socializing there, both with my existing friends and with new ones. So with that said, I will be removing all the "I'm safe for work only!!" stuff from my profile and maybe will update my vore preference sheet thing in the future since that somehow is now the first result on the front page of FA's search results when you search "vore".
Now that that cat's out of the bag, I will say it is not out of the question for me to commission some lewd art of my own in the future. If/when I do, I will be careful with each one to ensure it is marked as "Adult", just as my vore content is now marked as "Mature".
So for clarity:
"Mature" artwork in my gallery is any fetish content that is not explicitly sexualized.
"Adult" artwork in my gallery is anything in which there is sexual imagery, including nudity, tasteful or not.
Nothing will change for you if you have Adult content turned off.
I have set up a second account that I'm still thinking about making just SFW for now, but I'm not quite set on exactly how I want to divvy up my content just yet. If you are interested, you can go watch that alt at
FellowRabbit
I no longer consider myself to be strictly SFW.
I'm kinda numb at this point to most NSFW stuff I see commonly around the site and tbh I even enjoy a fair amount of it, and I've reached a point where I don't think there is any benefit to me in pretending to be repulsed by it. In fact it may even be a detriment. I've been poking about it places where nsfw is allowed and I've been able to form new kinds of friendships by socializing there, both with my existing friends and with new ones. So with that said, I will be removing all the "I'm safe for work only!!" stuff from my profile and maybe will update my vore preference sheet thing in the future since that somehow is now the first result on the front page of FA's search results when you search "vore".
Now that that cat's out of the bag, I will say it is not out of the question for me to commission some lewd art of my own in the future. If/when I do, I will be careful with each one to ensure it is marked as "Adult", just as my vore content is now marked as "Mature".
So for clarity:
"Mature" artwork in my gallery is any fetish content that is not explicitly sexualized.
"Adult" artwork in my gallery is anything in which there is sexual imagery, including nudity, tasteful or not.
Nothing will change for you if you have Adult content turned off.
I have set up a second account that I'm still thinking about making just SFW for now, but I'm not quite set on exactly how I want to divvy up my content just yet. If you are interested, you can go watch that alt at
FellowRabbitMarking All My Vore as Mature
Posted 2 years agoThis is a follow up to [this journal] I posted a couple months ago.
After a lot of thought and due to developments around the site in recent months, I've decided that all of my vore artwork will be marked as Mature from now on.
A lot of good points were brought up about how minors will find a way to access it whether it's marked mature or not, and while I don't disagree, I think the optics of at least attempting to hide it is worth going through with it on that reasoning. I already have long decided that I will not engage with anyone under 18 on topics regarding vore, so it makes sense to just go all the way with it.
I'll also reiterate my points from the previous journal about "vore" in media as a plot point being very different from vore artwork on a site that's geared toward fueling the fetish. The previous journal touches on it more though.
The thing that kind of pushed me over the edge began with the recent site update, which specifically drew attention to vore (along with transformation) by making a specific exception for it, which made me realize exactly how I see vore. It is not something I would be comfortable involving minors in in any way, and I already have had rules against such in my Discord server since the beginning. If I follow that reasoning, would I consider it to be sfw if I would not show it to minors (or coworkers, if you want to follow the literal definition of "sfw")? The answer to that is no. Furry art in general I wouldn't mind sharing for the most part, but vore and any fetish material is no.
I say this with the knowledge that many (maybe even most) of my close friends do not enjoy vore in a sexual way. It's just another way to interact and bond with each other, and that's okay. I'm not saying vore is inherently sexual. The main point for me is that it is a fetish, and I believe that most normal people who see vore and either don't know much about it or have seen it unhidden around the way do believe that is most commonly enjoyed that way. I have seen statistics from surveys that might as well confirm such. (I believe it is something like 80% of the vore community enjoys it that way if those stats are representative of the wider community.) In short: It's not inherently sexual, but the majority of vorarephiles enjoy it that way from what I've seen.
This decision also comes in the wake of many vore artists that I watch making the same decision despite having uploaded it as General up until now. These influenced my decision as well.
And finally, I will say that this is also a way to keep it more hidden from people just randomly searching me up on the internet. I'm not sure I want just anyone to know that I'm into vore, and I think it's likely that Bisky will will be discovered in the wild at some point. Mature art can't be seen unless you sign up to FA, which adds an extra layer of hiddenness to it all. Assuming all my journals wouldn't give it away. I am aware that there is a way to hide all submissions from viewers who are not members of FA, and I don't want to do that.
Anyway, that's basically it. I'll spend the next few minutes going through my gallery and making the changes. If you need any more clarification, I'll try to answer comments (although like the last journal, responses could be a month later). I hope this all makes sense and doesn't upset anyone who enjoys seeing what I commission. My thoughts aren't 100% collected maybe I didn't clarify the greatest, but I am confident in this decision.
After a lot of thought and due to developments around the site in recent months, I've decided that all of my vore artwork will be marked as Mature from now on.
A lot of good points were brought up about how minors will find a way to access it whether it's marked mature or not, and while I don't disagree, I think the optics of at least attempting to hide it is worth going through with it on that reasoning. I already have long decided that I will not engage with anyone under 18 on topics regarding vore, so it makes sense to just go all the way with it.
I'll also reiterate my points from the previous journal about "vore" in media as a plot point being very different from vore artwork on a site that's geared toward fueling the fetish. The previous journal touches on it more though.
The thing that kind of pushed me over the edge began with the recent site update, which specifically drew attention to vore (along with transformation) by making a specific exception for it, which made me realize exactly how I see vore. It is not something I would be comfortable involving minors in in any way, and I already have had rules against such in my Discord server since the beginning. If I follow that reasoning, would I consider it to be sfw if I would not show it to minors (or coworkers, if you want to follow the literal definition of "sfw")? The answer to that is no. Furry art in general I wouldn't mind sharing for the most part, but vore and any fetish material is no.
I say this with the knowledge that many (maybe even most) of my close friends do not enjoy vore in a sexual way. It's just another way to interact and bond with each other, and that's okay. I'm not saying vore is inherently sexual. The main point for me is that it is a fetish, and I believe that most normal people who see vore and either don't know much about it or have seen it unhidden around the way do believe that is most commonly enjoyed that way. I have seen statistics from surveys that might as well confirm such. (I believe it is something like 80% of the vore community enjoys it that way if those stats are representative of the wider community.) In short: It's not inherently sexual, but the majority of vorarephiles enjoy it that way from what I've seen.
This decision also comes in the wake of many vore artists that I watch making the same decision despite having uploaded it as General up until now. These influenced my decision as well.
And finally, I will say that this is also a way to keep it more hidden from people just randomly searching me up on the internet. I'm not sure I want just anyone to know that I'm into vore, and I think it's likely that Bisky will will be discovered in the wild at some point. Mature art can't be seen unless you sign up to FA, which adds an extra layer of hiddenness to it all. Assuming all my journals wouldn't give it away. I am aware that there is a way to hide all submissions from viewers who are not members of FA, and I don't want to do that.
Anyway, that's basically it. I'll spend the next few minutes going through my gallery and making the changes. If you need any more clarification, I'll try to answer comments (although like the last journal, responses could be a month later). I hope this all makes sense and doesn't upset anyone who enjoys seeing what I commission. My thoughts aren't 100% collected maybe I didn't clarify the greatest, but I am confident in this decision.
Should Vore Art be Marked Mature?
Posted 2 years agoThis is something that's been on my mind for a very long time. I've gone back and forth about it, and currently I do still have all my vore art marked as General so anyone can see. The main reason for that is because I have a lot of friends don't want to see certain lewd stuff or other fetishes and so use the site with Mature turned off. I have enjoyed knowing that they can see it when it's ready.
But on the other paw, I grow more and more uncomfortable every day with the knowledge that minors have such easy access to it. Not because I think my vore art is explicit or that vore itself is inherently lewd, but because I don't want to be responsible for providing something that is classified as a fetish in a way that is so easy for minors to find. The internet sees it differently than most of the people I talk to do, and it's that potential perception that makes me uncomfortable.
I used to rationalize it by saying stuff like "Vore is in children's media all the time! It's even in the Bible!", but if you really start to investigate the difference between how it's portrayed there and how it's portrayed in vorarephilic art, maybe you can see why I don't quite think that argument works. When "vore" is used in most mainstream media, it is used as an obstacle, an educational experience, or to off a character. While it may be treated as more of an "owo" moment to vorarephiles and maybe even the animators or artists, the end result is not specifically meant to tickle our fancy.
But, for example, if you come onto FA and look even at most of the more innocent vore artwork, it is very clearly meant to appeal to people who desire to either be eaten or to eat others, whether it be for comfort or curiosity or... well, other stuff. It's not treated as just an obstacle, educational experience, or to finish a character. It may also have those things, but it also has very specific connotations attached and is clearly made with the goal to appeal to vorarephiles.
The former I believe is within acceptable limits of what minors should be allowed to see, even if there will be cases where it leads to some kind of awakening for them as it did for me when I was young. I think it's unavoidable that someone who does have an interest in vore will find out about it sooner or later, and with technology so prevalent in the world today, they're probably gonna learn about before they turn 18.
But the second example has me questioning the limits, and I feel I'm on the verge of saying that any artwork or other depictions or characters in vorarephilic situations with the intent to appeal specifically to this community should be hidden from minors.
But I am just one person with one opinion. I've mentioned it in conversation with friends and stuff to see what they thought before, but I'm curious what my watchers would think since those of you who browse with Mature turned off will be the most affected by this. Do you think vore art should be marked as Mature? Why or why not?
But on the other paw, I grow more and more uncomfortable every day with the knowledge that minors have such easy access to it. Not because I think my vore art is explicit or that vore itself is inherently lewd, but because I don't want to be responsible for providing something that is classified as a fetish in a way that is so easy for minors to find. The internet sees it differently than most of the people I talk to do, and it's that potential perception that makes me uncomfortable.
I used to rationalize it by saying stuff like "Vore is in children's media all the time! It's even in the Bible!", but if you really start to investigate the difference between how it's portrayed there and how it's portrayed in vorarephilic art, maybe you can see why I don't quite think that argument works. When "vore" is used in most mainstream media, it is used as an obstacle, an educational experience, or to off a character. While it may be treated as more of an "owo" moment to vorarephiles and maybe even the animators or artists, the end result is not specifically meant to tickle our fancy.
But, for example, if you come onto FA and look even at most of the more innocent vore artwork, it is very clearly meant to appeal to people who desire to either be eaten or to eat others, whether it be for comfort or curiosity or... well, other stuff. It's not treated as just an obstacle, educational experience, or to finish a character. It may also have those things, but it also has very specific connotations attached and is clearly made with the goal to appeal to vorarephiles.
The former I believe is within acceptable limits of what minors should be allowed to see, even if there will be cases where it leads to some kind of awakening for them as it did for me when I was young. I think it's unavoidable that someone who does have an interest in vore will find out about it sooner or later, and with technology so prevalent in the world today, they're probably gonna learn about before they turn 18.
But the second example has me questioning the limits, and I feel I'm on the verge of saying that any artwork or other depictions or characters in vorarephilic situations with the intent to appeal specifically to this community should be hidden from minors.
But I am just one person with one opinion. I've mentioned it in conversation with friends and stuff to see what they thought before, but I'm curious what my watchers would think since those of you who browse with Mature turned off will be the most affected by this. Do you think vore art should be marked as Mature? Why or why not?
Kirino03 PWYW Signal Boost
Posted 3 years ago
Kirino03 is doing another of their Pay What You Want Commission openings. I am thoroughly satisfied with the two I got from them previously and I really appreciate when artists offer artistic freedom commissions. I just wanted to give them a signal boost since I'm not sure if I will be able to get one myself this time around. Check it out! Support this awesome artist!https://www.furaffinity.net/view/50038436/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/50038436/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/50038436/
These are the two I got from them last time for reference:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41781421/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/44424663/
Regarding Digestion
Posted 3 years agoIt's been nearly a year now and I've only ever commissioned or posted endo-focused vore artwork, or very worst case it was ambiguous, with "Vulpix Meal" arguably being the least "safe" vore I've gotten into as of writing this journal. (Though in fact there is some hidden context to that sequence that makes it clear it's safe. I just haven't made it yet.)
However, if you've followed me long enough to have seen my Vore Preference Sheet or have taken a close enough look at my profile, you probably know that I have interests in digestion, soft and hard (and even going to hard vore as well in certain scenarios). I do expect this to begin appearing in my commissions in the future, and once I start writing stories, I also expect to be writing a lot of digestion stuff. I find the emotional aspect of it much more compelling to write about and there are many upcoming pieces relating to Bisky's lore that include all of the different areas of vore I enjoy, digestion and HV included.
This is all personal preference, and I am conscious of the fact that digestion, HV, fatal vore, and other related types make many people very uncomfortable. This is 100% valid and understandable and I respect that everyone has their own experiences with different aspects of non-endo vore that may affect how they view it. I have nothing against anyone for their preferences as long as discussions on these topics can remain civil. The fact is this is meant to be the place where I post all of my Bisky artwork, and I wish to get artwork of all the different parts of vore that I enjoy.
This journal is meant to serve as a heads-up for what's to come, and perhaps a discussion in the comments about how you would like it to be handled. My current plan is to mark all of my digestion artwork and writing as Mature, however I am aware that many of my watchers may like to continue seeing Mature artwork but are still uncomfortable with digestion, and I also have been strongly considering changing all of my vore artwork to Mature anyway, as I'm growing more and more conscious of the fact that minors are freely able to access it. If you wish to continue watching me but don't like digestion and this setup doesn't work for you, I'm all ears for suggestions about how else do handle it. I will not be making any alternate accounts for digestion artwork however.
Another option is potentially to use custom thumbnails, however I have heard that these do not work as intended. This will require some testing that I haven't done yet.
Anyway, I would love to hear some discussion about this, and if you have questions for me regarding digestion and stuff, feel free to ask below. It may take me a couple days to get to each comment because I'm slow/busy a lot, but I will attempt to respond to everything of substance.
I love you all either way! Stay awesome. <3
However, if you've followed me long enough to have seen my Vore Preference Sheet or have taken a close enough look at my profile, you probably know that I have interests in digestion, soft and hard (and even going to hard vore as well in certain scenarios). I do expect this to begin appearing in my commissions in the future, and once I start writing stories, I also expect to be writing a lot of digestion stuff. I find the emotional aspect of it much more compelling to write about and there are many upcoming pieces relating to Bisky's lore that include all of the different areas of vore I enjoy, digestion and HV included.
This is all personal preference, and I am conscious of the fact that digestion, HV, fatal vore, and other related types make many people very uncomfortable. This is 100% valid and understandable and I respect that everyone has their own experiences with different aspects of non-endo vore that may affect how they view it. I have nothing against anyone for their preferences as long as discussions on these topics can remain civil. The fact is this is meant to be the place where I post all of my Bisky artwork, and I wish to get artwork of all the different parts of vore that I enjoy.
This journal is meant to serve as a heads-up for what's to come, and perhaps a discussion in the comments about how you would like it to be handled. My current plan is to mark all of my digestion artwork and writing as Mature, however I am aware that many of my watchers may like to continue seeing Mature artwork but are still uncomfortable with digestion, and I also have been strongly considering changing all of my vore artwork to Mature anyway, as I'm growing more and more conscious of the fact that minors are freely able to access it. If you wish to continue watching me but don't like digestion and this setup doesn't work for you, I'm all ears for suggestions about how else do handle it. I will not be making any alternate accounts for digestion artwork however.
Another option is potentially to use custom thumbnails, however I have heard that these do not work as intended. This will require some testing that I haven't done yet.
Anyway, I would love to hear some discussion about this, and if you have questions for me regarding digestion and stuff, feel free to ask below. It may take me a couple days to get to each comment because I'm slow/busy a lot, but I will attempt to respond to everything of substance.
I love you all either way! Stay awesome. <3
Gallery Cleanup
Posted 4 years agoHeyo friends! I hope you're all having a wonderful holiday season this year. Good feelings all around! I'm personally doing wonderful. 2021 has probably been my best year all around, and there are too many reasons to list. Everything is awesome!
Anywho, the point of this journal is to make sure nobody panics. I'm not deleting anything from my gallery, but I will be moving a bunch of stuff to my Scraps soon-ish. In general this will include sketches, doodles, and meme pieces. So if you find one of those missing and still want to have access to it, check my Scraps! I still plan on keeping everything that features Bisky or my characters, or stuff that I got for my friends, all uploaded to this account.
Anywho, thanks for stopping by! I hope you had a great Christmas and I wish you all a fantastic New Year!
Anywho, the point of this journal is to make sure nobody panics. I'm not deleting anything from my gallery, but I will be moving a bunch of stuff to my Scraps soon-ish. In general this will include sketches, doodles, and meme pieces. So if you find one of those missing and still want to have access to it, check my Scraps! I still plan on keeping everything that features Bisky or my characters, or stuff that I got for my friends, all uploaded to this account.
Anywho, thanks for stopping by! I hope you had a great Christmas and I wish you all a fantastic New Year!
Ending NVN at 50%
Posted 4 years agoI thought about this for a couple days, and after considering the personal pros and cons of No Vore November for a significant amount of time, I'm going to be ending this challenge early for myself. There's a few reasons for this beyond just "I don't think I can go on any longer", although that is one of the reasons. I've also been considering the guidelines I set for myself and more and more I realize that I've not really even been following them all that well. Up till recently I think I've been in denial that I actually failed the challenge early on.
The main guideline is that I'm not supposed to talk about vore if I can avoid it, but running a server where the whole point is vore makes that virtually impossible unless I completely hand over moderating to someone else and ignore the server in the meantime, which I'm not keen on doing. And with that just kinda always in the middle of things I can't exactly not think about it. It's been getting harder to not react to things people bring up or to being teased, which I always enjoyed. I haven't even been technically staying away from commissions this month either like I was supposed to. There is one that, although I technically made the decision at the end of last month that I was getting it, the wheels didn't actually start turning until this month. And I think there's still more to come.
Indeed, the only real guideline I set for myself that I've actually kept up to this point is the no-RP rule, and since the rest has kinda all fallen away, I think I'll probably drop that as well.
I don't quite consider this a failure. I have come to realizations during this time that I think I might not have come to had I not attempted the challenge.
For one, trying to avoid vore just makes me think about it more apparently. It's an outlet in its own way, and taking away that outlet for any amount of time just makes me think about it even more. Obviously that's counter to the whole point of the challenge for me.
I've also found that the secondary goals I wanted to achieve during this time just aren't making progress, and that's partially for the above reason. The idea was to replace the energy I spent on vore with another project that's been neglected, but what I hadn't considered is that it becomes even more difficult to work on that project for me because now I can only think about what I've cut myself off from doing. I can't focus, basically.
But vore is also an outlet for me, like I mentioned before. It helps me de-stress and think about something else while pressure from real life is trying to get to me. It's a comfort thing. And taking away that comfort leaves me with no way to relieve that stress, and it starts to build up. I don't have many other outlets for it, and none as effective as vore. Why vore specifically? I will never know. But that's a discussion for another time.
In general this just hasn't really been an enjoyable experience for me, even if it has helped me realize some things. I actually took some time in the last couple of days to read up on the effects of quitting cold turkey on something you've been so immersed in and, as I've found out in the last two weeks, it's not pleasant. Nothing like mega concerning or anything, and I'm sure if I followed through with the rest of the month, I wouldn't be worse off for it. At least not for very long. The main effect is setting expectations too high and then coming out depressed or disappointed in yourself for not being able to make it through the full period. And I knew that going in. That accomplishment at the end of the tunnel of being able to say I've got self control is great, but after reading up and weighing the pros and cons, personally the challenge seems like an overall negative for me.
So with that being said, Monday will be my last day observing the challenge. I would do it today, but exactly halfway through is a nice round number and I like round numbers too much. Really no other reason than that lol.
On another note, I want to express how surprised I am that this actually became a thing for anyone other than me. I personally didn't pressure anyone or even directly ask anyone to participate in this with me (although I did add the hashtag #NoVoreNovember on my name in Discord), but some of my friends took on the challenge themselves for reasons of their own, and I've been finding that people in servers that I'm not even a part of have been taking on the challenge as well. Some people do it to recharge, some people do it just for the challenge. And while I may have decided the challenge isn't for me, I encourage anyone who is still taking the challenge to see it through! Even if my reasons may have turned out to not work as expected for this challenge, that doesn't mean yours won't! You can do it!
I have to wonder if anyone will carry on the challenge next year even when I most likely will not.
The main guideline is that I'm not supposed to talk about vore if I can avoid it, but running a server where the whole point is vore makes that virtually impossible unless I completely hand over moderating to someone else and ignore the server in the meantime, which I'm not keen on doing. And with that just kinda always in the middle of things I can't exactly not think about it. It's been getting harder to not react to things people bring up or to being teased, which I always enjoyed. I haven't even been technically staying away from commissions this month either like I was supposed to. There is one that, although I technically made the decision at the end of last month that I was getting it, the wheels didn't actually start turning until this month. And I think there's still more to come.
Indeed, the only real guideline I set for myself that I've actually kept up to this point is the no-RP rule, and since the rest has kinda all fallen away, I think I'll probably drop that as well.
I don't quite consider this a failure. I have come to realizations during this time that I think I might not have come to had I not attempted the challenge.
For one, trying to avoid vore just makes me think about it more apparently. It's an outlet in its own way, and taking away that outlet for any amount of time just makes me think about it even more. Obviously that's counter to the whole point of the challenge for me.
I've also found that the secondary goals I wanted to achieve during this time just aren't making progress, and that's partially for the above reason. The idea was to replace the energy I spent on vore with another project that's been neglected, but what I hadn't considered is that it becomes even more difficult to work on that project for me because now I can only think about what I've cut myself off from doing. I can't focus, basically.
But vore is also an outlet for me, like I mentioned before. It helps me de-stress and think about something else while pressure from real life is trying to get to me. It's a comfort thing. And taking away that comfort leaves me with no way to relieve that stress, and it starts to build up. I don't have many other outlets for it, and none as effective as vore. Why vore specifically? I will never know. But that's a discussion for another time.
In general this just hasn't really been an enjoyable experience for me, even if it has helped me realize some things. I actually took some time in the last couple of days to read up on the effects of quitting cold turkey on something you've been so immersed in and, as I've found out in the last two weeks, it's not pleasant. Nothing like mega concerning or anything, and I'm sure if I followed through with the rest of the month, I wouldn't be worse off for it. At least not for very long. The main effect is setting expectations too high and then coming out depressed or disappointed in yourself for not being able to make it through the full period. And I knew that going in. That accomplishment at the end of the tunnel of being able to say I've got self control is great, but after reading up and weighing the pros and cons, personally the challenge seems like an overall negative for me.
So with that being said, Monday will be my last day observing the challenge. I would do it today, but exactly halfway through is a nice round number and I like round numbers too much. Really no other reason than that lol.
On another note, I want to express how surprised I am that this actually became a thing for anyone other than me. I personally didn't pressure anyone or even directly ask anyone to participate in this with me (although I did add the hashtag #NoVoreNovember on my name in Discord), but some of my friends took on the challenge themselves for reasons of their own, and I've been finding that people in servers that I'm not even a part of have been taking on the challenge as well. Some people do it to recharge, some people do it just for the challenge. And while I may have decided the challenge isn't for me, I encourage anyone who is still taking the challenge to see it through! Even if my reasons may have turned out to not work as expected for this challenge, that doesn't mean yours won't! You can do it!
I have to wonder if anyone will carry on the challenge next year even when I most likely will not.
No Vore November
Posted 4 years agoIf you've seen me on my Discord server, you'll know I've been super active in the community over the last 8 months. Like probably close to 200,000 messages sent since January 31. It's been an incredible ride, but also an exhausting one and one that has taken up way more time than I ever expected it to. Not a lot of other projects have seen a whole lot of progress in that time, and I've been more and more conscious of this in recent months. I seem to have gotten to this point where vore is on my mind almost all the time and I've reached that point where I almost don't think it's healthy anymore to be engaging in it as much as I do.
So, with that in mind, I'm planning on starting this challenge for myself in two weeks. For the whole month of November, I stay away from vore as much as possible. No RP, no reacting to teases, no vore art commissions or even looking at vore art for more than just a glance to identify that that's what it is, and as little talking about it as I can get away with (without losing touch with my vore server). On that note I may drop in activity in my server, but I will not stop going there in that time. I am still half of the moderation team after all. However, it is highly likely that I will be even more inactive on FA during that time.
I won't be abandoning vore altogether by a long shot. I think at this point I've accepted that I can't force myself to stop liking it. I've tried that many times and it just doesn't ever work. But I do think it would be good for me to take a break, especially after some games my mind started playing with me a few days ago. It'll help me avoid burnout and give me more opportunity to work on projects that have been shafted for way too long.
If you'd like to join me on it, feel free! It would be really neat to know that I'm not the only one trying to limit the influence I believe vore has been having over me. And neat in general to have an event like this in the vore community, but I'll not get too ambitious just yet haha.
In addition to this, I plan on participating in the usual No Shave November, and I hope to emphasize exercising a bit more than I have been lately. I really want to walk at least a mile every day at the bare minimum. And there were some other things I wanted to work on too, but I can't remember.
Also, I guess I've mentioned it enough that I should plug it here, so if you want to join my vore Discord server, Beyond the Maw, you can do so be clicking the link below.
>> https://discord.gg/aPzpnzBAQ2 <<
So, with that in mind, I'm planning on starting this challenge for myself in two weeks. For the whole month of November, I stay away from vore as much as possible. No RP, no reacting to teases, no vore art commissions or even looking at vore art for more than just a glance to identify that that's what it is, and as little talking about it as I can get away with (without losing touch with my vore server). On that note I may drop in activity in my server, but I will not stop going there in that time. I am still half of the moderation team after all. However, it is highly likely that I will be even more inactive on FA during that time.
I won't be abandoning vore altogether by a long shot. I think at this point I've accepted that I can't force myself to stop liking it. I've tried that many times and it just doesn't ever work. But I do think it would be good for me to take a break, especially after some games my mind started playing with me a few days ago. It'll help me avoid burnout and give me more opportunity to work on projects that have been shafted for way too long.
If you'd like to join me on it, feel free! It would be really neat to know that I'm not the only one trying to limit the influence I believe vore has been having over me. And neat in general to have an event like this in the vore community, but I'll not get too ambitious just yet haha.
In addition to this, I plan on participating in the usual No Shave November, and I hope to emphasize exercising a bit more than I have been lately. I really want to walk at least a mile every day at the bare minimum. And there were some other things I wanted to work on too, but I can't remember.
Also, I guess I've mentioned it enough that I should plug it here, so if you want to join my vore Discord server, Beyond the Maw, you can do so be clicking the link below.
>> https://discord.gg/aPzpnzBAQ2 <<
Did You Know I have a Discord Server?
Posted 4 years agoI guess I should make a journal of some kind. Usually not really sure what to say I guess, but a server plug works
Some things you should know:
- This server is 100% SFW. I don't like NSFW stuff, so don't join thinking lewds and stuff will be okay. Gore is an exception, but there are specific places for that which can be easily avoided.
- This server is 18+. I get a lot of people wondering why if it's SFW, but it's because vore is counted as a fetish to most people. I don't personally think it's inherently NSFW, but some people do and I'm not taking any chances.
- The server has a general focus for oral vore, meaning endo, digestion, and hard vore are all allowed, however there is a role you can assign to yourself that hides all channels that are not endo-friendly so you don't have to see them.
- The server has reaction roles moderated by my bot that make it easier to tell what your preferences are.
- It's obviously much more furry focused, but we don't mind human people joining. We don't bite (usually we just swallow).
- For the most part this is the only place I will roleplay for the foreseeable future. It's rare that I do, but if you want to see me do it, that's where it happens.
- We host several weekly events including game nights, art events, karaoke, and sometimes movie nights.
- The server often sees Nitro giveaways.
- idk what else to put here.
But yeah I'm waaaay more active there than I am on FurAffinity, so if you wanna chat with me and get to know me better, that's the place to do it! Hope to see you there!
Update September 22, 2022: Updated some "features" in the list to reflect some major changes in the server.
Join by clicking here:
>> Beyond the Maw Discord Server <<Some things you should know:
- This server is 100% SFW. I don't like NSFW stuff, so don't join thinking lewds and stuff will be okay. Gore is an exception, but there are specific places for that which can be easily avoided.
- This server is 18+. I get a lot of people wondering why if it's SFW, but it's because vore is counted as a fetish to most people. I don't personally think it's inherently NSFW, but some people do and I'm not taking any chances.
- The server has a general focus for oral vore, meaning endo, digestion, and hard vore are all allowed, however there is a role you can assign to yourself that hides all channels that are not endo-friendly so you don't have to see them.
- The server has reaction roles moderated by my bot that make it easier to tell what your preferences are.
- It's obviously much more furry focused, but we don't mind human people joining. We don't bite (usually we just swallow).
- For the most part this is the only place I will roleplay for the foreseeable future. It's rare that I do, but if you want to see me do it, that's where it happens.
- We host several weekly events including game nights, art events, karaoke, and sometimes movie nights.
- The server often sees Nitro giveaways.
- idk what else to put here.
But yeah I'm waaaay more active there than I am on FurAffinity, so if you wanna chat with me and get to know me better, that's the place to do it! Hope to see you there!
Update September 22, 2022: Updated some "features" in the list to reflect some major changes in the server.
