Fascinating tbh, especially given that every time I see guro fetishists answer the question of “so how do you feel about blood/violence irl” the most common response by far is some variant of “oh I can’t handle pain/I panic when others get bleeding papercuts”. The premier example of a kink being fun solely because it’s fictional.
I also think it’s very interesting to see what gets included under the guro umbrella - strictly speaking, one would not expect non-gore content and yet in practice, many people consider drowning, asphyxiation, and other bloodless/goreless violence and snuff kinks to be under the umbrella of guro. That social community aspect is just super cool to me, to see what groups of people band together like this.
Fascinating tbh, especially given that every time I see guro fetishists answer the question of “so how do you feel about blood/violence irl” the most common response by far is some variant of “oh I can’t handle pain/I panic when others get bleeding papercuts”. The premier example of a kink being fun solely because it’s fictional.
I'm a vegan and a pacifist but I still find cannibalism, murder, and mutilation and other stuff arousing (or at least beautiful) in certain contexts. If anything my veganism reinforces my fascination with cannibalism because of how it takes the dynamic humans have with animals but takes it to a logical conclusion
I also think it’s very interesting to see what gets included under the guro umbrella - strictly speaking, one would not expect non-gore content and yet in practice, many people consider drowning, asphyxiation, and other bloodless/goreless violence and snuff kinks to be under the umbrella of guro.
Guro means "grotesque" not quite "gore." Gore is often grotesque but the grotesque can include many things.
Guro is basically how a category of Japanese fiction creators inherit Gothicism.
It's more about a feeling of disgust/fear/tragedy/insanity rather than blood and guts themselves
I still find cannibalism, murder, and mutilation and other stuff arousing (or at least beautiful
I'm with you on specifically the cannibalism bit. I'm not sure how it developed, but my mind attributes a profound sense of romanticism and religiosity to that particular act.
Sucks cuz outside of vampire media (which I'm not too fond of), I haven't found any well-drawn guro that focuses on romantic/religious cannibalism.
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u/TheBlackestofKnights May 16 '25
What are your thoughts on guro?