#gore mention - ???????

[rettaroo]

This!! That glance! That moment of fear, of hesitation, almost regret, but it comes too late, after the words have already left his mouth, and he's afraid he's done it again, he's pushed him away, like he pushes everyone away. But that's not what he wants! He wants someone who can take it, and give it right back in spades, and that's exactly what Wade is!!! And a minute later they're blades deep in each other and he's laughing in relief and extacy while both of their blood splatters his face. I just *chefs kiss* to these two stupid violent fucks who are just made for each other!!!

[vaspider]

So I need a more adult persons take on this. Is it wrong to ask people to tag gory/graphic images from gaza? I'm not trying to bury my head in the sand. I don't want to block mention of palastine but god these images are triggering the shit out of me and it isn't making me more aware or more empathetic, I'm already angry and heartbroken and praying and donating what I can.

It is never wrong to ask someone to tag something for any reason. I've asked people to tag animals that I have a phobia of, and mentions of Laika (the first animal in space), because Laika was a good girl and she didn't deserve what happened to her. It was cruel and horrible and it upsets me in a way that I recognize is out of scope for the death of a single dog seventy years ago. That person may decline to tag things for whatever reason, and if that's the case, it isn't wrong for you to unfollow them, block them, add their username to a filter list, whatever you need to do in order to curate your online experience. Without talking directly about the topic you brought up, 'cause it's something I don't do, as I've said about ninety squintillion times -- I used to reblog/post pretty disturbing images of human bodies out of a misguided sense of justice. I have been online for a really long time, and a lot of the stuff that was posted as 'necessary education' Back In The Olden Times were images of police and/or mob brutality visited on Black & brown bodies. Out of a sense of white guilt and a feeling that I should be 'bearing witness' rather than turning away, I perpetuated some of those images, until -- very kindly and gently, I think, for the scope of what was happening -- it was pointed out to me that:

it is unkind to subject the people who have been or might be subject to that sort of racialized terror to images of bodies broken by it, and

it is almost invariably the exact opposite of what the families of those people want, and

it does nothing to actually make me a better person or to advance any sort of real justice, and instead

it simply acts as a grotesque sort of terror tourism or war porn for people who can simply turn off their computer or phone screen and go about their lives.

I am really grateful to the person who took the time to gently shake me. They didn't owe me that, and I'm glad they thought I was a worthwhile investment of time and energy.

Whoever is posting images of bodies or gory images of victims from any injustice like that, especially without appropriately tagging the images so that people don't have to engage with that? They may be motivated by the best of intentions, but as long as they are engaging in that sort of casual, continual terror tourism, they're ... not helping.

There was a great article about this back during Ferguson that really flipped a switch in my head about the subject, where it basically said this is just another way that dominant cultures, Americans especially, seem to treat the bodies of people they view as Other as theirs to consume. There are ways to talk about whatever is going on which do not require people to utilize the bodies and blood of the dead as tools of persuasion (or emotional bludgeoning, tbh), as symbols to show how Righteous we are by "not looking away," and at the cost of those who have been or are more directly affected by the images.

Doing that sort of thing isn't a good idea in the first place, and you're not wrong to ask anybody to tag anything, or to disengage from those people if they find themselves unwilling or unable to tag that content so that you can care for your own mental health.

[lupinus-sanguis]

less flowery language around cannibalism and more animal lust in the picture pls. to eat a person can be read as an act of devotion, sure, but for me, to eat someone is literally and metaphorically an extension of passion, excitement, lust. not romance. it's messy and unsanitary and difficult and fucking hot as hell. i get my teeth on you there's not sweet a thing in the world you can say that'll taste better than your flesh popping between my incisors. i don't care if you taste gamey. im going to carve a hole and fuck it with my tongue

[askcometcare]

[valtsv]

sorry to have to tell you this but um. your boyfriend fell into the water while he was hanging out with us and he had an open wound and well um. when we smelled his blood in the water we all went into a feeding frenzy and sort of stripped him       to the bone. yeah. sorry.

[just-antithings]

What antis don't want to understand is that art can and will be made with the purpose of making people uncomfortable or confront them with odd situations (yes, including horny art). It's not petty or unhealthy or a sign of mental illness.

Art is just a way to convey emotion and feeelings and partake in some that you might not experience on the regular, in a safe and controlled way. It's not only about awe or inspiration or lifting people up.

Raw (2016, tw cannibalism and incest vibes)

The Saw franchise (tw gore)

A Cure for Wellness (2016, i don't even know how to warn it besides disturbing imagery)

All these will make you queasy and uncomfortable, yet they were made with love and talent and did really well with the public. Well adjusted people can watch something disturbing, see the credits roll and leave the discomfort behind.

Or alternatively, decide mid watch that it's too much for them and leave without a fuss.

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[distrixtz]

Commission for @grimshawpunch !

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[twig-gy]

what if we explored each other’s bodies [not sex] [i open your ribcage up and start messing around in that thang]

[genderfluidsgetguns]

[Walking out of a room, caked in blood, guts, and gore, clutching my limp arm with my still functioning one] I think I got too silly

[whumpshaped]

very specific whump drabble request because it won’t leave my mind.

whumpee recovering (with the help of caretaker) after being tortured by whumper and specifically having his achilles tendons cut :D

content: past trauma, rocky recovery, hospital setting, gore mention, sadistic whumper, surgery mention, aftereffects of torture, flashbacks

The cast felt uncomfortable. The surgery site was not yet painful, likely because Whumpee had been pumped full of painkillers, but his leg was already itching, and he knew that stupid cast wasn't coming off for at least several weeks. And they'd put his foot in such an odd position, it was just... so weird.

"I don't like this," Whumpee whispered, and Caretaker gave him an apologetic smile.

"I know. I'm sorry. But they had to do the surgery."

Whumpee nodded. Of course, he knew that too. It just didn't make it any easier.

It felt so unfair. He was here with a stupid cast on his leg, while Whumper was somewhere still out there, free, happy, able to walk and run and jump.

"Just let me know when you're ready to go," Caretaker said softly, breaking Whumpee out of his thoughts.

"I mean... I, I'd like to go as soon as possible. Can we go now?"

"Uh— well, I mean, I guess? Let me ask a nurse, hold on. They said we could go whenever, but I'm not sure they assumed you would want to go immediately."

Whumpee watched his friend disappear into the hallway, and he turned his head back to look at the ceiling. It was all white, just like the rest of the hospital, aside from pops of that ghastly green colour.

He wanted to go home. This emergency hospital visit felt like one last punch from Whumper, one last way in which they could keep him from finally returning to his life. It was infuriating.

"I hope you're not a dancer," they said, giddy with excitement as they raised the knife. "I would so hate to do this to a dancer."

The memory flooded his mind all at once, without warning. He clamped a hand over his mouth to muffle any sobs, trying to calm down. It was over. It was over.

"I hope you think of me every time you take another step."

~

this is one of my last drabbles here, please feel free to follow me on my new blog @sowhumpshaped

[dr-will-wood-confessions-is-dead]

i love how edgy will's older stuff is. i think it's funny. i love imagining him as some angsty emo teenager posting poetry on his vent/gore blog which is an absolutely hilarious thing to imagine. also i genuinely enjoy confusing and pissing off people and by far the easiest way to do that is to play any song on self-ish

[carrieway]

romanticizing cannibalism IS disgusting that's the POINT love is horrifying and messy and bloody and terrible and wrong and it's BEAUTIFUL

[valtsv]

one of the things i don't understand about myself is that i'm completely fine with gore but i struggle to handle even the smallest broken bone or fracture. like blood and guts and viscera doesn't even make me blink, if anything it makes me lean in to take a closer look because it's fascinating to see things that don't usually see daylight exposed like that, but the skeleton is just too much. if a bone is positioned in a way bones are not supposed to be then it always makes me vaguely nauseous. i can still deal with it if i have to because it's just the body and i can rationalize that with myself, but i flinch first. what the fuck is up with that.

[just-antithings]

JHAT - "I post a lot of untagged gore and nsfw. DNI if you're proship"

every damn time