#in other news i wish alternate universe cakeverse was a canonical ao3 tag. thank you for your attention as always

[insecateur]

i am having thoughts about cakeverse i am putting them under a read more 4 discussion of cannibalism etc

i feel like i have this thing of enjoying tropes backwards (note: i say this in the sense of like. compared to what is the most straightforward interpretation that i often see and with no judgement toward people who enjoy tropes at "face value")

i was thinking about this irt cakeverse in particular because i do think i enjoy it with the mindset of... the fork is actually the one most vulnerable. which when you think about it in the abstract — the cake is, physically, the most vulnerable. they are literally at risk of being eaten. when involved with a compatible fork, they are constantly putting themself in danger

but. there is a very particular vulnerability about being at the complete mercy of your desire... and in the case of cakeverse it is a one-sided sort of desire, too, unlike in a/b/o for example. the predator species cannot control their need for the prey species, but the prey species is perfectly capable of minding their own business. the dependency only exists one-way: forks hunger for cakes helplessly, in theory until they succumb to it and finally consume the object of their desire.

and that, too, is a vulnerability, because eating people is bad (no shit!!!) but also because by killing their cake, they are depriving themself of that object of desire... and with love in the mix, it becomes even messier, holding back from doing something so horrible that you can't stop thinking about, fighting your monstrous nature...

i like it a lot in a horny way but there's definitely an emotional component at the core... it also has a lot of elements of trust which is a big thing for me (cakes are literally putting their lives in the hands of their forks) and hunger as a manifestation of desire (in all forms, though physical/sexual desire is ofc the best) is 😌🙏🙏🙏

i like it both ways for prfr (i would like to eat lysandre) but everything i said definitely highlights why i'm so drawn to lysandre as the fork. the catharsis... is good.