The Dark Side of the Inflation Fetish

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Wed, 04/05/2017 - 17:39

Margeret Moonlught

First, No. this isn't a Star Wars inflation thread. Go home if you were expecting that.

Second, I recently watched Tickled, A documentary about the 'sport' of Competitive Endurance Tickling. It was great, Looked into a world so small that most folk couldn't even tell it was there, but was large enough to affect the lives of thousands of people. Sometimes in a negative way.

Coming away from Tickled, It honestly struck an odd cord with me. It was a look into a niche fetish, And it showed the relatively normal side of it, And the unnerving dark side of it. And really, it got me thinking. I've also got a very niche fetish, And most people who have it are relatively normal.

So is there also a dark side to this fetish?

I suppose this question goes out to the people who've been in this community for a long time, But I can't really stop thinking about it.

To be more specific, I don't mean people who like genuinely disgusting/horrifying things to go along with their inflation (I myself am into an admittedly horrific side of the kink in the form of popping), I'm asking if there's, for lack of a better word, An Inflation dark side. Like, A community of people into this kink who are despicable/awful/just straight up assholes, Something like that.

And surfing off that question, Has anyone ever had a truly negative experience with this fetish?

Also, Do any of you think an inflation documentary could feasibly be made? I never really though a tickling documentary could be made, but, here we are.

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Wed, 04/05/2017 - 19:01

airtankgirl5

I would consider the popping part of it to be the dark side, but since you want to discount that, then certainly, there are number of legitimately sucky people in this fetish. On this site. Oh an there's inflate chan, they are vile also.

Wed, 04/05/2017 - 22:26

(Reply to #2) #3

Margeret Moonlught

Wait there's an Inflate chan? Jesus that

actually sounds awful

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Thu, 04/06/2017 - 12:20

(Reply to #7) #4

MidriffManiac

there was

Fri, 04/07/2017 - 15:32

(Reply to #12) #5

Blimp Boy

Yeah, it was taken down because the moderators were slow with removing... let's say... illegal images.

https://YouTube.com/sexyblimp

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Fri, 04/07/2017 - 18:04

(Reply to #26) #6

Somedude

The site was getting hit three to five times a day, daily. The staff actually tried implementing countermeasures to prevent the nasty crap from even being submitted, but the spammers noticed and started actively working around the filters and telling the staff and site users to go fuck themselves.

So yeah.

Fri, 04/07/2017 - 18:19

(Reply to #27) #7

Blimp Boy

The staff members still needed to be more active.

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Wed, 04/05/2017 - 19:06

KorgFal

Oh definitely there is a "dark side" to this community. The core of which are the asshat thieves who go around posting pay content on mass share sites like PornTube etc. Also, there are the males who repeatedly create accounts as females and pose as such...I don't mean folks who are transgender mind you, but idiots who are just trying to get their jollies by tricking/lying to others. Lastly, and this type of person kind of ties into the first one I mentioned, there is the "friend" who wants to trade content with you (payed or free) for personal viewing only. Or so they say...then you turn around and end up getting emails from people like Taylor asking you why a clip that is attached to your email is on PornTube or some such. And you KNOW the only person you traded that particular clip to just one person. Yes, this is personal experience talking here...funny enough this same person is someone Taylor apparently continues to trust by sharing images of upcoming clip releases too, despite my warnings. Honestly, just typing this out frustrates me to no end. Assholes are out there folks, watch out!

Wed, 04/05/2017 - 19:43

Lopni

As they say - what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ^_^ Buttomline is how you act, as KorgFal's example shows. He did a very small wrong, had a minor unpleasant situation with Taylor but avoided big trouble by showing himself to Taylor as an honest person. And he did watch the clip, so there was something positive in experience ^_^

I guess ladies have to put 50% dark plus 50% light into 100% dark bin, because security, safety and such ^_^

Wed, 04/05/2017 - 19:49

#10

Sakeen

In the inflation community there is a darkside when it comes to some of the people but I think that can be said for all fetishes or even porn in general. There are people who share paid for content which really undermines the rest of the community. If content is being given away for free and the actresses creating the content don't make a lot of money they are going to look elsewhere to make money so we lose out.

Another problem is the people who become obsessed with fetish actresses or really any woman in general who does anything remotly sexual. They spend hours trying to find out information on the woman and somehow find their personal info, addresses, phone numbers etc. and continuously stalk and harass them. Some people get in their mind that the woman is doing it for the sole purpose to please someone else or that the girl will fall in love with them if they talk to the guy. This ends up scaring away a lot of woman interested in making content or just exploring the fetish in general.

Then when it comes to the fetish itself as airtankgirl said to some people popping could be seen as the darkside to the fetish since in essence the person in the story dies unless the story has them reform or come back to life. My own personal "dark side" of the fetish is expansion can never be acted out in real life like what we see in photos or read in stories which makes me wish I had a more mainstream and do able fetish.

Wed, 04/05/2017 - 22:28

(Reply to #5) #11

Margeret Moonlught

Really it's worth stating that p much everything has a dark side (except nazis theyre like 100% dark side), I was just curious as to what this community's dark side is.

And really everyone is kinda answering the same thing, And that really makes me happy.

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Wed, 04/05/2017 - 22:09

#12

Dizzibelle

I'd draw the line between those two things...

There's the dark side of the fetish (to what degree varies from person to person): Gory bursting, suffering painful inflations, permanent popping, public humiliation, etc...

And then there's shitty people who happen to have the fetish: Leeches, obnoxious pests, creepers who won't get the message, etc (aka The kinds of people who CREATE negative experiences with this fetish if you're unlucky enough to interact with one of them).

I think it's worth drawing the line between the two because, unlike "traditional" fetishes, ours doesn't really work in the real world. Yes people inflate anally, but they're not blowing up into spheres, turning into blueberries, or exploding random passers-by into gory stains on the sidewalk... And because of all that, I don't really think there's enough material to make a documentary about our kink. You'd have inflatable suits like SqueakLatex and videos like TMC/Maxgrowth, actual inflators, and an obligatory discussion about Willy Wonka and blueberry gum... But the rest of the fetish is primarily an "online" entity consisting of stories, roleplays & art (too nebulous to make for a solid documentary), and hypnosis sessions (a fetish in it's own right).

Thu, 04/06/2017 - 03:45

#13

Lopni

Okay, if we include that, then yeah, an offence of Civil Code qualifies as a Dark Side ^_^

Thu, 04/06/2017 - 06:18

#14

firnov

Its how you view it youself. I think a lot of people find the popping part really dark. But its all fantasy. If you go around in real life and pop people it would be dark. But fantasising about it doesnt harm people.

If we go look to star wars.(sorry) A lot of people like Darth-Vader as a character in the movies. But in real life people would hate him. So if you are a darth-vader fan, are you a dark person?

To come back at popping fantasies. Not all popping fantasies are dark. Sometimes the inflatee wants to pop, it can be a honor in a rituel , etc. Also popping dont have to be permanent.

Thats is my view on this ;)

And boom goes the inflatee

Fri, 04/07/2017 - 02:02

(Reply to #10) #15

Margeret Moonlught

Honestly, I think you're almost 100% wrong here.

Just because something's fantasy doesn't stop it from being dark. Y'know what else is fantasy? House of Leaves. And motherfucker I actually dare you to tell me that House of Leaves isn't dark.

And no, Liking Darth Vader doesn't make you a dark person. Vader is a complex character who is literally embedded into our pop culture, And into the nostalgia boners of millions of people. Popping is having someone violently explode, Their body torn asunder as they are forcefully torn apart by whatever they were filled with. This is like comparing Cinderella and Hellraiser, they're too different to really make a connection.

And again, Refer to my above statement. Popping is the act of some poor idiot actually bursting like a tomato, Spewing god knows what all over, And undeniably sending a few entrails around the room. At its core, Popping is a disgusting display of a thankfully underused form of mild body horror turned sexual fetish. And mind you this is coming from someone who legitimately likes it.

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Fri, 04/07/2017 - 13:47

(Reply to #19) #16

airtankgirl5

Honestly I think you are 100% wrong here (just about the Vader part, I think you are spot on on the rest of "just because its fantasy doesnt mean its not dark", and "popping is dark").

Liking Darth Vader does make you dark. Vader isn't a complex character. He's evil. He's evil. Oh and he's evil. Eeeeeevil.

I'm not saying he isn't cool (in fact the nickname my employees don't think I know about is Darth Mandy, bitchqueen of the universe). But he isn't frikin Cinderella. We have a tendency to rationalize our villians (Vader, Hannibal Lechter, Nazis) He is dark. He's the villian. He is closer to a cenobite. Hmmm actually that does sorta work, the jedi are a psuedo religious order, he is sorta the high priest. Yah, Vader is a cenobite.

Sat, 04/08/2017 - 03:02

(Reply to #25) #17

firnov

I understand both of you point of view. And i can agree of that. Meby my explanation with darth vader was in the wrong use.

Yes, popping fantasies can be dark to some. But its how you act it out to become a dark or light fetish. Lets picture this 2 (reallife) scenarios. "You go to a club and drug a girl, she wakes up in yoir home. You force a pump in her and inflate her till her organs burst" i can tell you if you handle it like this your fetish has a real dark twist. But "you have this fetish and your girlfriend knows it. She puts a balloon under her dress and roleplays that she is gona pop", it ist dark at all. Its just a way of sharing some kinky love.

In my opinion its how you handle out your fetish makes it dark or not.

Ps: the tomato explanation was kind of hot :p

And boom goes the inflatee

Thu, 04/06/2017 - 09:52

#18

whiteNoise88

The only dark side to the fetish is the people who take it too far as others have mentioned above. If members of the community can't control themselves and be respectful of other members or content producers it makes the community more toxic. I dont think the fetish is an excuse to act like a creeper, stalker or jerk. People that do that stuff have problems that have nothing to do with the fetish, they are simply troubled people. I'm glad there are certain people in the community who speak up and or set an example when it comes to conduct. As for the actual content produced for the fetish, it's not real and it doesn't hurt anyone, doesn't sound dark at all.... weird yes, not dark. If there was some serial inflationist running around and blowing people up until they explode, then I'd be worried.

Good post though

Thu, 04/06/2017 - 13:27

#19

Soufflate

I feel slightly uncomfortable mentioning InflateChan since everybody else has avoided talking about what was so bad about it, but maybe it's cool since we likely know why it got taken down?

I mean, yeah, there were so many people who just disrespected each other (through insulting and/or stealing artist's works), but what really went wrong with InflateChan was the cp, which is what took it down. The way I've understood it, such art is illegal because it endangers the portrayed demographic. Out of respect and dedication to the cause, I am in full support that InflateChan was taken down. What sucks, though, is that the inflation community could become stereotyped as supporters of such illegal artwork and interactions. And some inflation sites still have that illegal artwork on them. I assume every fetish community have some members that make such art, but we as the inflation community are already seen as abnormal (which we aren't), so I would be extremely sad but not be surprised if we became stigmatized as a taboo fetish that has those kind of members.

Thu, 04/06/2017 - 13:34

(Reply to #13) #20

MidriffManiac

i don't think that'll happen, mostly since inflatechan was veeeerrrry obscure and you'd have to go out of your way to look for it / what happened to it

Thu, 04/06/2017 - 15:06

(Reply to #13) #21

carnatic

Also, the cp that was getting posted on inflatechan was spam, not from regular posters there.

Thu, 04/06/2017 - 14:58

#22

kidquetzal

Hello, to be honest I am glad you made this topic.

I might start off with the Violet thing. Most people were young as well when viewing that scene and I can't say how many people still enjoy it in its original form but it would appear evident that many do. Since then there has been a lot of art depicting blueberry girls, or inflated girls who are essentially underage, whether it be Violet or another favourite anime character. While the act of inflation is not a typically a sexual act, sexual gratification is derived from the characters in these situations. A funny scenario has become highly sexualized. I do draw the distinction between created art or videos and real world images, but I think its important to age the characters in any art or stories.

Secondly, I think it is potentially a problem for people to depict an act as safe and fun when it could have real world health issues when performed in real life. Most people will think you are absolutely nuts if you think you can tell them you enjoy putting a hose in your butt.

Many sexually motivated murderers or rapists inflict their own brand of perverse lunacy on their victims, but thankfully there is no known bike pump killer. There was an Enema Bandit, but I don't know if inflation was his goal.

Now let us move on to Inflatechan. Firstly, let me state that I do not feel the need to defend inflatechan, but I am unsure where people are getting their ideas from. It was often mean spirited, shitfights and thread derailing were sometimes left for the amusement factor, but it did have a fairly good original art thread that encouraged and shared art of new artists. Sharing of paid content was actually bannable and it would be taken down pretty quickly.

At some point however it began to recieve posts which were an inundation of garbled links and image files which were the abhorrent CP spam which led to its downfall. It is still unclear where the source was, whether it was a single person, a focused group, bot attacks or (if you believe the rumours) an inside job. It is unclear what the motivations were, whether it was a hijacking of a little used imageboard for nefarious means (connecting pedos to offsite hosted content), or whether it was a targeted attempt to get the site taken down. I can only really say that it was not welcome there, by the site owner, moderators and vast majority of the users. It was not "art" or inflation related. The owner and mods would try to remove the links as soon as they were up and there was a reporting system in place but this crusade went on for an extended period of time. In the end, they were unable to deal with the sheer amount of it and so it is indeed best that it was shut down. I don't feel that those involved in the site operations should be so vilified. Along the whole escapade there was at least one poster who seemed to be of the bizarre belief that because we were into an alternative fetish, that we should be okay with the links, that person was a dickhead.

Anyhow, I suppose even the most lighthearted things can have a dark side. Well, I'm off to listen to some Pink Floyd now.

Thu, 04/06/2017 - 16:07

(Reply to #15) #23

Soufflate

That is a really helpful perspective on InflateChan. I remember seeing a lot of users being against it, but because of the influx of cp spam it made the site look unprofessional. From the way you explained, they really tried their hardest. And I almost forgot the original art threads. I thoroughly enjoyed those!

It's such a shame that InflateChan was so unstable. It pretty much imploded on itself.

Fri, 04/07/2017 - 02:10

(Reply to #15) #24

Margeret Moonlught

That was really well written dude. But on the flip side I've been giggling like mad for the past minute straight because goddammit I read the words 'enema bandit', Which just don't and never will sound right together.

all in all this is the best post on this thread by far.

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Thu, 04/06/2017 - 17:08

#25

Sakeen

When it comes to the violet blueberry thing, many people were very young at the time and the act of inflating or becoming a blueberry was imprinted as a sexual act or fetish at that time. Although some people do like the original scene I think that from looking at Deviantart and some other websites the age of the women who turn into blueberries is 18 and older. I don't think I've seen any morphs of underaged girls being posted but i'm sure there are some out there.

The bad thing about the blueberry fetish among other things is the fact that it's so directly tied to the willy wonka scene and any mention of it to other people who don't know the deeper aspects of the kink/fetish always go back to the girl in that movie even though it appears the fetish had moved away from that scene as people have grown up and matured.

Inflatechan was pretty decent for a while when I started going to it but it slowly went downhill with spam and reposts plus links to virus infected websites not to mention the CS.

Fri, 04/07/2017 - 03:58

#26

Feroxodon

A question I struggle with from time to time....

Many stories, pictures, and videos depict the inflatee as inflating against their control, or will. We, as members of the inflation fetish community, get pleasure from these scenarios. Is this, in any way, akin to rape?

In many cases, the "inflatee" has no control in the situation, often wants it to stop, and sometimes recieves pain in the process. I'll be the first to admit that I enjoy these types of stories, like most people on this site, but sometimes, I can't help but feel a little uneasy about that fact.

Now, I get it...its fantasy, we're not hurting anyone in real life, and all that. I take some comfort in that fact, but still...

Fri, 04/07/2017 - 05:10

#27

Sakeen

People who are into bondage could probably have the same rape discussion brought up. The one person, usually a woman is tied up against her will. In some respects inflation is the same since there is something happening to the inflated outside their control.

I think its all determined by how the individual looks at porn. If you want it to be rape it turns into rape if you don't it isn't. I don't personally don't see it as rape though I can see where some people get the idea.

As for popping everyone has their own idea on what popping is. Yes since the person in the story explodes from something filling their bodies or some other force it can be considered dark but should we shame someone for liking it?

When we we look at popping and inflation in reality it's nothing but a story or picture someone has created and the fetish isn't being acted upon in the real world. The story characters explode but they are only characters and no real people get hurt.

i don't think the average person into popping likes detailed blood and gore, entrails and body parts flying everywhere although I have seen some stories like that. Most people enjoy a clean burst where nothing is left but clothing and possibly what the person was filled with.

Popping is seen as the materialization of an orgasm. The build up and suspense of getting aroused is the inflation and the eventual orgasm being the explosion.

Fri, 04/07/2017 - 05:47

#28

Lopni

okay, i guess real life covered.

FANTASY TIME ^_^

Dark side of inflation is that many people who inflate don't inflate defensively

They know they are stressed and tired and still go out and inflate, they don't check their pumps are clean and valves working before inflation, some even don't take a shower to check if they're leaking before stretching wide. It's so dangerous!

Fri, 04/07/2017 - 09:39

#29

whiteNoise88

I guess the only way we will ever know if there are sith lords of the inflation community will be when they mandate skin tight safety clothing that inflates like a safety airbag for all citizens. These evil lawmakers will work hand in hand with the producers of this clothing to make sure every suit has a faulty release, making the smallest impact result in a rapid inflation. People will be inflating left and right, it will be chaos, beautiful blimpy chaos.... Then all we have to do is sit back and wait for the documentary about this "terrible" epidemic

Sat, 04/08/2017 - 12:44

#30

hfilled

The closest thing to a"Dark Side" I can think of is/are people that go around inflating other people against their will. That's truly dark. And since (to my knowledge) there aren't any of those people running around...

Oh. ANd people I RP with that give me one sentence responses in session.

Mon, 04/10/2017 - 06:24

(Reply to #30) #31

Pennsylvania Ki...

I can agree that one-sentence responses are the devil incarnate.

More to the topic, I'm not sure if our fetish is widespread enough to develop a really deviant group. I mean, even though I'm adverse to real-life inflation myself, we're not playing with danger by doing it to other inflationists or to outsiders on a large, visible scale. This is kind of a bad comparison, but we're thankfully not arranging things like furry orgies; we aren't "known" for that.

A dark side in popping? Ehhh, I can see that, but the impossibility of it all being done in reality keeps it locked away in fantasy for the most part. I can definitely see where gratifying death can be an issue, but again, most people who enjoy it are hopefully more turned on by the release after a peak of arousal and not seeing it as a take on murder or suicide.

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Tue, 04/11/2017 - 05:08

#32

hfilled

To be honest, this fetish (which emphasizes women inflating, for the record) even without popping is probably considered "the dark side," what with the body distortion and helplessness and all.

Tue, 04/11/2017 - 08:02

#33

clovis

I do try and avoid going dark. My characters are usually the impetus for their own expansion, which isn't to say things don't get out of hand.

My growth/expansion stories usually revolve around some form of misguided empowerment. The growth grants the heroine a new perspective, both inside and out, which is something she can take with her after the adventure is over.

Tue, 04/11/2017 - 10:10

#34

doubleintegral

Good question. I guess it depends on how you define "dark", and how you determine whether something "dark" is innocuous or harmful.

I've mentioned it before on other threads, but yes, when viewed objectively there are many "dark" undercurrents in the fetish. Our stories and art frequently depict scenes of non-consensual assault, rape, torture, murder, etc. This may be "dark" but is not inherently harmful since it largely resides within the confines of fantasy (talking about full-body inflation here). We also routinely consume - and often celebrate - many of these same depictions in other media forms outside the genre: Pulp Fiction depicted murder, torture, and gay rape, and has been immortalized in the Library of Congress; 24 depicted numerous scenes of torture and violence and won multiple Emmys; 50 Shades of Grey sold millions of copies and millions of movie tickets; the popularity of violence in video games speaks for itself. We are not any "darker" than these other media just because it's in the context of our fetish. For many of us it's the basic fetish-y elements of inflation/expansion that excite our imaginations, not their byproducts or causal factors.

And yes, people in our community have engaged in asshole-type things like sharing paid content, harassing content creators or other members of the community online, etc. That also doesn't make us "dark", it just means we have some assholes among us. And, again, we are not special in this regard because any population will naturally contain a subset of assholes.

In my opinion, things only get "dark" when there are negative real-life consequences involved. For instance, the guy in the other thread who wants to inflate and literally burst his stomach. Or the random guy that comes through here periodically saying he wants to inflate and pop his ex-girlfriend. Or the assholes who look people up IRL and stalk/harass them. But I will say it again: we are not special in this regard, because this is more of a sign of obsession/addiction - or, worse, mental illness or instability - than it is simply something that fetishists do. We as a human race have killed family members (Whitman, Manson, Dahmer), we have beaten and killed people because they were fans of the wrong sports team (soccer in South America, anyone?), we have stalked/killed our favorite celebrities (Lennon, Selena), and we cheer athletes with the full knowledge that they are shortening their lives for our entertainment (boxing, American football).

Is there a dark side to the inflation fetish? No. There is a dark side to humanity. We're just a statistically-representative subset of it.

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Tue, 04/11/2017 - 11:32

(Reply to #34) #35

Margeret Moonlught

Well that was in depth.

And probably the best post on this thread, Gj.

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Tue, 04/11/2017 - 11:40

(Reply to #34) #36

Pennsylvania Ki...

"No. There is a dark side to humanity."

ಠ_ಠ !!!

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Tue, 04/11/2017 - 15:16

(Reply to #34) #37

airtankgirl5

Rubbish. Respectfully, but rubbish I say.

Tue, 04/11/2017 - 19:08

(Reply to #37) #38

doubleintegral

How so?

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Fri, 05/26/2017 - 14:53

#39

darkburster2

Margaret I like the way you describe "bursting/popping"

we share that interest in gory messy popping following the inflation :)

you ou should give my game a try, my gallery has a lot of popping/inflation too :)

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Sun, 05/28/2017 - 00:35

(Reply to #39) #40

Margeret Moonlught

I don't actually like super gory popping, Shit's gross. I was just trying to show how horrifying popping really is.

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Sun, 05/28/2017 - 15:50

#41

Arthiers

Some people here have already spoken well so I don't want to write the same with another words - The darkness is somewhere else than in the fetish itself. Just browse inflation art and be happy - or - just inflate yourself and be happy.

Sun, 05/28/2017 - 16:19

#42

airtankgirl5

Yep, it was bullshit when other people said it, and it's still bullshit now.

Sun, 05/28/2017 - 18:15

#43

darkburster2

Oh, well damn.

Sorry but mortal Kombat 2 was the first time I saw inflation- so that's where my fasination with popping messy came from.

i came here thinking out of this whole site Id have a few people that liked my stuff, oh well. Back to deviantart then.

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