Re: Question and Discussion: Futa, why do some people seem almost afraid of it?
Eh, I know I'm piggybacking off a simi-necropost, but maybe this could resurrect actual discussion, and my view is a bit nuanced and not quite represented here.
Overall, I would say I am NOT turned off by futa. I've seen a few pics that were quite nice, pretty hot, etc (really, what's more to say about hentai that's good? It's likely not the next Mona Lisa even if it's the best hentai ever). What does turn me off, 9 times out of 10, is the way it's presented. A lot of the futa I've seen has been presented, for lack of a better word as a "surprise", whether it was trying to be or not, and surprises are typically not a good thing in porn. Scrolling through thumbnails, especially for someone who's eyesight isn't the best, it's easy to miss some of the details. Typically what I'll do is load the page, quickly scan, mentally check hot or not and then physically check by doing right click, new tab. Do the entire page, click next page, then check the new tabs while the next page loads (my internet is crappy a times, so sometimes there really is a wait element
). Now, when a pic that I thought was going to involve standard females doesn't, it's a bit of a let down. Not because I'm only interested in that sort of picture, but because it's not what I expected. There's nothing exactly wrong with the picture, probably (the 95% of everything being crap applies across all genres of course), but it isn't what I was looking for, and in a lot of ways browsing is a lot like a customer's experience. I'm looking to buy a specific thing and the product was not up to my expectations.
I myself am rather mellow. It takes a lot to get me in an uproar. Sadly, the vast majority of the human race is not like-minded. Yes, there's a few things that can be done to avoid the scenario I mentioned above, with a bit more effort, but people are naturally a bit lazy, *especially* when it comes time to search the gallery. You aren't dealing with the average consumer, you're dealing with the guy who's screaming his head off at returns because he had to clean his brand new DVD set before they would play, or any number of other reasons. Likewise, there's other ways that the above scenario that this can play out. Take newgrounds for instance, which is a horrible horrible place to be getting your hentai from. There's still a few gems there, though, which makes it worth browsing from time to time. The way their art system is set up, though, is that the thumbnail is hyper zoomed up on one part of the pic. Forget futa or other surprises of that nature for a moment and just think of the trolls. There's tons of pics there for instance that the thumbnail is a close up of something really hot, but when you click on it the rest of the picture is designed deliberately to be as offensive as possible. It's a whole different level of "surprise", but most people really don't care to make the distinction. Is that right? Perhaps not. IMO though, that type of reaction is base enough to classify it in with jumping when startled by a loud noise, IE, not going to change for a long, long time. And that's coming from someone who's a big believer that we can change human behavior overall.
That being said, there are quite a few other reasons too. Closely related to this, and maybe related to the "supersized" issue mentioned before, is the fact that at times it's felt like futa artwork is "aggressive". Some seems to be focusing on the futa for "shock" value, and not really for the traditional merits someone would legitimately be interested in the picture for. Of course I'm absolutely not saying this is a trait of the genre itself, but merely that some people trying to be edgy have coopted the concept, which makes me legitimately mad for GOOD futa art. I know it's a hard point to get across, so let me tell this story from a few years ago. I was walking on campus when a guy with pamphlets approached me, as people sometimes do. "Help End Slavery!" He said, and held the handout towards me. Of course I took that. Who would be against ending slavery, which is still a really big problem in the modern world (see Qatar 2022, sex trafficking, etc), just hidden. I keep walking and open the pamphlet to see what he was specifically about, and find it's really a PETA booklet about factory farming. Now, I'm against factory farming too, that's a legitimate and good cause, but I really couldn't help but be offended at how this had been presented to me because I felt it was devaluing the human beings that are still legitimately in slavery in the 21st century. That's kinda how I feel when I see some futa artwork that appears to only contain futa to be as obnoxious as possible about it. I *personally* know this is a small fragment of the overall genre, but the average hentai surfer sees a lot of it because as would be natural, those trying to be loud are heard by the most. Most people, however, are quite prone to quickly categorizing their experiences and thus project that onto every other futa picture they see.
I guess to close it off, I'll also say in terms of general preference there's a bit of the "realism" aspect to it. Personally I prefer things to be fairly realistic, or barring that, at least explained. A single futa here or there, sure, that could happen. Two in one pic? Maybe, I guess. That's about where I start having the same feelings as with unrealistic breast size, and what have you. It breaks my ability to feel as if I could be in that situation, in any role. The sad thing is, a lot of it could be averted with just a *little* bit more effort on the creators part. Special mention goes to canon character that are suddenly futa with no explanation. I get why someone would draw them as futa, completely, 100%, but when it's presented as "oh yeah, surprise!", once again, I get skeptical, not aroused. I'm not saying every single instance needs a "Character X had a lab accident!" attached to the description, but it most certainly helps. How did we get from A to B? I'm a person that likes to think, and scenario building is very important even in these situations.
At the end of the day though, if you had to ask me "Why DON'T you generally like futa?" I could just and easily turn around and ask you "Why DO you generally like futa?" I'm ordering a double cheese burger, you're ordering a chicken sandwich. There's nothing wrong with one or the other, but I'm going to be slightly disgruntled if the waiter gets my order wrong. There are very few things I don't like, both in food and porn. However, while I absolutely love trying new food, I pretty much always order the exact same thing when I go to a specific restaurant. I have my favorites, that's what I want, and I don't really want my plate filled with other stuff when I'm trying to eat what I ordered in the first place.
