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Joss123:
I’m almost sure I’m not the only one seeing former classmates starting to blow up, specially those cases of the “fit and cocky guy” that is becoming almost unrecognizable as he gets fatter.
Do you guys have any similar experiences?

Perfectly Rounded:
Yeah, many boys and girls I went to school over the years have gained notable amounts of weight, but maybe only once or twice so much that I had actually hard time recognising them.

Munchies:
I know some people who used to be cocky and in shape. Most of the time, they become cocky and out of shape.

Turns out, being fat does not make you a better person.

Perfectly Rounded:
Yeah, definitely not! I guess it would require mental growth (instead of physical) for one to be a better person. That usually, but clearly not always, comes with the age...

Though I know some people that were cocky or otherwise unpleasant people when they were young, but who are nowadays very nice and kindhearted. But yeah, some people just don't change their ways even if their lives or bodies go through huge changes.

Joss123:
I’m almost sure I’m not the only one seeing former classmates starting to blow up, specially those cases of the “fit and cocky guy” that is becoming almost unrecognizable as he gets fatter.
Do you guys have any similar experiences?

Perfectly Rounded:
Yeah, many boys and girls I went to school over the years have gained notable amounts of weight, but maybe only once or twice so much that I had actually hard time recognising them.

Munchies:
I know some people who used to be cocky and in shape. Most of the time, they become cocky and out of shape.

Turns out, being fat does not make you a better person.

Perfectly Rounded:
Yeah, definitely not! I guess it would require mental growth (instead of physical) for one to be a better person. That usually, but clearly not always, comes with the age...

Though I know some people that were cocky or otherwise unpleasant people when they were young, but who are nowadays very nice and kindhearted. But yeah, some people just don't change their ways even if their lives or bodies go through huge changes.

Munchies:
It's always been strange to me how prevalent the whole revenge fattening fantasy thing is. Specifically the whole "You were mean to me in high school. I hope you get fat."

We like fat around these parts. It's like saying "You were mean to me in high school. I hope you get smoking hot." But in these revenge fantasies, it's always a bad thing.

Are we so ashamed of our preferences that someone achieving them is shameful?

Modulo9:
Yep! I always enjoyed seeing the cute girls gain weight. I was a teen back in the 1990's when girls were very skinny...very different from today were girls actually due exercises to make their ass bigger.

A few girls from my highschool have blown up. Known of them were the bitchy type. One was a thicc cheerleader she was very sweet and has since porked out since being happily married.

I'm sure people that went to school or worked with my wife must think the same thing when they see her now.

Modulo9:
Yep! I always enjoyed seeing the cute girls gain weight. I was a teen back in the 1990's when girls were very skinny...very different from today were girls actually due exercises to make their ass bigger.

A few girls from my highschool have blown up. Known of them were the bitchy type. One was a thicc cheerleader she was very sweet and has since porked out since being happily married.

I'm sure people that went to school or worked with my wife must think the same thing when they see her now.

Joss123:
I’m almost sure I’m not the only one seeing former classmates starting to blow up, specially those cases of the “fit and cocky guy” that is becoming almost unrecognizable as he gets fatter.
Do you guys have any similar experiences?

Perfectly Rounded:
Yeah, many boys and girls I went to school over the years have gained notable amounts of weight, but maybe only once or twice so much that I had actually hard time recognising them.

Munchies:
I know some people who used to be cocky and in shape. Most of the time, they become cocky and out of shape.

Turns out, being fat does not make you a better person.

Joss123:
I’m almost sure I’m not the only one seeing former classmates starting to blow up, specially those cases of the “fit and cocky guy” that is becoming almost unrecognizable as he gets fatter.
Do you guys have any similar experiences?

Perfectly Rounded:
Yeah, many boys and girls I went to school over the years have gained notable amounts of weight, but maybe only once or twice so much that I had actually hard time recognising them.

Munchies:
I know some people who used to be cocky and in shape. Most of the time, they become cocky and out of shape.

Turns out, being fat does not make you a better person.

Perfectly Rounded:
Yeah, definitely not! I guess it would require mental growth (instead of physical) for one to be a better person. That usually, but clearly not always, comes with the age...

Though I know some people that were cocky or otherwise unpleasant people when they were young, but who are nowadays very nice and kindhearted. But yeah, some people just don't change their ways even if their lives or bodies go through huge changes.

Munchies:
It's always been strange to me how prevalent the whole revenge fattening fantasy thing is. Specifically the whole "You were mean to me in high school. I hope you get fat."

We like fat around these parts. It's like saying "You were mean to me in high school. I hope you get smoking hot." But in these revenge fantasies, it's always a bad thing.

Are we so ashamed of our preferences that someone achieving them is shameful?

Glitter Jelly:
I've often wondered about that, since this theme is so prevalent in the stories section...

Glitter Jelly:
I've often wondered about that, since this theme is so prevalent in the stories section...

Letters And Numbers:
If I had to guess, there might be 2 things going on:

1) That kind of revenge-by-getting-fat trope is common in a lot of media, it's been around forever, and I'm sure there are quite a few people in this community today who discovered they liked weight gain (or erotic weight gain media) because of tropes like that in "straight" media -- they just liked it for a different reason than how the author intended, maybe. Maybe not.

2) A lot of the stories on this site are taking well worn tropes like this one and putting the author's own take on it, and the author might not be thinking that hard about the origin of the trope they're mimicking, because it's something they always thought was hot. They might not have seen it the way it was intended to be seen, kinda subverting a problematic trope, but maybe inexpertly making that clear. Or not. It's amateur art, though, people trying things out.