Do you think that this fetish translates over into real life desires?
I think to a certain extent it always does! I've always found myself interested in quite a lot of fetish stuff in art/fiction. I've always felt that these desires were linked to the whole fantasy side of it and that I am less interested in these things in real life.
HOWEVER. All of these things are based off real life, after all, and I don't think it's possible to have a fetish that is genuinely ONLY linked to fantasy. Even though I sometimes feel bad I can't help but kind of enjoy odd stuff in real life as well.
My boyfriend always said he was only into drawings of fatties, but yet he tries to feed and feed me... :P
And really, I do think it's one of the most common fetishes, at least in the art community I hang around in. I'm afraid I don't really know much about actual real life fetish stuff, though.
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Edit: Lol, read that again and I'm not sure I made any sense. Hope you know what I mean! :P