Alright man this is your official excuse to spill some good ol’ footloose vore headcannons let’s hear them
Thank you for being such an enabler.
So, just a disclaimer, this is for the musical adaptation. I haven't seen the 1984 film or the 2011 film. Most of what I'm going off of it from the musical (which was SOOOOO good!).
Vore below the cut (and mentioned of threatened digestion).
So, coming to Bomont, Ren is basically the only other full pred other than Chuck (and Chuck's only a pred-lean).
In Chicago, it was basically commonplace, but Bomont is basically full of prey-leans.
While not banned like dancing, the practice of a pred/prey society is considered taboo in Bomont.
But that doesn't stop Ariel asking Chuck, and later Ren, to eat her.
Now in a prey-majority town, Ren's pred senses are firing off intensely and he tries to ignore it because he's already getting in enough trouble.
Ariel likes trying to egg him on; during one of their first encounters, his stomach growls very loudly and she teases him about how hungry he must be.
The first time that Ariel lets Ren eat her is at the train tracks.
He's a little jumpy, as it had been a while since he swallowed anyone, but she reassures him with gentle encouragement.
She quickly finds out that he enjoys belly rubs, even if he finds the sensation a little odd at first.
When Chuck attacks Ariel in Act 2, he eats her.
He scares her by threatening to digest her, even making sure the acid leaves a burn on her hand.
When he spits her back up, she runs off to find Ren.
After treating the burn and cleaning her off, they go to the part of the train tracks where she paints in Bobby's memory.
After "Almost Paradise," she asks Ren to eat her again.
He's reluctant, especially considering what she just went through, but she tells him that she wants a reminder that he'll keep her safe.
Even with his bravado, Ren can be pretty shy when it comes to being a pred-- especially when Ariel's in the mix.
Like I said, he loves belly rubs, even if he finds the feeling of receiving them from the inside strange.
He's also got a noisy tum.
While Ariel teases him about this a lot, she finds it really relaxing.
It's pretty often that you'll find Ren curled up under the train tracks, arm resting protectively over his middle, with a belly full of Ariel.
Willard thinks it's cool that his new friend is a pred, and often asks for Ren to eat him, too.
Ariel doesn't mind having to share Ren with Willard-- as long as she gets far warning.
Now, if anyone wants to... draw Pred!Ren and Prey!Ariel... am I gonna stop them?
