thehermitpurple asked: is there a name for this? like x-phillia or something?
God this is a good question. Hematophilia is apparently love of blood… which I don’t think quite fits. It seems like most -philias are about liking things that are happening to you and not someone else which probably complicates things. Like I don’t think sadist really works either though.
Looking at some Greek word bases, kakopoisi is violence… so maybe something like kakopophilia or something? I don’t know.
I might try to look into it more though because it seems like it’s actually fairly common (thanks internet!).
Interesting side note, heirophilia is attraction to priests or sacred things OOPS