Taken Away

ADS A new caption, and a new layout for posts. This should be fun.

 So first up a quick word on the caption. This was supposed to be a quickie, but the story just kept growing. Since it usually goes the other way, I try not to cut myself short when the ideas keep coming. If I don't have a second image, I'll do some revising if the text gets too small, but for this one everything seemed to wrap up nicely and I didn't need to cut too much.
 

Now onto the new post layout. The results of the poll were 24 to 16 in favor of keeping the older post style. And while I respect the verdict, the sample size is just too small for me to put much stock in the result. So I'm going to try out the click-through format for a little while, just to see if I like it. If I do, it'll stay, or if I don't/enough people request to go back to the old style I will. But for now, I want to see how this goes.

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Faerie Fun

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This post came out a little later than I would have liked. But fortunately it's a little longer than I've been doing lately, so that should hopefully make up for it.

This was originally supposed to be a Kylie cap. But the vibe just wasn't working out right for the dynamic I had set up with that character. So I decided to keep the same idea of two minds in one body but tweak the relationship a bit until it matched the images and told the story I wanted. Plus it had been a while since I've had a caption that used dialogue to carry the plot (although going through and getting the formatting just right for the two different fonts and colors did remind me why I had taken a break from that style). All in all, this won't be remember as one of my best captions, but I had fun with it and I think you will too.

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Before

ADS First post of 2012. I originally had wanted it to be something dramatic and epic, something that would really set the tone for the rest of the year. Thought provoking and deep, the sort of piece that really makes a reader stop and look at their own lives. But then I decided to scrap that idea and go with smut instead. After all, sex sells.

But in all seriousness, I'm hoping for another great year of captions. I've already got a few longer pieces lined up and ready to go, so if everything continues to go well you should be seeing them shortly. Happy 2012 everyone, make it a great year, as we're all dead come December 21st!

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Altering the Arrangement

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All Over Again

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So here is that quickie I promised (I know, I barely caught the deadline of the weekend, but Sunday night is better than Monday morning, right?)

I decided to play around with this one a little bit, and in doing so my sight might have gone past my reach, but whatever. I've been sitting on this image for a while and I knew I wanted to do something with brainwashing, but I wanted to take it further than that. So I started tweaking around the motivation used to keep a mindless servant "happy." I tried the normal tg standards of having a craving for cock implanted and all that jazz, but honestly it felt rather cookie-cutter, it's been done over and over again and I didn't see myself chartering any new territory with that approach. So I went the other direction. The individual chooses to remain subservient not out of any pleasure they obtain from the arrangement, but out of fear of the alternative. Eventually I landed on the idea of a person who doesn't know exactly what has been taken from them, but they know it's painful, a first hand knowledge that ignorance really is "bliss." I probably could have taken it further and found a better balance between being a mindless pleasure drone and a cognitive individual actively seeking an escape from their own past, but I had already been working on this caption longer than I had planned on, so I decided to take what I had so far and shelve further exploration of this idea for another day. I'm not sure when or if I'll revisit this concept again, but I have to say it was fun to mess around with a new idea again.

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Her Smile

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I didn't have a ton of time to write this week, but I knew that I wanted to do something a little different than the usual. So I decided on focusing on how a third party might react to a transformation, using a true second person perspective. Second person is what was used for the old Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books and not much else. That's probably because it can be a little awkward to write and read since it tells the reader what he or she is doing, but I wanted to see if I could pull it off. You'll have to let me know if I was successful. See you Friday.

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Everything You Ever Wanted

ADS And I'm back. Vacation was all right, some unforeseen complications made things a little more stressful than I would have liked, but that's just the way it goes sometimes. Anyway, I've got some cool stuff in the pipeline and I hope to get it out to you soon. But in the meantime, here's a quickie I pulled together for all of you nice people as I get back into the swing of things.

I love this picture. I like the story I put with it, but I have to say it was actually one of the more difficult things I've written in a while. The main reason is I wanted this to be fast. More of a moment than an actual story. The problem was the story didn't like staying small. I could easily have made this into a two or three panel mental rambling that explored all the feelings and thoughts going through the protagonist's mind, but I didn't want that. This image was short and to the point, and the text needed to match. I probably spent more time cutting things out than putting them in. Funny how writing less can be so much more work. Have a good weekend everyone.

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Look with Your Hands

ADS Here's a quickie a pulled together with a little time I found this afternoon. There's really no reason for it to be two panels, but I really liked both of these pictures so I decided to stretch the story a bit and use a larger font to justify using both. Again, I'm just playing around with some different points of view than I normally use in an effort to keep things somewhat original. I can't say I love this one, but at least I don't feel like I've told this story twenty times before.

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Submissive Love

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Well so much for getting this up over the weekend, but better late than never. I have to say I really like this caption. For those of you who usually read this post first, I'd suggest reading the caption before continuing on.

Finished? Cool. Anyway, now that you're back, I was saying how much I like this caption. I'm sure it won't be everyone's cup of tea, and I'm sure I might sound like a bit of a arrogant ass for this, but I don't care. Well let me rephrase, I don't care if you dislike this particular caption. If you don't want to see more like it feel free to tell me, as I really do try to make the kinds of stuff you all want to read. But every so often you just have to make one for yourself, which this one most likely falls into. And it's not because of the story, and it's not because of the fantasy situation, as neither of them really fit my usual tastes. It's because of the last line.

The entire rest of the caption is something I've written plenty of times before, typical forced lesbian, etc. But when I finished with all of that, I still wasn't satisfied. I just really wanted something...more. I wanted to care about the main character, about what he went through. Yet as it was, I didn't. Not any more than I've cared about any other main character I've used. So I added the last line, and it made all the difference. Suddenly this is someone with hopes and dreams and he's forced to watch them all be destroyed because he's trying to give his wife what she wants. But in order to get closer to the woman he loves, he gives in to her desire to abandon their old relationship and form a new one that follows a mistress-sub mentality, which creates distance between them. There's still love, just a different kind of love. And he's willing to take whatever he can get.

I know that may be more depth than most people want in a quick caption like this, and if this doesn't work for you I promise there will be plenty more of my old style in the future. But I just couldn't write the usual today, I needed to care about something. Maybe it's just because I don't have the chance to write as much as I used to that I felt the need to make this one mean something, I don't know. Anyway, to those of you who actually read all this, thank you. I hoped you gained a little insight into what I was trying to do. Or maybe you just think I'm a pretentious ass, that's certainly possible too.

Happy Monday everyone!

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Relapse (One Year Anniversary)

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While I'm not officially back from my break yet (although it's looking like that will be pretty soon) I figured I had to make something for today seeing as it's this blog's anniversary. So how far has my little corner of the tg community come in the past year?

• 255 Posts
• 248 Followers
• Over 1.5 Million Page Views

I'm absolutely stunned that this site has been so successful in such a short amount of time. All I can say is thank you. The fact that so many people are interested in seeing my work is truly humbling. I started this blog as a way to continue to expand my creativity and work on my writing, and I can't thank all of you enough for continuing to show your support for what I'm doing.

So as long as you keep coming back, I'll try to keep making it worth your while.

As for this particular caption, I decided to mark this milestone the same way I've done every major event on this blog, with the always stunning Ariel. In fact she was also the model in the first new caption I made after starting this blog (which was five days after my first post, but I had a bit of backlog I could burn though when I didn't feel like making new material). It's kind of crazy to see how far I've come in a year.

For me, this caption isn't so much about my own experiences with tg (which if you're interested I talk about here) as it is about captioning in general. There have been plenty of times I've considered calling it quits, but every time I take a break, I find myself drawn back in once more. This most recent break is no exception. While I've appreciated, and to be honest, needed, some time off, creating this caption reminded me why I enjoy doing this so much. And as long as that creative part of my brain keeps pulling me back in, I'll continue to keep making captions.

But that's enough of my rambling for now. Like I said, I'll probably be back to turning out material on a more regular basis fairly soon, thanks for being patient.

Here's to another great year of captioning.

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Siren Song

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Quick note on the administrative side, I'll be out of town tomorrow and Wednesday visiting family. So I would say expect new posts probably on Thursday and Saturday. I've still got two requests to finish that I've been sitting on for way too long, but I want to take some serious time to make sure they're done right. Hopefully I'll finish at least one of them this week. Now on to today's post.

This is a shout out to all the silent visitors out there. I spend a lot of time talking about my followers and fellow captioners, but I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate everyone who takes the time to visit this blog. Whether you've just never taken the time to create an account, or maybe you never anything you want to comment about, I just wanted to say thanks for your silent support. It always makes me feel good to see a high pageview count at the end of the day.

And to those of you who have ever thought about getting a little more involved, please do. As a former lurker, I can say that you definitely get more out of the community once you start talking to people. Trust me, we don't bite (well, some do...but only if you ask nicely.)

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Melt

ADS My first caption with the title in the image. I'm fairly happy with how the caption ended up looking, the story is nothing special though. It's funny, I actually meant for this to be one of my standard forced lesbian taunting captions but I just couldn't make it happen. The past couple captions have been relatively clean (at least for my standards anyway) as I haven't been in a good smut writing mood in a while. I'll try to dirty things up a bit in the next update as I know that's what most of you come here looking for in the first place.

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Submission to Beauty

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It's always a good day when I make a caption with the always lovely Faye Reagan. So I was happy to find the time this afternoon to make the longer cap I mentioned. As far as three panel stories go this one is still pretty short, but it was nice to do something with a little more story than my usual singles. I had some issues writing this one as I felt like it kept coming across as being an almost nonsensical ramble. I think I was just trying to go in too many different directions at the same time. I still feel the final product is a little disjointed, but it's a lot better than where it was after the first draft or two.

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Just Ask

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I've been in a bit of a rut these past couple of weeks. I'm still putting out new captions, but I haven't really loved any of them. I just sort of feel like I'm spinning my wheels. So I'm taking a tip from my newest caption and asking for what I want. If you've got a few minutes check out the new page I just added the explains what my current situation is and how I think it can be fixed. I'd really appreciate it.

Anyway, here's a new caption for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.

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Fairy Tale Ending

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Fair warning, this is not a typical tg caption. For lack of a better term, I'm calling it writer porn. I didn't feel like creating the usual kind of caption today, but I still felt like writing. So I decided to play around with the idea of a character who has undergone a transformation, and is now realizing it wasn't the quick fix she was looking for. Actually, if it wasn't for the context of this blog, this wouldn't be a tg caption at all, as there is no mention of the gender change in the story. But seeing as we all know why we're here, I figured the transformation was implied enough. Anyway, thanks for putting up with my self-indulgence once again.

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Angel in the Night

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Happy weekend everyone. I had planned on using my down time today to find some new images and then create a new caption tomorrow, but this image just wouldn't wait. The story formed so quickly that I didn't want to risk losing it so I quit my search and went right into captioning. Unfortunately the speed with which I created the story was not present in the formatting process as well. I went through a ton of backgrounds before finding one I liked, and then it took me a longer than it should have to work it into my standard layout without the test becoming illegible. Needless to say the whole process just reminded me of why I'm primarily a writer, and not a designer.

Speaking of design, I've been considering including my titles in the captions themselves. Under my current system all my captions are labeled by their "production code" of C# while they're being made (which explains the odd names of the files I upload to the blog). I don't come up with a title until I'm making the actual blog post. But for today's caption the title came as I was writing it. I briefly messed around with including it before deciding I had spent enough time on this caption already and just went ahead without. But the whole process had me wondering, do you all want to see titles included in the actual caption? Or do you like the way they're formatted now?

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Safe Bet

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Sorry for the lack of new material lately, I've been busier than I thought and even when I was free I didn't have much motivation to write. But I wanted to at least get out one new caption this week, so here it is. I'm not completely satisfied with how it turned out, but that's okay. It's main purpose was to get me back into the habit of writing so hopefully my motivation doesn't desert me again when I find free time. That being said, expect light updates for a bit until I get a handle on my current work schedule. I'd still like to turn out a few captions a week, but I'll have to wait and see. I hope you all are having a good week so far, and good luck finishing it out.

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My Sissy

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Hey everyone, here's a new caption for your viewing pleasure. This is a bit of a combination between my classic lesbian mistress captions and my newer more introspective stuff. A bit of humiliation, with a bit of forced self-reflection if you will. I'm not sure how I feel about the end result, but I'm glad I made it. I'm still trying to find the direction I want my new captions to generally go in (don't worry I'm still going to shoot for a variety of themes and tones), while keeping the best parts of my earlier work. It's an equally fun and frustrating process, and hopefully it will all lead to better captions for all of us.

But in the meantime, if you want to see my old style at it's best, check out this homage caption made for me by Smitty. Smitty's captions are always brilliant, and his work is a big influence for me to continue pushing my captions to be better. So I was pleasantly surprised and extremely honored that as part of his running homage to fellow cappers he decided to dedicate an entire week to my work. So if you have some time go check out it out. If you like what I post here, I can promise that you're going to love it.

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Not a Word

ADS Hey I finally met a deadline I set for myself. It's probably not a good thing that I'm actually happy about that.

 
So as promised, here's a new caption before the weekend (it's before 5pm on a Friday, it counts). I wasn't feeling an overly erotic story today, so I decided to go with something a little more plot oriented than I usually do. I knew I wanted to do something from one of the formspring requests, and knew that for the ballet caption I wanted to go with something lighthearted and sexy.

So instead, I went with a surgery caption. I enjoyed writing this, but I'm not sure the end effect is exactly what I wanted. I think it still works, but there is definitely room for improvement. So I guess what I'm really saying is, there will probably be another surgery cap from me in the near future as I'm not sure I did the request full justice with this one (and hopefully the next surgery cap will focus on the smut a little more, because that's 90% of the reason we're all here in the first place, right?)

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Sexy Little Sluts

ADS My official "Thank You" caption to celebrate 300 followers

So 300 followers. I can't believe this blog made it this far. Back when I first started posting my stuff here this, along with one million page views, was the ultimate milestone I wanted to hit. At the time it seemed like the kind of achievement I would spend my entire captioning career trying to reach, and would be the final proof to myself that I deserved to consider myself a quality caption creator.

Less than two years later, here we are. I don't think I can say how much I appreciate everyone who reads this blog. It still kind of blows my mind that there are so many of you who show up just to see something I created. I could ramble on and on about this, but I don't want to go all mushy on you, so I'll just keep it simple. Thank you.

Seriously. Thank You.

And while this used to be my ultimate goal for this blog, I have to say that 400 is sounding pretty good, maybe I'll stick around and see what happens...

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