Good News!

Wonderful news on the captioning front - I came online today with the intention of gathering links to new sites people were posting in light of the move from Blogger and discovered that Google has reversed it's policy! Very happy to hear that as my move from Blogger was an adjustment (was still tinkering with Wordpress formats/ways to navigate their toolbars) that I am now no longer required to make. 

However, this short period in which myself and others had to make accommodations/plan for a possible transfer to a new site has got me thinking about some things I've been wanting to do. Some of it is aesthetic (was kind of nice to try out a new background/format of WordPress), some of it practical (I really do need to "backup" my caps on Tumblr or something), and some of it is announcing something that the switch to WordPress would have provided an ideal timing for. I think I will plan on making that reveal tomorrow or the next day, but for now let's just focus on a fun new cap and celebrate the ability to stay on this blog site!

Magic

So this will be the final original caption from me on this blog. I hope to have a WordPress site set up in the next few days and will obviously provide a link on this site once that happens. However, as a reminder I still would love to see entries for the Advertisement Caption Contest - got some cool entries already and would love to post them all on the new site in about a week. Finally, I've started to see some links to new sites pop up - I plan on posting once every few days with links so people can start finding their way around the new sites in the community.

Homewrecker

The latest caption contest based on advertisements is up - the submissions for this may be the last contest entries on Blogger!

This cap was in the vein of what I consider to be my classic "long cap" style - the story is a little involved, the text in the cap is smaller, and the tone is much more of a slow progression that in some of my shorter caps. I don't know how much I "succeeded" in the sense that I was trying to throw in a lot of subtle wordplay into it and I don't know how much I actually stayed true to the concept of a "homewrecker". But I think it's an interesting cap nevertheless - enjoy!

The Great (TG) Migration

Hello all,

No caption today. As you may have heard if you follow any number of TG Captioning blogs closely, Blogger is planning on making all blogs containing sexually explicit material (ergo most, if not all, TG blogs) private. This leaves many captioners with two choices: maintain their blog privately amongst those who take the time to ask to be invite to the private site, or find a new site to continue posting their work.

In regards to the first option, I can actually envision a very small portion of captioners who might appreciate the option of a private blog - bloggers looking for interaction are more likely to get it from people who have to request access to a site. However, I personally believe that it is counter-intuitive to continue utilizing a site (in this case Blogger/Google) that clearly doesn't want to cater to your interests. Moreover, I think the TG captioning community thrives thanks in large part to anonymous viewers. I believe that most would be dissuaded from participating if they were required to request access to a private TG blog; thus, it seems that this option is not a feasible one.

The other option therefore is to move sites - WordPress and Tumblr seem to be the most popular options mentioned at the moment (although if anyone has other ideas, please share!). I'm still undecided at what to do - I do have a Tumblr page that I haven't updated in ages, but like others have noted I question the ease of interactivity via comments/the set style of posting that would force a large overhaul for the way I do things. At the moment my plan is to start uploading all of my caps from this blog to Tumblr so they will have a permanent location somewhere, while separately I try and decide where I want to start posting new caps.

This brings me to my next point, which I think is the most important of them all - how are we (as captioners and viewers in the TG caption community) going to maintain contact during this period of transition? I can easily imagine smaller sites, many of which have wonderful individual captions, disappearing and their quality work vanishing forever. Bigger sites will also have the trouble of trying to repost their content in a new, visible location. Finally, how we all link back to each other again? The current system of links via caption blogs may not completely evaporate but will likely be severely reduced. How can we ensure that this change doesn't result in the loss of many quality caps/stories?

Although I'm sure there will be more intelligent options than this, I will start posting links to new locations for old sites as soon as I find them. I ask that if you are a captioner who is moving from Blogger, a viewer who knows a captioner switching over to a new site, or even a good source of images that will disappear - PLEASE send links to ElenaStarz4372@gmail.com. I hope to start compiling these links in order to ensure that I (and whatever viewers read this) still maintain contact with members of this wonderful community.

Love always,

Elena Starz

Advertisement Caption Contest

The theme for this contest was inspired by a cap from a previous contest and is based around creating an advertisement! I'll explain more down below, so for now here are the rules - once again, there will be no prize caps, although I will definitely post a review of my favorite caps from the contest:

1. I will post images and a general theme to focus your work slightly

2. You all will take these images and send either a completed caption (meaning image and text formatted together) or text with the image to go to it (I will put a cap together if you don't know how or would rather that I format it!) to my email, ElenaStarz4372@gmail.com.

3. You may submit as many captions as you want, but only one caption per image. All captions must be TG or crossdressing in some format (F2F is not really a theme of this blog, but in case any of you wanted to try this, I would prefer that you didn't).

4. After a weeks time, I will sort post all the captions that you sent me in a single post!

THEME: ADVERTISEMENTS - This contest is all about working advertisements - I want you to create a cap that advertises something/someone. Is it a new feminizing potion from Bimbo Inc? A special strip club with all shemale strippers? A contestant on a new male-to-female TG show? Perhaps you want to talk about a new cruise or a new line of dresses or a new style of wig - as long as it involves a male turned female, that's fine by me! Also, please note that while I am hoping that you advertise something, the cap doesn't NEED to be an advertisement itself. Although I would like to see that, in-direct advertisements (like caps about transformed males serving to advertise spa services via their own makeover, for example) are fine too. Sell me your best products, people - and don't be afraid to string multiple ads together!

A Colt, Now Mary

So I plan on having the next caption contest up in a few hours - I'm quite excited about this theme because I think it will produce some interesting caps. In the meantime, enjoy this cap!

Duck Flu: Titi

Okay so I've started to hit my stride with the Duck Flu caps, so I feel safe in releasing this next part of the story! It's mostly just story filler, but I think it gives you a good sense of the "bimbo mindset" caused by the disease. Enjoy!

Off-Balance

Sorry for the delay today - accidentally scheduled this post for tomorrow at 5 when it was supposed to go up about 20 minutes ago! Enjoy!

Selfie Caption Contest Review

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Beauty and the Beasts

I don't know whether it was the bright yellow outfit or the rose in the hand, but this picture instantly made me thing of "Beauty and the Beast". See how this belle has to deal with her spell!

Bender Diet

A pretty simple theme but I think it's a fun enough cap. Enjoy!

MHDC: The Rebel

Once again I want to say thanks to those who entered into the Selfie Caption Contest - not only did you all enter fantastic captions, but you were very patient with me when I was delinquent in replying to your emails and delayed in posting these wonderful submissions. Go check them out if you haven't already!

Speaking of delaying, it's been a while since I posted any caps in either series. Unfortunately, you're only getting a Mildew High Dress Code cap for now - I do have some Duck Flu caps in storage but I'm hoping to delve into a little more story-oriented streak before going to the true single-cap nature that I envision for the series. But anyways, enjoy this cap!

Selfie Caption Contest Presentation

Hi all - here is the well overdue presentation of the Selfie Caption Contest. There are 34 caps from 13 talent authors here to enjoy - really excited to be able and talk about these caps later the week in my review. Sorry once again for the delay and enjoy!

Ashleygirl 1

 Anzaleth 1

 Anderson 1

 Anderson 2

 Anderson 3

 Anderson 4

 Candy 1

 Ian 1

Udodelig 1

 Udodelig 2

 Udodelig 3

 Udodelig 4

 Udodelig 5

 The Zoligomyst Series

C2Sanon 1

 C2Sanon 2

 C2Sanon 3

 Christina Series 1

Christina 1

 Christina 2

 Donna 1

 Donna 2

 Kelli 1

 Musta Series 1

 Musta Series 2

 Wes Mantooth 1

 Wes Mantooth 2