Shell Cocked

A Sunday Kaity original.

The Past and the Future

I am always amazed when I look back at some of my work I've created and realize the past Kaity left messages for future Kaity about life, happiness, distress, etc.  This is a recent creation for a Haven trade (Chelsea Baker), but this morning it spoke to me.  The wisdom of my past self never ceases to amaze me.  Things happen, and the best you can do is move forward.

Redefining the Relationship

Always lots of combinations with the Great Shift, which makes it a very fun universe to write in.  In 2010, I started focusing much more on the 'aftermath' of such an event, such as a boyfriend and girlfriend who would have broken up, but their new bodies led to a mutual understanding of one another.

Pulling it Off

A Great Shift cap from 2010 from the vault today.  Mostly, I like focusing in on people who decide to take on their new identity as their own.  I figure in such an event, after a while you would have several casts of people: those who went nuts, those who faked their identity, those who would try and live their old lives, and other who would accept the way things are.  Stronger point was the idea that tastes in romance would shift depending on the body you received.

Moved On

Today's From the Vault features a caption which I created before I even began trading!  This might have been the fifth or sixth caption I ever created (Not really sure what the first one was).  I remember long ago I had decided to just write some--mostly to see if I could do it. 

An Engaging Shift

Today's vault feature yet another Great Shift caption, this time for Martha (Who's work you'll find HERE).  For those of us who like bodyswap, the Great Shift is, well, great.  It's no one's fault that you became a woman, and everyone is dealing with the same or similar circumstances.  Additionally, there's something about the randomness of it, which means there are PLENTY of stories that could come from it.  Ultimately, the universe is about new-self acceptance and where you'll go from there.

Another Great Shift Caption

Well, for today's "From the Vault" caption, I quite literally picked one at random, and low and behold, it was a Great Shift caption, which isn't really all that surprising.  The Great Shift universe was one of my favorites when I first began exploring the world of captions.  That and Medallion of Zulo.  So it stands to reason that inspiration for my captions often came from those universes.  As luck would have it, this caption was created for Blackvioxxx, who loves the Great Shift quite a bit herself.

Unfamiliar

Another mirror shot.  I tried something different in the story--something I think some might go through during a crisis such as this.

W is for...

Let's be honest, one of the ALL-TIME favorites of TG has to be weddings regardless of the transformation method.  Why?  It's a perfect excuse to squeeze someone into an insane pre-planned day where they more than likely have to wear a dress, heels, and professional make-up regardless of being the bride, maid of honor, or really just any girl at a wedding.

Wedding-themed captions have a special place for me, because, well, it was a wedding caption that got me started.  A contest on the Haven back in 2009 (Yes, that was 4 years ago) involving a wedding-themed caption and the SRU Reversal Rings, which you can see here:

So, even though this post is for the W of TG ABCs, I wanted to pose a question to all my viewers: How do my current captions compare to the ones I've created in the past?  Obviously the photo editing has improved; I'm more-so asking about the story-telling itself and the way the image works to assist in telling it.  Leave your comment below!

Playing the Part

Facebook Me

So I had this funny idea.  We often look for reality in our captions, no matter how bizarre the actual method of the transformation is.  So, what would the internet look like Post Great Shift?  I've had a few ideas on this one--the first being the infamous facebook.

As a test run, I put out this facebook page under the imagination that this is what a page would look like perhaps a year after the Great Shift (assuming they don't change the layout again).  No, I didn't go over to facebook itself and create a page.  I decided to fire up my caption-software and see how much I could do with some creative editing and paneling.  

Sure, all the colors aren't exact, but I think I got a good product from it.  I'm currently working on another for a havenette, which will bring the total--including mine--to six facebook pages.  

Be sure to look for all of the small easter eggs around the page!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments!

Weddings...

Well folks, sorry about the brief hiatus, but I had a cousin's wedding seven hours away from my dwelling place.  So, still high from dancing last night and full of wedding happiness, I bring this caption I created a few years ago for Tar on the Haven.  I feel like this was one of the first captions I created in the Great Shift universe that didn't feel generic, and MIGHT be the way things actually carried out of this were to occur.  And yes, there was a part of me that hoped it would last night, considering how many lovely ladies I danced with...  (Kaitlyn Dances at Wedding FTW).