The guy with over 1,000 mind control videos, part 2

This is the conclusion of a two-part interview with Antjack, also known as TANTRICLEGION, also known as Diana Prince, and probably a few more pseudonyms. I've been enjoying his MC video clips for years, and he's posted comments several times on my blog, so it seemed only natural that I should interview him. After all, if you're into women being hypnotized or enchanted or brainwashed or what-have-you, the best place to start is with Antjack.

Last week we talked about the kinds of videos he posts and where he posts them, and he shared several recommendations with us. This week we'll talk about how he picks and creates his videos and how you can do the same, if you're so inclined.

Then he'll offer even more recommendations, because of course he will. ;-)

The first time I watched one of your videos, I was surprised to find two- and three-second snippets of unrelated material randomly interspersed with the content. For readers who don’t understand, please explain why you do that. 

YouTube has a very strict copyright policy and also a very strict nudity policy. I found that out very early when I first started my first of many, many YouTube channels. You can post a video clip with no nudity, but if two or more anonymous people complain or are offended, YouTube will flag your video and give you 1 of 3 strikes. After the 2nd strike your channel is pretty much toast and you will lose access to the vids you uploaded. This is the first of two explanations. The second is that if you post/upload a YouTube video that has a clip lasting over 40 seconds, you can go at least 28 seconds without it getting flagged for copyright. So whenever you watch an upload of mine, you will always notice that around 28 seconds there will be some other unrelated clip or picture there. That is so it won’t become flagged for any violation on YouTube. It works, but the downside of posting like that is most of the time it kills the spirit/mood of the video clip. That is the whole reason for starting my blog. There, I can post pretty much whatever I want to post unrestricted, just the way I want it to be.

Some of those little snippets seem to be from poser videos. Do you make those posers yourself? 

No, I don't make the poser videos (I wish I did, though). Most of them come from various sites from around the net (most of our MC community knows where).

What is YouTube’s policy on nudity, anyway? I know they mark some videos as age restricted, and they allow breasts in those. Would they allow full frontal on an age restricted video? Where do they draw the line? 

Well, that is a good question to ponder, because I see other channels that post full frontal nudity and full rear nudity. Also, that "Age Restricted" warning is a sham. Again, if someone on YouTube complains about a video clip, they usually will flag it and send you a nudity flag/strike (1 out of 3, with the third strike getting your channel deleted). but I've also had videos on YouTube flagged and no strike was given, but they reclassified them to “18 and older.” So as you can see, I like YouTube, but I don't love You Tube.

Where do you get your material, and do you actually watch the full episodes and movies of everything you sample? 

I have a vast knowledge of various sites to go to, and I have some great and loyal fans who have followed my stuff for years who sends me their files. If I don't have it, they will. Also, special shout out to fellow upload blogger "Sleepless" for his encouragement through the years. If not for him, I wouldn't have started a blog.

Let’s say some of my readers want to start their own channel of EMC videos. What’s the protocol when it comes to re-using other collectors’ clips? For instance, what if someone wanted to use one of your clips? Should they put it in a playlist rather than copying it, or should they copy but give you credit? Does it make a difference whether you manipulated the clip before you posted it? 
 
The only controversy I've encountered posting content material has been with the videos of a certain actress who does superhero cosplay. Her stuff is great, but I can’t share it because she's very hardcore about me not posting them, not even a two-minute clip. That being said, I do try to respect the rights of others when I post. If someone who owns the material I post sends me a private message, I always respect their wishes and remove the material.

Do you have any other advice for EMC fans who want to start their own channels (e.g., how to manipulate the videos, what programs to use, etc.)? 

If a person wants to learn how to upload, I would say to them to get some free upload equipment and start experimenting. I personally do not like YouTube because it is so restrictive. They should start out on Dailymotion first because they are looser on nudity and what you can upload.

The main programs I used for editing are Corel Video Studio Pro 5, and I use Videopad video editor. I use quite a few more for various effects.

Do you have any new projects in the works that you’d like to talk about? 

Well, I have tons and tons of videos, CGI, and new material to share always. The problem is time. I work a lot, and actually I sometimes experience the equivalence of writer’s block. I guess that happens when you post so much stuff (lol). I will beat it though. I know that when I post I have on many occasions a tendency to over-edit videos. That's a bad fault I have, that I have been trying to remedy. But I do thank the ones who appreciate what I try to do.

In your personal opinion, what are the three all-time hottest MC scenes in mainstream TV and/or movies? 

The greatest scene(s) are all three Invasion of the Body Snatchers films, particularly the women turning, and more recently Girlsway Film’s "The Turning."

Are there any questions that I haven’t asked you, but that you’d like to address? 

There are some other influences that I would like to acknowledge, one being you, thrall. Then there’s Tabico, Queen Calafia, Iago, Dr. Esterhazy, Plague Maiden, Tantric Legion (just to name a very few); and also http://h3ncomics.blogspot.com/?zx=68266a73629e64ba .Those are just some of my great influences on what I read and share.

I will just leave it all there. Thanks for wanting to know what’s in my world.....THEANTJACK

The guy with over 1,000 mind control videos, part 1

This is the first half of a two-part interview with Antjack, also known as TANTRICLEGION, also known as Diana Prince, and probably a few more pseudonyms. I've been enjoying his MC video clips for years, and he's posted comments several times on my blog, so it seemed only natural that I should interview him. After all, if you're into women being hypnotized or enchanted or brainwashed or what-have-you, the best place to start is with Antjack. He posts a lot of videos in a lot of different places, so I'll let him explain what's where.

Give me a ballpark figure of how many videos you currently have online.

Well, I know on my blog I have at least 700 video clips and full movies, and on my YouTube channels I have about 680 small clips.

How did you first discover your EMC fetish, and why are you attracted to it?

I first discovered my MC/possession/corruption fetish after watching three movies as a child: It Came from outer Space, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the original one 1956) and Planet of the Vampires (1965). I was fascinated by how aliens took over ordinary people and corrupted them to turn others into beings just like they were (serial conversion/recruitment) After that, I was hooked on any TV show/movie or comic book that had those themes. Starro comes to mind also.

I know you have several sub-fetishes, like superheroines being turned evil. Would you list your sub-fetishes for my readers so they’ll know what sorts of videos you post?

The themes I love the most are corruption, serial recruitment, and serial conversion - by alien objects or evil goo, mind controlling parasites, alien conversion pods, black smoke, glowing eyes after conversions...The list goes on, but those are my most favorite.

Pick one or two of your personal favorite videos related to the above and link us to them.

"Female Possession Scientist Is Taken Over" - This is one video I recently posted that sums up my total fetish in this genre. I love it how a hero/heroine is so strongly against an evil force, and then somehow it successfully takes them completely over and then he/she become what they were fighting against.

Secondly, "Female Possession 23" - This is a video fave of mine from Misfits (season 5, ep. 7). Alex has the powers of removing other powers from people by having sex with them. Throughout the season he's removed the devil, the power of being extremely clumsy, and turning people inside out. Earlier this episode he also the removed the power of hypnotizing tits. He has just taken a pill without knowing that it causes powers in people to reverse, so after having sex with this girl all those powers he's removed suddenly go into this girl.

I know you manage several YouTube channels (and channels in other places) under different nicknames. Do you associate MC different themes with different nicknames, or do you just put a certain number of videos on one channel and then start another one?

I post on YouTube randomly. You see, on YouTube, it's a very restrictive universe.

What are your current channels on YouTube and elsewhere?

Viva Antjack
TRUFADE1
Diana Prince
Craigs List
THEANTJACKPOSSESSION
TANTRICLEGION
theantjack on Vimeo
Jator

A lot of my readers are male subs, and I know they’d like to hear some recommendations from you about clips where men are taken over. Since you’re the MC video expert, what would you suggest they watch?

There is a scene in the 1993 movie "Seedpeople" where the male of the house was taken over by an alien seed pod, and he in turn makes it possible to turn his daughter; and another scene from the 1993 movie "Puppetmasters" where quite a few males were taken over & turned by an alien parasite.

Oh yeah, the book Puppetmasters by Robert Heinlein is a classic in the MC field! Also, the various “Body Snatchers” movies always include men being taken over. If any of my readers have more suggestions, please share them in the comments section. Remember that I’ve set up my blog to allow totally anonymous commenting, and I never delete anything but spam and troll posts.


Here ends the first half of the Antjack interview. Tune in next week for the conclusion, in which he discusses the method to his madness and how you can get in on it.

Ragdoll Annie is here!

Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to announce that Ragdoll Annie is now live on Smashwords and on Amazon. Here's your coupon code to get 25% if you buy the book at Smashwords by March 1: DP64X.

And here's your plot summary:

Penelope is a fairy with very strange tastes: she likes to play with toys. In this twisted, trippy tale, she seduces a door-to-door saleswoman and lays on the spells until free-willed human Cherie has become a mindless, sexy rag doll. Each step in the transformation is lovingly detailed, just for doll fetishists; and it all culminates in a "play time" scene that only fairy magic could produce.

But that's not the end of the tale. Penelope is pretty scatterbrained for a fairy, and making this special toy took plenty of concentration. If she forgot even one spell, Ragdoll Annie could make an escape. Will Penelope be able to keep her toy, or will Cherie win out over Ragdoll Annie?

If you're into living dolls, then "Ragdoll Annie" just might be your fetish nirvana.

Enjoy!

The people have spoken

After this, the next post on this blog will be the announcement that "Ragdoll Annie" has gone to print. I'd planned to have it out Monday morning, but due to personal issues, it's going to be a little late. Midweek, maybe.

In the meantime, here are the results of the survey I talked about in my last post. I wondered whether the male subs (or, really, anyone) among my readership would like a gender-swapped version of "Ragdoll Annie" with a male as the victim, and I invited you to take a survey on the topic. Unfortunately, it didn't take long to realize there isn't much interest in male living dolls, so that story's off the board for good. I'll get back to working on the "Transfixed" CYOA next week.

Seeking feeback on "living dolls" stories

As you know, I'm in the process of updating an old story ("Raggedy Anne") about a woman being turned into a living doll. I shared a sample picture with you last week, and here it is again. I hope to have the story available for purchase in a week or two.

Now, it seems like the majority of my readers are male subs, and one of them recently asked me if I planned to rewrite "Raggedy Andy" as well as "Raggedy Anne." I told him no, because "Raggedy Andy" didn't come out well and I didn't get any feedback from it. But since then, I've begun wondering how male subs would feel about a different kind of "Raggedy Andy" story - not the sequel I posted to the EMCSA, but a brand new gender-switched version of the original "Raggedy Anne" with the same female mind controller but a man as her victim.

I've never tried gender-switching stories before, and I'm not sure if anyone else has, so I don't know whether there's any interest in this sort of thing. I do know, however, that I got some pretty enthusiastic responses to this post, and that seems hopeful. Maybe my male readers would like to put themselves in the shoes of the victims rather than reading the female viewpoint.

To find out, I've created a very brief survey (just three questions long) which readers of every sex and gender are welcome to answer. It's totally anonymous and has room for you to add any comments you like. If enough people express interest in a male living doll story, I will write it - and I'll take you comments into account as I structure it.

Please take a moment to fill out the survey, even if you aren't interested in male living dolls. Every bit of feedback will help me decide what to do.

Thanks, everyone!

Back in the Gimp Suit

Or the GIMP suit, if you prefer. Here's a bit of what I've been working on and getting ready to work on lately.

I follow a site called the Astronomy Photo of the Day just because I like astronomy, but from time to time I also find images that I can incorporate into my manips and book covers: star fields, nebulae, individual stars with clear points, etc. Since the images come from NASA, they're generally public domain. The image at left is of the star Proxima Centauri, and as soon as I saw it, I noticed how much the circle of gold and blue looked like the iris of an eye. Naturally, that got me thinking, and the final results are at right. I've always loved this image of Kumi Monster because it's just about the most submissive, potentially mind-controlled image I've ever seen even before you add in the latex, bald head and bare breasts. This was my process, just in case you're interested in playing with the same effects. I made one copy of the central circle, including the iris; and a second copy of the whole star minus the background. Then I inverted the copy, made it white, blurred it, and put that layer underneath the iris layer. Et voila.

Next up is an image I'm getting ready to work on. Early next week, possibly even as soon as tomorrow, I'll be starting on a publishable version of my "woman turned into a living doll" story, originally titled "Raggedy Anne." Since I don't want to get sued, I'll be renaming it "Ragdoll Annie." That should be close enough to clue readers in to which doll I actually used for my template. I love this model's blank expression and curly hair, but I haven't decided yet whether or not to make that hair red the way it is in the individual story. If I do, I should probably recolor her lingerie so it'll stand out more - maybe a bluish-purple color. Then I'll probably use a red spiral in the background...and don't worry; I will absolutely make her bra skimpier. That'll probably be the easiest part of the process, although you know what they say about famous last words.

In the meantime, don't worry about the Transfixed "Choose Your Own Adventure." That's still in process. It's just that CYOA's take a hell of a long time, and I need to get something else on the market before readers forget I exist.

Thank you

Sometimes I realize how lucky I am.

I just watched a video made by someone I never expected to mention on this blog and will probably never mention again: Pewdiepie. Now, I'm not a video gamer and I don't follow him on YouTube, but I know who he is. I've also seen a few videos of him talking to his fans. It was one of those that inspired me to write this post. In this video, Pewdiepie is reacting to trash talk in YouTube comments made by his own fans. He says whatever kind of gaming video he makes, people always want something else. He feels like he respects them but doesn't get respect in return.

Now, I don't have particularly strong feelings about this guy, but I feel more strongly about some other people with the same problem. Many of my Facebook friends are fellow erotica authors, and I read their gripes on my wall. Some of them have rude fans too, although in my friends' cases, they're mostly being hit on and sent unsolicited dick pics.

I sympathize with them (and with Pewdiepie too, although I don't know whether he deserves it), and I feel very lucky. I've been putting out MC erotica since 2002, and in all these years, I've been hit on or slagged off less than a dozen times. Most of you just lurk, but the people who comment or email me are...well...nice. You make me happy. I feel like I'm sharing something I enjoy with other people who enjoy the same thing, and that's why I started doing this in the first place. So thanks for being good people.

That's all I wanted to say. Enjoy the rest of your week. :-)