Hello, I am known as K-8 (aka "conscious_object"). Here I keep a fetish blog with a (skewed) sense of humor. Contained herein you will find my various random thoughts on my unique fetishes, and interesting finds culled from all over the intarweb, including art by my friends, and sometimes my own art.

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The US DVD release of Tokyo!, featuring Michel Gondry's "Interior Design," comes out at the end of the month. But some kind soul emailed me a (non-subtitled) copy of the Gondry section early. I plan to rent it once it's on Netflix (so I can understand what's being said during the second half), but here's a short clip that needs no words:

Virtual K-8 made the front/back cover of Medusariffic #35. You can find it here.

It's funny how even when I'm not looking for these things, it ends up finding me. Or maybe especially when I'm not looking.

I was playing this baseball game Mario Super Sluggers on my Wii. The core part of the game is an adventure mode, where you track down teammates and solve puzzles in between facing off against opposing teams.

Princess Peach's stadium has a garden out front with a few statues. I walk up to a toadstool person who's just standing around in front of this statue of one of the princesses, and he exclaims to me, "oh no! Bowser Jr. has turned Princess Daisy into a STATUE!"

And if that's not funny enough, another character mentions that the fountain I can't get by is flooded because someone stole some object that weights down this random panel, "if only we had something else heavy we could put there..." At first I thought he was referring to this statue of a toadstool person elsewhere in the garden, but my way to it was blocked. Then as I'm walking by Statue Daisy again, the toadstool guy I talked to before exclaims out of nowhere, "you want to WHAT? Take Daisy with you? I dunno, she's kind of heavy...what if you drop her!? Okay, fine...but I guess I'll tag along as well." Then an item menu pops up asking if I'd like to add Daisy to my inventory. Which is hilarious -- you don't even see Mario lugging her over there, she's just put in your invisible inventory, lol.

After unflooding the fountain and playing another game against Bowser Jr., Daisy is changed back. She thanks me and steps off the panel, but realizes it re-floods the fountain and steps back on it, suggesting I should go find something else to place on it while she stays right here. My question being, so we didn't really need something as heavy as a statue if she can still press it down in human form...?

But the whole sequence had me cracking up. ;-)

A longer, higher quality, and a bit gorier new trailer:

Hisss - Trailer
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I still think a movie adaptation of that Aladdin episode would've been much more fun, but then I've also never been a huge horror fan. ;-)

There's also this very strange image doing the rounds that reportedly shows what happens if she starts transforming back right after having swallowed someone whole.

You ever have one of those dreams where, upon waking, you're like, "wow, this would make for a fantastic story if I just write it down!" And then later that day, when you start thinking about it more, you realize it didn't really make as much sense as you thought it did at the time? Wicked City, a Hong Kong film from 1992 (not to be confused with the 1989 anime of the same name) is like watching a 90 minute version of one of those dreams.

"Right, so then we drive up to this building, and it looks like time has stopped all around us. We go inside, and fight a flying clock. I turn into a giant knife and defeat it. A woman has melded herself with the building, so we get in an elevator to go to the floor her head is located on, except our elevator starts filling with foam. But Dr. Strange shows up just in time, pulling random motorcycle parts out of the walls and using them to bind the woman into the form of a Giger-esque motorcycle."



Below is the video, in case you think I'm exaggerating. I've left in the few scenes leading up to the motorcycle transformation for those who are into timestops (and those who have a fetish for cars covered in cling wrap?).

Also, I'd personally recommend turning the sound completely down, and watching it silent. The sound is extremely distracting, I actually found myself noticing more details in the visuals without it. It's not just the music, but the way their mouths rarely move in synch with what they're saying. Sometimes they'll even be speaking when their mouth is closed, or while licking their lips. You won't be able to understand them anyways, so it's no big loss. (I would've included the subtitles for you as well, but the movie actually seems to make more sense without them. If you really want to know what's being said, I can post a few examples in the comments.)

Not enough weirdness for you? Earlier in the film, she appears to send her essence into a pinball machine, and seems to really get off on having her buttons pushed.

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A clip from some episode of American Dad. Apologies to people outside the range of Hulu, this is all I could find.


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I guess the upcoming Jennifer Lynch film Hisss was momentarily delayed when Bollywood had their own strike, but now it seems to be moving forward at full speed.

The official website is now online, with a few new images in the background.

A couple "new" pics that appear to be from the same photo shoot as the image I previously posted:

 



And a slightly blurry version of the trailer has been leaked to Youtube:

This pin-up is from way back in issue #27. Issue #31 is out now.

Here's something I did forever ago, before I'd even started this blog. Saw this outfit on a fetish clothing site, and thought it looked like the perfect outfit for someone to wear if they'd been turned into a catgirl (er, no pun intended). So decided to try my hand at doing a TF photomanipulation...only thing she's missing is a tail. Maybe I'll give it another go sometime (with a higher quality image).

Pointed to me by "utsumi," Tokyo! is an independent film comprised of three short stories, each by a different director. The segment "Interior Design," directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind and that Bjork robot music video), is described as:

A young couple tries to set themselves up in Tokyo. The young man's ambition is clear — to become a film director. His girlfriend, far more indecisive, cannot escape the vague feeling that she's losing control of her life. Directionless, both are beginning to go under in this vast city until the young woman, utterly alone, becomes the object of a bizarre transformation...

Sound interesting? Take a look:



Chairs may not be one of my more favorite transformations, but when it's done like this (the leg-walking part in particular)... I wonder if he'd be open to taking suggestions for possible ideas to do next? ;-)

The short is actually a loose adaptation of comic story called "Cecil And Jordan In New York" by Gabrielle Bell. "Loose" because the original is only a four-page story, so Gondry has embellished some to stretch it out a bit (not to mention, changing the setting to Tokyo to go with the overall film's theme). Also, the trailer makes it appear to be an unexpected transformation, whereas in the story she does it completely of her own accord.

In fact, part of what makes the story so funny to read is just how nonchalant she is about the change, sort of like "yeah, so I thought I'd become a chair. *shrug*" The idea being that she is found by some unsuspecting person, and when they leave she turns back into a person and enjoys having "free" room and board.



You can read the full four-page story here.

It will be interesting to see how Gondry's take differs.

Bigbird's V.E.L.C.R.O has continued in my absence. Here is what came before. And here's what's happened since:



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A few fun things from DeviantArtist "something-wild" (click here for more):

In the latest issue of Medusariffic, it seems I've gotten a new job as an undercover cop (or is that undercover prop?):



There's also a new addition to the cast this issue, someone whose name several of you may recognize.

So what would the rest of the creature look like that those gloves from the previous post belong to? Maybe something like this sketch sent to me by Sebastian:

Found by roses_n_chains, neuroscientists have been experimenting with a discovery they call the "body-swap illusion," where they can briefly make a person feel as though they've really swapped bodies with another person. In a recent ScienceNews article, they talk about how they've managed to make people feel they've swapped bodies with a person of the opposite gender, and even with a plastic mannequin.

“Our subjects experienced this illusion as being exciting and strange, and often said that they wanted to come back and try it again,” says Petkova, who reported the findings November 17 at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.

Yeah, I know...a few days late. But here's my excuse:

There were rumors that the woman who lived large eerie house on the corner was actually a witch. Maybe it was even true. There were stories of odd occurances that frequently happened near this old house. But anyone who met her discovered she was such a warm, friendly old lady, that none of the other neighbors minded either way. And when it came to Halloween night, she was known to give out the tastiest candy.

The doorbell rings. But the trick-or-treater she finds at the door this time looks a little different than the others. For one thing, she's much older than most of the children who are out and about. And she's not wearing much of a costume, just jeans and a long-sleeved shirt. She holds out a backpack full of candy, and proclaims "Trick or treat!"

"And just what are you dressed as tonight, um, little girl?" the old woman asks.

"Oh, I'm dressed as a college student! See: I have a backpack," K-8 explains, pointing at her bag.

"Ah yes, I see. But, aren't you a little old for this sort of thing?"

"For celebrating Halloween?" asks K-8. "How can you ever be too old to celebrate such a wonderful holiday! Besides, I'm young at heart," she says with a smile.

"I see..." the old woman ponders.

"So, um...trick or treat?" K-8 asks with an innocent look.

"You know, I think we'll go with 'trick' this time...my house could always use a little more decoration for the night."

"Don't touch that, kid, that's my candy...hey, come back here with my candy!!"



They...they took my candy...

(I meant to color this as well, because I don't think it comes off as well in black and white, but I wanted to post it up quick. Maybe I'll get to it later...)

Today's Wotch: I'm liking this new character already. ;-)

Loved the first scene of this Wotch strip from earlier in the week. A creative reason to have that particular TF occur.

For anyone that wanted to try a go at coloring these, here are inked versions from sebastian_cat (click the "All Sizes" icon above the image at Flickr for the full-size versions). You can even insert your own text into the thought bubble (or has she just gone blank? ;-P).