sundries, extra queer

[rm]

- I am percolating something for this.

- So the more I think about crossplay for Gallifrey, the more I think going all out is fun. Which means it's that time on my journal where we talk about cock. I could get another one of these. They're quire good enough and not an investment, which is also good, since the last two I've had have died rather appalling (and yet unintresting) deaths. Can any of you who might also pack for various reasons tell me if investing in one of these instead is worth it? (worth it as defined by realism, durability or just not being the lint magnet from hell, which the Soft-Pack are).

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[argentla.livejournal.com]

The subject of the first provokes all kinds of odd, visceral reactions. Hmm.

Oops, didn't mean to hit send before finishing the thought...

[argentla.livejournal.com]

What are you percolating for it?

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

...the last two I've had have died rather appalling (and yet unintresting) deaths

Well, count my curiosity as well and truly piqued.

[rm.livejournal.com]

One ripped in a zipper.

The other, er, melted.

[jo02]

Melted ???

Oh now you have to elaborate - on both of them!

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

My experience with Mr. Right is minimal (ha!), but the trick with the softies seems to be all about powdering them with corn starch after you clean them. It makes them smooth and not-sticky. I just put a tablespoon of the stuff in my palm, press/dip the softy into it until it's coated pretty evenly, then dust it off with a t-shirt or a towel.

[rm.livejournal.com]

See, I know this, but it's like that extra step that somehow just crosses over the maitenance line into hitting my procrasination button, so it just becomes irksome.

Also in terms of past death of these things -- one _melted_ because I didn't realize how close I'd left it to a radiator.

I'm really not good with the maitenance thing.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

...

I don't say this very often, mainly because my boundaries and my filters can be rubbish, but I think in this instance I'm going to have to ask you to stay away from my dick. ;)

[sykii.livejournal.com]

Also, as I just said to M, "better lint on my soft pack than cornstarch on my trousers!"

[rm.livejournal.com]

Word.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

Would dropping it into a bag of talc (I'd avoid the cornstarch, because as an organic things will feed on it.

The second looks more realstic. The first batch seems over the top; a Johnny Wadd sort of deal. They are not so much flaccid as so large that's all the pressure a normal system can manage to force into them.

[marcmagus]

I can't comment on packing, but I can comment on penes. Given the comments, I suspect it's merely poor photographs, but the Mr. Right doesn't quite look natural to me in either the plain photo or the one with the custom packing strap.

They've done a nice job on the detail work, and I'm sure the feel is good, they just don't look like they hang right. With the strap, it kind of looks like there's too much separation between penis and scrotum. Or something; I'm having difficulty putting my finger on exactly what's bothering me. Of course, I only have a single data point for comparison.

If it were me, I'd want to see one for myself before committing the larger amount of money for greater realism.

Would you like me to bounce the request for personal experience along to people I know who might have an opinion?

[starkyld.livejournal.com]

The first link just led to a discussion with my husband re: lint.

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

Um, this might be a bit forward but I have one of those (in a package, never been used) that stevefava got when he was fixing computers at a fetish shop.

If you want it, it's yours.

[cookie-cm.livejournal.com]

Too fun! Were I there, I'd go just to watch this demo/discussion :)

[rm.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a 10am thing, so it's not going to be a major topic so much as it's going to be one of those fabulous throwaway lines that has random hilarious people coming up to me about it all weekend.

[fuyukodachi.livejournal.com]

I think it depends on the type of underwear you'll be wearing and how obvious you want your cock to be. I wear boxers because tighter underwear are uncomfortable for me, and I find the first one tends to make me look partially erect, which I'm not particularly interested in looking while I'm in Whole Foods picking out produce. But since you're using this for cosplay, the obviousness of it would be much less of an issue. So.

I have also had the soft pack migrate even though I wear it with a harness. My cock fell out of my pants and I just barely caught it before it hit the ground.

[sykii.livejournal.com]

Just FYI, your icon reassures me that there is goodness and beauty left in the universe.

[elionwyr.livejournal.com]

Are you doing strictly Jack for the con?

(Random: Was watching Torchwood ep 12 and the "Vote Saxon" posters made me think of you.)

[6-bleen-7.livejournal.com]

The more expensive model I expect would look much more realistic inside trousers. However—speaking as an anatomist, of course—I doubt either one would stand up to a good feeling-up, no matter how well anchored, because a discerning feeler would expect the skin to slide around on the shaft.

[shipchan.livejournal.com]

You should get one for the following reasons:
A. I just tramatized my brother by opening the links in front of him.
B. Jack will have a bigger cock then Owen and Ianto, meaning all will be right in the world.

Plus, I have a really odd image of you using the previous one as a candle and melting it for some reason. Don't know why, but
I would like to know if I'm right (probably not but oh well).

Not a recommendation, but a couple of suggestions...

[gement.livejournal.com]

Since it doesn't hold up to visual inspection anyway, I keep my soft-pack in a piece of nylon stocking, sewn off at the open end so the knot doesn't make a big lump. This means I never ever ever have to think about lint. The stocking gives it better grip in underwear, too; I usually just tuck it between the layers of a pair of Y-fronts, and it stays in place.

I haven't played with Mr. Right... It's always seemed like one of those neither-fish-nor-foul solutions that doesn't quite pass as a packie and doesn't quite do it as a piston of rock-hard manmeat.

Ahem.

I'll be in my bunk.

Edited: sorry, I hadn't clicked at the links (being at work)... Mr. Right is what I have, and works well in the stocking. It's very proportional and totally non-functional. The other kind is way too big, by my lights, for any kind of realism. On the other hand, I don't walk around in a persona with a constant hard-on.

The neither-fish-nor-fowl ones are the kind that are technically capable of penetration but fold up enough for packing. They're just weird.

[capulet-rose.livejournal.com]

If you do want to get a Mr. Right, it's quite a bit cheaper at Blowfish.

They did say that it gets a bit sticky...

*facepalms*

...and I'm off to the Nifty.org archive to feed the very dirty image that that little sentence just brought up.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

I have been meaning to ask around as to whether transparent face powder would work just as well as cornstarch or talc on such things, because really, white powder vs. costuming = fail. But the above-mentioned nylons solution sounds both highly workable and amusing as heck in its own weird way, although I would probably start with a knee-high or kids' nylon for less bulk.