Strange Things You've Had to Research for Your Writing

… What’s being blown up? 0.0

I researched molotov cocktails :joy:

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  • How to make an ‘old fashioned’
  • How much an armored car weighs
  • How fast a train travels
  • Do airstrips have towers?
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A lot of things, my Mc likes blowing things up

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Airstrip like where planes land?

We all have those days :joy:. But most of us would end up in jail XD.

There’s been a few things that are morbid and I’ve been like “please no one arrest me” XD

Like
-If blood loss impacts the onset of rigor mortis
-Eastern European birthing rituals
-If a cut Achilles Tendon could heal at all without modern surgery

But I’ve also done some non-morbid funny ‘research’!

-WikiHow articles about how to get a girlfriend or how to be emo
-Old slang words for genitals
-The history of towels :joy:

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Lol

Me xD

Wiki be trifling sometimes, haha.

I would think it would :eyes:.

I think no, but I also like the idea of instant sandals xD.

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I remember once I had drama with a mapmaker because he wanted to make changes to my own map (shorten distances, change vegetation, add names etc.) so I legit had to research how long it would take to walk over a certain amount of kilometers of solidified water in hasty conditions to convince him my map matched my world building :+1:

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Oh dang XDD

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Dedication xD also, shows him xD like your world xD.

I thought the same, but it actually doesn’t, according to everything I read! Rigor mortis is strictly a product of the muscle fibers, and they’ll seize up at the same rate even without blood flow. Unless the body is moved after it starts.

Sadly, that knowledge will never come in handy except for one scene in one book XD And I feel like I’m on some sort of a watchlist

Yeah, I couldn’t find much about it. Seems like if you don’t have modern medicine or magical healing, you’ll never walk the same again

If you know any good ones, send them my way! :joy: I could always learn more!

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Yeah, turns out some have towers, some don’t. I needed one that had a tower :slight_smile:

After that I investigated if a sniper would be able to enter, to snipe at a building OUTSIDE the airstrip. That’s airport security and a definite no no no when it comes to Google searches. Well, I’ll be flagged by now in every NSA and CIA database I guess…

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Oh yeah, you’re on a watch list somewhere xD.

the ones i can remember:

  • Vampires (every single thing you can think of I researched it)
  • werewolves (every single thing you can think of, I researched it)
  • how far deep someone has to bite (in regards to the neck) till that person actually dies.
  • a lot of stuff about organs
  • transformations, vampires and werewolves
  • everything about car accidents
  • murders (how to kill someone quickly, etc)

Totally not suspicious looks around Yep, I’m innocent

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We should share notes :grin:

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… I just realized this thread is just evidence for investigators :joy:

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I do the same thing too!

I also research some diseases & biology related topic for my vampire stuff xD

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Ooo, what interesting biological tidbits did you find 0.0

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we’ll just wait for them to come to our door at some point.

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I like how you think :joy:.

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