#fanfic research

[zukkaart]

I have an ideeaaaa

So I’m gonna make an Ao3 series each based on a Stick Season song, BUT to make sure they’re not just the same thing over and over, each one is going to have a different main plot device. AND I’m gonna let the people pick the ship!

So first come first served. Lmk what AtLA ship you want to see for what song! See below for songs and plots (links to the lyrics are provided)

Northern Attitude: four nations, four languages

Stick Season: I’ve been hiking all day and I’m absolutely NOT lost but uhhh could I maybe stay at your campsite?

All my love: PLEASE pretend to be my bf/gf this weirdo won’t leave me alone

She Calls Me Back: Soulmates have matching tattoos

Come Over: no I mean it you can’t come over my family is insane

New Perspective: A is deaf, B is CODA

Everywhere, Everything: Flower shop owner / tattoo artist

Orange Juice: I was dragged to this party and I hate everyone here

Strawberry Wine: first date

Growing Sideways: A is burning the candle at both ends, B has to talk them off the ledge of a mental breakdown

Halloween: haunting/being haunted

Homesick: what it says on the tin, A is homesick

Still: The first words your soulmate says to you are tattooed on your body

The View Between Villages: adult A gets snapped back into their S1 self via spirit world shenanigans

Your Needs, My Needs: love at first sight

Dial Drunk: A gets arrested, B has to bail them out

Paul Revere: I just moved to a new town, my apartment fell through. Help?

No Complaints: Amnesia

Call Your Mom: my family is more screwed up than yours, prove me wrong

You’re Gonna Go Far: At exactly midnight on new years following your 16th birthday, you get 5 minutes in your soulmates body

Please rb/comment so i can get as many ships as possible! Thank you!

#avatar the last airbender #atla #Atla ships #fic ideas #fic idea #Atla one shots #sokka #sokka avatar the last airbender #zuko #zukka #mailee #Ty Lee #Azula #Katara #aang #toph #Suki #Mai #princess azula #fire lord zuko #fanfiction #fanfic research #prints #writing prompts #fanfic prompt

[16woodsequ]

This is a very long shot but does anyone know anything about what happened to a dead soldier's things during ww2?

I saw one article about a woman in Canada receiving her son's sweater, but I'm really struggling to find anything useful telling me the process of how/if things got home

#research question #ww2 #soldiers' personal items #question #help #fanfic research

[ecoamerica]

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[gwenkatana]

Cooking up some Priest Set and his mother headcanons based on research:

Scribes could go on and study to be teachers, physicians and priests. But you had to come from a family of scribes to become one. We don’t know much about Set’s mom so perhaps she was scribe who became a physician. A woman could become a scribe if she came from a family of scribes. Maybe that’s how she meets Set’s father? Physician in the war before the creation of the items? And that’s how Set is able to become a scribe, which would led to becoming a priest, then a sacred guardian of the millennium rod.

Ancient Egyptians wrote poetry including love poems. Set most definitely wrote some love poetry about Kisara. Waxing poetic about her blue eyes, her pearlescent white hair, fine as silk.

Scribes could add their writings in the ancient Egyptian version of a library called the House of Life. Anything added to the House of Life would be copied to the celestial House of Life of the gods. The library of the gods definitely contains some of Set’s love sick poems about Kisara.

#yugioh #kisara #fanfic headcanons #headcanons #priest set #priest seto #priest seth #mizushipping #blueshipping #set being down bad for kisara #fanfic research

[chenfordspiral]

Whoever might be monitoring my google searches.. I swear I’m not a criminal or villain. I just needed to know the accurate terms of all the parts of a handgun as carried by police 🫣

#fanfic research #things to worry about #this is what I mean when I say I overthink everything 😂

[no-nightingalez]

Extremely important question for fanfic research, do British people have cookouts? Like not for a holiday or a specific reason, just random cookouts? Cause I’m writing a Doctor Who fanfic rn and Im halfway through plotting the next chapter (where the nobles, 14, and mel all have a cookout for funsies) and all of a sudden I’m hit with the dread of this possibly just being a region specific thing.

#brit picking #fanfic research #writing research #british #doctor who

[howtobecomeadragon]

on the plus side, while doing research and looking up hairstyles from the 1700s, i found this!!! look everyone, it's Mike, Will, and El 😂

Title: Lady Smith (Charlotte Delaval) and Her Children (George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte)

Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds

#byler #historical art #fanfic research

[bearsinpotatosacks]

Just realised that there is a reason I don't write in depth medical scenes for fics. I am doing so much research into overdosing, how to stop it, how to stop seizures, what happens if the heart goes too fast, how to stop that, etc that I swear I will have a medical degree soon lol

#why did i decide to write er fanfic #it's not even like star trek where you can make up a bunch of futuristic stuff #it's modern-ish stuff #and unless i'm directly copying a scene #i have to do a bunch of research to make the fic seem accurate to the show #or at least accurate enough for my liking #this goes out to the bnf #if nobody else has me i know you do #er #e.r #aos #tos #fanfic research

[xenokattz]

Fun info for BPWF/Talokan fen, to help with world-building and all:

#talokan #nashuri #attoye #shuriri #black panther wakanda forever #fanfic #fanfic research #Youtube

[leche-flandom]

One tries not to assume anything about authors who are doing their best, of course, but I once read a fic where they used RUM?! AS?! LUBE?! and I thought, "This teetotaling virgin just wrote the hottest cocktail."

#if for a pain kink i'd get it but they clearly believed hard liquor would slicken everyone right up without any effects and i just #google is free #writing research #fanfic research #fanfic writing #fanfic #fanfiction #writing things #smut #fanfiction.net #ffn.net #writing #pun pun-pun-pun PUN! #pun very much intended

[sksninja]

Having an absolute normal one while waiting for TotK

So for some goddess-forsaken reason while running around in BotW, I had the thought over how much in game time it would take to get from one area of the map to the other.

I mean, it’s a pretty big map yea? How long would it take Link to get around if teleporting wasn’t an option?

So I started with going from the Great Plateau to the Dueling Peaks Stable.

It took 8.5 in-game hours to run from one end to the other when stopping to fight monsters. It took 6.5 to run once the path had been cleared. 

It took 19.5 in-game hours to walk (moving while crouched is comparable to slightly moving the control stick to walk so I was able to save my thumbs thank Hylia), and thanks to a “convenient” blood moon I also learned it takes 23.5 hours when you need to fight off those monsters that see you.

Trotting on horseback (faster than a walk, slower than a gallop) also took 6.5 hours. So running is about equal to casual horse-riding. Good to know! Galloping took 4 in-game hours (walking on horseback is slower than Link’s walking pace so I decided I didn’t need to know that one).

But I also realized that horse gallop-speed varies based on the horse! So this called for more testing.

But wow. The scenery is getting stale.

Lets switch it up by going from Dueling Peaks Stable to Hateno!

On a two-star speed horse it took 4.5 in-game hours; three-star was 4; and four-star was 3.

Oh what else? Lets go from the stable to Kakariko!

That’s closer so lets take it easy with a nice horse trot. 4 hours. Which is also equal to Link running on foot. Nice.

Another scenery change! How about the Outskirts Stable to the Lost Woods entrance?

Travel speed? Trotting on horseback does seem like a realistic traveling pace, so let’s stick with that. 3 hrs. Cool.

What next, what next... How about travel between stables! Let’s do Outskirt Stable to Gerudo Stable.

Hmm, and we’ve been spoiling ourselves with that horse auto-pathing. Let’s WALK. Even having pre-cleared the path of monsters, walking took 27 in-game hours. OOF.

So yea. I’m having fun. What am I doing with this information? Well so far I’ve a bunch of messy hand-written notes on some scrap cardboard. And then I made this tumblr post. Maybe I’ll make a spreadsheet (I like those).

And hey, BOTW FIC WRITERS. Do you want to know how long it would take to get from one point of the map to the other at whatever traveling speed? Want me to include things like resting for meals or nighttime or waiting out the rain? I’LL FUCKING DO IT. Just throw me reply/comment/ask. I’m basically looking for a reason here.

And in the meantime, I’ll keep up with the game file I got going where I make Link actually GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP at night (or at least resting by a fire and pretending he’s sleeping), and am keeping a tally of how many in-game days it takes me to rescue Zelda. So far I’ve activated all towers, made it to all towns, and calmed Vah Ruta. It’s been 79 in-game days. There have been 7 blood-moons. Our boy is so well rested 😌

#botw #Breath of the Wild #waiting for TotK #fanfic research #this shit is fun #give me more to do #the yiga ambushes are actually easier walking vs running cause you can just elemental-arrow them in the face more easily #realizing trotting was the same speed as running was a game changer #monsters mess with you a lot less on horseback #I really hope people message me with travel requests #I think it'd be fun #i am SO hype for TotK holy SHIT #okay maybe I should be like my Link and go to sleep myself #PEACE OUT

[curator-on-ao3]

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Oh! Thank you so much for this opportunity, @divinemissem13! 💕

For the “fanfic director’s cut” meme, I want to talk about Your Voice Takes Me Home, a Pikeuna one-shot that’s about going home to someone we love at the end of a long day. It’s also about the history of:

Star Trek

feminism/women in the workplace

telephony

women’s fashion

the light bulb

Okay, so, yeah. A lot is going on here. The story is a modern AU in which Una calls Chris to let him know she’s leaving work to come home to him … through the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. In other words, every decade from the filming of “The Cage” (when Una says she’s on her way) until the premiere of Strange New Worlds (when she finally gets home to Chris). The rectangular lit-up train station Chris reaches in the 2010s (that Una has been in before) symbolizes Chris as a main character in Star Trek: Discovery (while Una guest stars a few times). The “box of light” that is the garage of their home symbolizes both of them as main characters in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. (I figure their appearances in Short Treks work between those two.)

I’ve had people ask me, within the universe of the story, what’s up with the slip-sliding through time, if Chris and Una are immortal beings or stuck in some sort of temporal punishment or what. The answer in my head is that every decade has a Chris and Una. Every decade has their togetherness and their kindness toward each other and their gentle love — a connection forged in the 1960s and back on our TV screens in the 2020s. The Chrisses and the Unas all love each other and all get home to each other safely, in every decade. We only get to see them reunite in the 2020s, but they always make it home to each other because that’s what everyone should have — safety at home, whether that’s with another person or a pet or a plant or peace and quiet or joyful chaos. What Chris and Una want — and get — should be universal: home. (Kathryn Janeway has entered the chat.)

Research for this story was wild. I had to find out how car phones worked. I needed to know what emoji were available in the 2010s. I looked up professions popular for women in each decade, when LED light bulbs began, what typewriter covers were made of, and so much more. The location of the story is purposefully left amorphous so Chris and Una are more relatable, but I picture their house in Long Island, New York.

Things I think about often: Chris lovingly scolding Una for texting and driving, Una’s clothing in each decade, the sweep of Una’s headlights as she turns from the street into the driveway, the horseshoe on their home as a testament to Chris standing up to his dad.

I worked really hard on sensory details — the teacher’s lounge sofa that sighs a cigarette smoke smell, the tick-tack sound of Una’s turn signal, the rubbery buttons on the plastic car phone, the rushing river of white of perpendicular traffic in the night.

It also was important to me that Chris’ moods affect Una because I think that happens in canon … and when people love each other.

Anyway, I feel like this is a “simple” story about going home, but also a meta commentary that touches on a lot of things that are important to me.

So, yeah. Your Voice Takes Me Home. Thank you again for giving me a chance to talk about this one, @divinemissem13 — it means a lot to me. ❤️

#fanfic director’s cut #i love asks #fanfic research #unusual fanfic topics #modern au #time is wild man #una chin riley #christopher pike #pikeuna #pikeuna fanfic #pikeone #pikeone fanfic #thank you again #divinemissem13

[zukkaart]

Not to be a BioMedical major on the main but IF SOMEONE PASSES OUT AND DOESNT WAKE UP FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES THATS A COMA POOKIE THEY DIDNT JUST TAKE A LITTLE NIPPY NAP

#just saying #just sayinnngggg #‘you passed out #‘you’ve been out for days’ #LIKE HUH #NO #THATS A COMA #ILL SAY IT AGAIN #COMMAAAAA #fanfic #fanfic research #fanfic writing #story research #story writing #medicine

[wammbam]

#i beseech you to be kind to me #i read a fic yesterday and i got hooked on mox being a cat so im writing a thing #aew #wheeler yuta #fanfic research

[gwenkatana]

It’s so interesting to see the traits Priest Set has and by extension Kaiba, that are probably attributable to Set, the god.

Set is the god of war, chaos, and storms. Associated with the desert and desert winds (and thus the color red), foreign lands and foreign people. Before he became the villainous counterpart to Osiris and Horus he was a hero god who saved Ra during his nightly descent from an evil serpent and ensured the sun rose again.

Now he’s the chaos to the order and good represented by Osiris and Horus. Necessary to the balance of life. And I think you can kind of see that balance play out in the rivalry between Atem and Set and Yugi and Kaiba, or at least see that was probably the intention behind the rivalry.

Interestingly, he’s also known to have had foreign consorts who were foreign goddesses. So there is even a basis for Set and Kisara’s love, if you see her as a powerful foreign entity, which I do.

#yugioh #fanfic research #fanfic headcanons #headcanons based on research #priest seth #priest seto #priest set #seto kaiba #kaiba #yu gi oh dm #blueshipping #mizushipping #Kisara #pharaoh atem #atem #yugi mutou #fanfic inspo

[lucky-fy]

Researching for fanfic writing >:3c

Farcille, Beastars AU.

#dungeon meshi #farcille #fanfic research #look at Fontbonne; that’s my professor and he’s queer :) #I don’t expect anyone but me to read the final product #but it’s ok #it’s entirely self-indulgent LOL

[village-of-simps]

Heisenberg’s Factory - B4 Materials 

“Medical log, revitalization surgery. This is my... 18th attempt. Subject is Oskar the stable boy, 20 years old. He fell down the well while drunk. Body’s in good condition. Chest incision complete. Now to remove the heart and vital organs, and implant the control device.  Excellent. Cadou has begun adhering to the nervous system. It’s progressing even faster than before. It seems upping the ratio of meta-albumin in the artificial blood was the right choice. Now to pass a current through the brain stem using 6600V.  Come on...it has to work this time. Yes...Yes! Hahaha! Wonderful! My creation! At last! I’ll get that bitch yet! Hahaha!  ...Ending recording.” Stuff I learned about Heisenberg so far:

He tries to be professional and level-headed but gets carried away quickly, especially when excited

He’s very smart and creative but also a slave to his temper

And impatient

Heisenberg must be quite lonely as he’s the only one not buying Miranda’s bullshit

It’s unclear when the medical log was recorded but it must’ve been long ago, considering the amount of successful subjects littering the factory

Heisenberg’s been working towards Miranda’s demise for decades

He leaves anything and everything behind

Both factory and owner are a MESS

#resident evil village #karl heisenberg #worldbuilding #fanfic research