Giant Revolving Door of Death at the Hyatt
That thing was evil. The revolving doors might as well have been blades. Woosh! Woosh! Thunk! "Only the penitent geek shall pass!"
Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!
Numero Cinco ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Sep 10, 2007 9:14:00 am PDT #9439 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Allyson - Sep 10, 2007 9:15:45 am PDT #9440 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
ita, did you get my e about the cranial sachral thingy?
Nutty - Sep 10, 2007 9:17:49 am PDT #9441 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Such a strange thing to be expert on, I know, though it's entirely practical for the kind of writing I do!
I would point and laugh, except that I recently spent several days reading up on how and why one might manufacture wrought iron rounds, and if one did, how one would do so in the context of modern (cartridge) weapons.
As Ple likes to say, thank you fandom for turning me into Rainman.
Dana - Sep 10, 2007 9:19:41 am PDT #9442 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Okay, strangest thing you've researched for a story, fanfic or otherwise. Go!
I think my examples are pretty mundane. The easterly route of I-10 from Los Angeles. Baseball stats. Information about shih-tzus. Canada.
§ ita § - Sep 10, 2007 9:22:35 am PDT #9443 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I did, but haven't organised myself, Paperdol. I will...soon. But soon will be after this migraine. Which may need ER. Bleargh.
If you're not in great shape, you really shouldn't wear a bra and panties to perform.
Shots of Britney at the VMAs. I haven't seen her in motion--her body looks good here, though.
Theodosia - Sep 10, 2007 9:24:49 am PDT #9444 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
How to make fire without matches and the history of dirigibles. (Not simultaneously, though it turns out that the Hindenburg did have a airlock-sealed smoking lounge.)
sarameg - Sep 10, 2007 9:29:03 am PDT #9445 of 10001
I had a friend in university who was working on shunting her mind to her navel,
An aspiring zombie?
Susan W. - Sep 10, 2007 9:29:10 am PDT #9446 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Okay, strangest thing you've researched for a story, fanfic or otherwise.
I needed to know the exact year British enlisted soldiers stopped being made to flour their hair. Also, the deployment of the British army in the year my alternate history WIP goes alternate (so I know where my chess pieces are before I start moving them around on the board). I ended up asking Bernard Cornwell for help on the latter when I saw him at a writers conference this summer, and he was able to point me toward a source (very obscure and out-of-print, but fortunately not to expensive on abebooks). My next step was going to be seeing if the UK war office had some kind of staff historian, which felt a lot more daunting than chatting to a famous author after a workshop.
§ ita § - Sep 10, 2007 9:29:42 am PDT #9447 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Over the weekend I read a little about what's coming up in fashion this season. They used the term "clash" to describe the combination of navy and black. Do y'all see that as a clash? They might not be worn together much, but I think they look okay.
Kat - Sep 10, 2007 9:29:54 am PDT #9448 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I can't get to it, ita, but you can find her on her performance on YouTube. She was pretty zombieriffic. Very much going through the smallest motions of it all.