I wish I knew more about textiles
I have a character with strong bioelectric powers (she also has tentacles, a cute girlfriend, and a love of overly elaborate superweapons, but these are not immediately relevant). Since I'm the sort of person who gets compulsive about petty worldbuilding details before I have more than a few shreds of plot, I want to know what kind of underwear she's wearing. Her setting is based on Victorian Europe, and there's plenty of Victorian costuming resources out there, but her powers would probably make wearing anything made out of a highly flammable fabric a bad idea.
I know that rayon would be right out, even if she could make some with her Mad Scientist skills. Everything I've read on wool suggests that, for a natural fiber, it's very fire-resistant, but woolen underwear during a continental-climate summer doesn't sound that comfortable.
I know that rayon would be right out, even if she could make some with her Mad Scientist skills. Everything I've read on wool suggests that, for a natural fiber, it's very fire-resistant, but woolen underwear during a continental-climate summer doesn't sound that comfortable.