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[ANON POST] Old Hip Injury
I have a character who recieved some sort of injury to one of his hips when he was 17 years old during a fight (which I'd like to keep knifeless, and the setting means that guns would be out of place). At the time he was tall, fairly fit and healthy, yet it did mean he was unable to walk without having some sort of support (like a crutch or ( ... )Leave a comment ( 5 )
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Writing Fic for the 1930s
"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing."
A compiled reference and fact guide to writing fic for the 1930s.
As asked for, here's the follow-up on my 1920s guide! [US-oriented]
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Medieval Resource
Great resource for "What did people do: in a Medieval City?" jobs, duties, careers - a really comprehensive list! from jaylake
EDIT: Please see syntinen_laulu's comment below - there is clearly issue with this list, so take it as a starting point and check it with other sources. If you can't use the OED (you need to be subscribed or at a library that is), there are ( ... )Leave a comment ( 21 )
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Injuries to cause slow recovery and difficulty moving
Hiya,
I'm writing a fanfic of Lewis and I have a plot line where the younger character, Sgt Hathaway, is kidnapped.
I'm not going to go into details of what actually happens to him in the story, its mostly going to be a fic about Lewis and Innocent (The boys' boss) worrying about him and visiting him in hospital and his subsequent recovery.
I need ( ... )Leave a comment ( 19 )
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Medieval priests too ill to celebrate mass
I've tried numerous Google searches, along the lines of "priests unable to say mass", "medieval priests too sick to celebrate mass", etc. I've also looked on the Wikipedia articles for "History of medieval Christianity" and "History of Christianity", as well as "Priesthood (Catholic Church)" and "Mass (liturgy)". I can't seem to find an answer to ( ... )Leave a comment ( 9 )
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Victorian/Edwardian terms for gay or bisexual men
I'm writing a delightfully awkward bit of fanfic where two drunk men about town in London of the 1880s decide to try snogging each other -- and enjoy it, to their surprise. I'm planning a bit of banter afterward as they somewhat tipsily try to make sense of it all, by playfully insulting each other (canonically, they have a definite bromance going ( ... )Leave a comment ( 25 )
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[ANON POST] Long-Term Antipsychotic Use
Alright, so my setting is in the not-too-distant future, in a secluded part of the northern United States. The basic premise is that a large community of people are kept isolated at what sort of a cross between a boarding school and a hospital. To prevent them from escaping or resisting, they are continuously dosed with a drug that keeps them ( ... )Leave a comment ( 15 )
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Child Custody Case in Pesent-Day New York City
I’ve tried various search terms about the process of filing for custody and what happens during a custody battle, but most of what I’ve found is very vague, sort of general explanations of different parts of the process, and I need something pretty specific.
Background: present-day New York City. Parents are mid-late twenties, unmarried, with a ( ... )Leave a comment ( 9 )
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