Working on a fic set in a futuristic "space opera" verse. Not all the characters are human, but this ain't hard science, so I'm expecting to finesse a lot of things.

( It's involved. Bear with me. )

Hello, little_details! Some of you may have seen my post about how a trans boy might be affected by getting turned into a werewolfWell, I'm back with yet more questions. Namely, I'm trying to figure out what my FtM character's transition will be, phsyiologically, from childhood. However, most of what I find about transitions is how someone who has ( Read more... )

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Hello again, little-details. It's been a while (and a change of name) since I posted here, so hopefully I'm getting this right.

Setting: A mash-up historical period, with some elements from later Medieval and some post-Medieval, vaguely Scandinavian in feel, with magic in existence but very rare (other than the abundant presence of dragons). (For ( Read more... )

( Cut for length and dehumanization. Also contains aliens. )

Trigger Warning, by the way, but I didn't want to use a cut since the question is not that long.

Hi everyone!

I have a character who was kidnapped from his family at age four and has spent the last twelve years of his life locked in a basement where he was routinely abused and neglected, and not really spoken to beyond a few short orders. He's been ( Read more... )

Googled: language acquisition, second language + child ( Read more... )

What effects would anti-psychotic medication have on a child suffering from PTSD, but who isn't really suffering from schizophrenia ( Read more... )

One of the main characters in my sci-fi novel is a nine year old girl with a diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy. I'm gearing into heavy research mode, and I'm looking for reading material--books, especially, but also articles that might be available online. (What I wouldn't give to be back in college and have J-STOR at my fingertips--alas.) I'm ( Read more... )

Setting ( Read more... )