What I learned today

[Percie Hobbes]

So I was doing more research today and I realized that all of us must do research for things we want to portray or have our characters do. So this is a thread to basically tell everyone (and provide links if you like!) for what you've learned today!

Obviously it doesn't have to be just today it COULD be the most interesting thing you have ever researched for a character or a thread!

For example:

When creating Percie I researched ~

How to be a private detective (Several different variations of this specifically)
Gunshot wounds (I had to text my paramedic father for further help with this)
Gunshot wounds around the shoulder and what they effect/how they heal
How to be a foster parent in the state of Vermont
Carry/conceal laws regarding firearms in the state of Vermont

And today for Axelle I learned how to properly wrap a hand in preparation for boxing!

So....What did YOU learn today?!

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I will be posting in this all the time, just you watch! I have done so much research it's not even funny! I'll be doing something old, then what I learned today in each post so I don't spam you with one extremely long post just to get caught up, yay!

When Oriel was in the hospital, for that entire storyline from the bite to a couple of weeks after he was released from the hospital, I researched:
Cottonmouth snake bites
Hemotoxins vs Neurotoxins
Progression of cottonmouth snake bites
Treatment of cottonmouth snake bites both in hospital and ambulance
Anxiety attacks
Anxiety disorders
Anger disorders
Anxiety medications
Pain medications
Interactions between Anxiety and pain medications used together
Rate of facial hair growth in a teenager

TODAY I learned:

That there are a lot of different ways to say the word "swollen".

I will learn more tomorrow! Or the next day!

[Captain Omega*]

For my tribe of chars I had to study (and those who've read some of mine will know who needed what):

- What a law clerk does versus a paralegal, and what both make
- What various types of engineers do and what they make
- Paralysis
- Cheese caves, natural and man-made
- Canning
- Korean slang
- the official Romanization rules for Hangeul
- Hispanic names commonly used in the United States
- the Los Angeles Opera
- the neighborhoods of Los Angeles
- Ferris wheels
- Special diet cooking - kosher, gluten free, Ramadan, vegan
- Jewish holidays and what they involve
- listing what day of the week Thanksgiving and the Lunar New Year occurred on for the last hundred years to find the day each most often fell on
- Airstream trailers
- fostering in Vermont
- Grizzly bears
- the effects of malnutrition
- California's Three Strikes Law
- animals native to Vermont
- assisting devices for physical handicaps
- the debut dates of various Kpop bands
- trees native to Denver
- the location of Lockheed Martin airplane hangars
- fields of technical illustration
- Social Anxiety Disorders
- how long getting a doctorate typically takes
- brain aneurisms
- information on the major Hispanic cities in California
- authentic Hispanic cooking
- boxing
- what a school cafeteria manager makes/duties
- the Welsh language and food
- teenage pregnancy, custody laws, and surrendering a child to the state
- various fact checks about high speed/long distance impacts
- how bad vision is at each prescription and what the numbers mean
- nocturnal enuresis and the maximum size for diapers for children
- Joshua Bernstein
- Cee Cohen
- if someone who could play the cello could teach viola (I actually asked my godmother, who teaches strings at an elementary school)
- the rules of alimony
- plesiosaurs
- discerning levels in gymnastics
- Altoid tin DIYs
- qualifications for becoming an electrician in Vermont
- and just because, hearing the singing of Jamie Lidell, Chromeo, Melissa Benoist, Ariana Grande, Icon for Hire, Patrick Wilson, Ioan Gruffudd, Anna Kendrick, Monika MHz, Bright Eyes, Lights Poxleitner, Alyson Stoner, and various others

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

I research a ridiculous amount - I think sometimes it's even a little excessive, but I don't ever wanna accidentally muck something up. I might follow Pheli's example xD

Alright - I'm having to do a lot of research for Eliza at the moment, and her history, medical stuff, etc. For this, I've researched -
-Disabilities and their causes
-Brain disorders and disability
-Spinal cord injury and causes
-Different severities of spinal cord injuries
-Spinal cord surgery
-Types of wheelchairs
-How to decorate a wheelchair
-The different areas of the brain and their functions
-The temporal lobe and its functions
-Tips for organization (yes, I researched this. My organization is awful.)
-Nut allergies and reactions

TODAY HOWEVER I learned:
-That there is a clone of Jonnay that lives in England
who wrote that

Nah, I learned that my GCSEs are turning out to be a lot easier than anticipated - and that's either a great occurrence, or it means I'm leaving a blazing wreck of terrible grades in my wake. Hoping for the first. Also, exams boards feel the need to point out the fact that mountains are made of rock, and that makes them "very, very heavy". Thank you, Einstein, I didn't realize.

I might learn more tomorrow. Or my head might implode from an overload of apple peace pear sauce. Who knows? xP

[Joshua Bernstein]

Ah, research. Some of these things overlap with the things other people have researched. Also I'm including challenges because I can.

Things I am always refreshing myself on because they are that important to Josh's character:

Jewish holidays and customs and traditional foods
Conservative Judaism and it's stances on various issues
What wine goes with X food?
Current events of the 70s/80s
Varying law related matters
New York City in the 70s/80/
The gay rights movement
The gay subculture in the 80s
The hanky code. I can't ever remember what color is what
Do people eat (food) in the northeastern United States?
Menus and types of desserts
Progressive political stances and news outlets
What's the weather like in Burlington

Other:
Sumptuary laws in the Middle Ages
If you survive having your throat slit, can you talk?
How long does it take to recover from broken ribs?
High blood pressure in middle aged men
Grocery stores and chain restaurants in the northeastern United States
When should you take a rabbit to the vet?
Types of rabbits
US immigration and the Holocaust
Events leading up to the Holocaust
Fostering in Vermont
How to become a judge in Vermont (Josh was ineligible)
How to run for town council in Vermont
Jews and the Civil War
When was the modern German state formed?
If Josh's family immigrated to the US in the 19th century would they be from Germany or Prussia?
Jews in Europe in the Middle Ages
Homosexuality in early America
Homosexuality and the DMV
PTSD
The progression of Alzheimer's
Essentially any movie Sean mentions they've watched
Political parties in Vermont

[Stefan Spencer]

I'm just gonna list a few things off the top of my head -

pranks to do in school
pranks gone wrong
bad pick-up lines
autism aid devices
Hispanic names
inanimate objects that look like humans

that's all i can think of at the moment, but i'm sure i got more

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For Junpei's character, I had to research:

Onmyoudou spells
Ayakashi and yokai
Buddhism
Buddhist monk clothing/trinkets/charms etc
Shintoism
Confucianism
Daoism
Japanese fairy tales
Japanese language every time he spoke it
Skateboarding
Skateboarding terms and tricks
Engrish t-shirts
Japanese Men's fashion magazines
Japanese customs/culture clash experiences
Skateboarding in Japan
Japanese dialects
Wealthy families in Japan/social expectations/academic expectations
Japanese cell phones
Feng shui
Other chi-related magics and spells.

Not all of these were used for the character on Hammel, but for the character in general. He's drifted over 4 rp sites and two comic book incarnations.

[Dakota Hyde]

For every single one of my characters I have had I research this.

Average height for woman/men at a certain age/ in general
Average weight ratio for the average height

Things I had to research for Kam for a plot that never happened
Teen pregnancy
Ratio for having twins
Parenting tips
Pregnancy trimesters


For Kota I had to research things about Buddhism, which was pretty interesting, and things on how a business company works.

For Yasmine I had to do a lot of research on Auras this was actually pretty fun to do.

For Mia I did a lot of research on Barrow Alaska, which really wasn't necessary but I had fun doing it.

For Hay-lin I had to do some research on Adoption/fostering. Some stuff I actually had to ask Sean about (thanks Sean!)

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Today I had to research:

Growth spurts in the average male teen
BMI
Sneezing
And synonyms for the words hopelessly and blearing

That is all, goodnight! <3

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

exAMS SUCK THAT IS WHAT I LEARNED

But anyway, here's some stuff and things, just random bits and bobs I can remember:
Disabled horse riding facilities in the US/Illinois/Vermont
Hats and Headwear
Birds native to Vermont
Bird sounds
Bird feathers
Bird wings
Librarianship Degrees
School librarian requirements
Disabled persons aiding equipment
Pastries
Average appearance of a French teen
Kpop, but I do that anyway
Vocaloid, but I do that anyway as well
All the states of America

There's other stuff, I'm going off of the top of my head. You could probably pinpoint a few things, if you know my charries xP <3

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Today I learned about:

High School courses and what people take in American high schools (thanks to Rae)
How graduation works (thanks to Lux)

MURICA

[Demetrius Wolfbane]

What I Learned:

-Finding information on how long it takes for a bird's wing to heal is a pain in the ass.
-Birds wings can take about six weeks ((should be set within 2 weeks, brace removed at 4)) to heal (though I suspect there is recuperation time and I'll need to multiple this to take into account Dem being kinda human)
-Bird wings need to be wrapped and stabilized for the entire time
-There is an insanely large possibility the bird might never fly again after the break
-I need to catch Sean to get a time frame for if I can have his power active the entire time or if only for like.... Till the brace comes off then they won't come out for the following 2 weeks...
-The Italian word for Woman, Miss, and Mother
-Flight patterns for vultures
-General vulture facts