Round 113, Hour 19

[glinda]

This hour appears to be all about research, what esoteric subject have you had to look up for a fic lately? Have you ever found anything you researched for a fic that came in handy at work or elsewhere and did you have a good excuse ready for why you knew it?

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[xandromedovna]

I accidentally wikistumbled into reading about the Atari burial of 1983, so now I'm gonna try and get back on track by trying to learn more about cursive as taught in mid-20th century US

I'm also working (ha) on a fic for my dissertation that involves circumnavigating the globe in a boat, so I've learned a LOT about boating and geography that has served me well watching Jeopardy lol also I learned what Armistice Day is researching a fic, which I should probably know now that I live in a country that celebrates it

ETA: also living for this icon

[glinda]

I mean, I started in on this particular rabbit hole looking up something about Theramins -less of a stretch than you’d think - so you have my sympathy.

At least you can claim that as dissertation research! Though to be fair I did my own in sound design, so there’s any amazing multitude of radio/microphone/sound related oddness - from heist comms to spyware to audio based ‘enchanted interrogation techniques’ - that can be swept under that if need be!

(I don’t have enough opportunities to use that icon!)

[xandromedovna]

because Theremins were based off of proximity detection systems! (I was a music major in another life haha)

[lilly_c]

Still wrangling the FAQs for Stargate Big Bang, it's the last of the mod posts to be finished. I may just save the file and get back to it tomorrow.

[glinda]

Oooh good luck with that, I wish I could think there’s any likelihood of me managing a Big Bang this year, it lots of fun!

[lilly_c]

Thanks, I'm hoping that I can finish a Big Bang while running it. I had lots of fun with a kid fic Big Bang I did years ago.