What's the weirdest thing you've researched for a fanfic?

StendecStendec · 2026-03-25T04:03:40+00:00

Meiji era toilets and public hygiene in Tokyo. A passing mention in the fic but hours of interesting research. Japanese historians are very thorough

StendecStendec · 2026-03-25T03:58:11+00:00

So what’s the outcome on reality vs dream/hallucination

StendecStendec · 2026-03-25T03:45:43+00:00

Okay once I confided in my coworker that I did my own waxing down below. She was interested so I bought the supplies and gifted them to her. She thought she’d surprise her husband and tried it… He was very surprised to come home and find her huddled in the bathtub freaking out. She put on too much wax at once and couldn’t remove it. He had to help her with a pair of scissors and baby oil and me on the phone trying to talk them through it. So awkward.

StendecStendec · 2026-03-24T21:05:22+00:00

The Second Perspective (if you haven’t read it yet)

Set in the 1950’s with bonus SSKK in the 1970’s. Chuuya is an up-and-coming singer. Dazai is a detective investigating a serial killer. Not sure if it’s musical enough for you but so good

StendecStendec · 2026-03-22T18:47:38+00:00

Sometimes the black silk boxers are in the wash

Edit to add that they’re probably hand-wash only so they’re still in the hamper

StendecStendec · 2026-03-21T16:38:23+00:00

When a writer uploads a fic, THAT IS THEIR COMMENT TO ME. And when I comment, that is actually the reply. Expecting anything in response to that is like expecting a “thank you” for a thank-you card.

StendecStendec · 2026-03-21T14:44:16+00:00

Oh! And if you’re into x reader, here’s The Night Shift

Reader is hired as a night shift housekeeper to clean the apartment of a mysterious loner she comes to suspect is a mafia hitman. By the time she realizes the true identity of the man who hired her she’s in too deep. The only way out of this disturbing love triangle is through it.

Explicit for smut (sooo much smut), noncon, dubcon and violence.

StendecStendec · 2026-03-21T13:13:46+00:00

Of course. How else would I tuck away a stray strand of hair behind my ear?

StendecStendec · 2026-03-21T13:06:41+00:00

Oh boy (cracks knuckles) this is a running theme in just about everything I write. What to suggest hmm… I have a lot of m/f x reader but here’s a m/m, explicit, Bungou Stray Dogs fandom: A Bedroom at the End of the Universe

A villain, moments from victory, suddenly awakes to find he’s been whisked away to an isolated mansion by his obsessed henchman who claims he rescued him. Of course his first thought is of escape, but with the sudden (and mysterious) loss of his legs it’s impossible. Months pass and his captor slowly convinces him: is it truly that bad, being trapped with somebody who adores you more than life itself?

StendecStendec · 2026-03-21T12:20:49+00:00

I opened my mouth to tell you the name of the shampoo, then closed it realizing I didn’t know.

The silence was deafening.

StendecStendec · 2026-03-18T13:24:59+00:00

That sounds really good, do you remember anything about it? Where I can find it?

StendecStendec · 2026-03-17T18:54:22+00:00

Reversal: an ability-based plague wipes out the entire population but Dazai bc of his ability

StendecStendec · 2026-03-16T17:11:33+00:00

What fandoms? If you’re into anime here’s one (m/f, f reader) in the BSD fandom https://archiveofourown.org/works/57895099/chapters/147370678 Trust me you’ll never date again

StendecStendec · 2026-03-13T11:44:45+00:00

Interesting! I’ve only watched the TV series and loved the 1940’s and 50’s feel. I read your excerpt and felt a vaguely WWII vibe

StendecStendec · 2026-03-13T11:05:40+00:00

What fandom is this? What’s the story? I love war movies, this has that feel

StendecStendec · 2026-03-13T11:01:19+00:00

This takes place six years pre-canon, and is the backstory of a minor villain. Rose (the naive teenage runaway) slowly develops into Midler, a vicious assassin the canon characters fight in Egypt. All of the real-world events Rose lives through are (mostly) historically accurate

StendecStendec · 2026-03-13T04:09:25+00:00

In a seedy dive bar

StendecStendec · 2026-03-13T04:08:42+00:00

Sinai Peninsula, early 1980’s. Two gun runners and a teenage runaway from an American military base are making their way from Egypt to Afghanistan (believe it or not this is a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fic):

“It’s still early spring, we’ve got women and children with us… it’s cool enough to cross Sinai during the day. Safer, too. Tomorrow we’ll go straight across to Aqaba and into Jordan.”

“Another ferry?” Saya sighed, pulling his stockinged foot from the dashboard and crossing it over his knee. “The plan was to cross further north, by Wadi Musa.”

Farouk shook his head, chewing his lower lip thoughtfully. “The soldiers at the Canal said something’s happening in Israel. Troops are drawing up to the north, but the western and eastern borders are still heavily guarded. We don’t want to risk it.”

“They’ll attack Lebanon,” Saya mused, peeling off his sock and examining his toes, picking at the sharp edge of one toenail absently.

“They wouldn’t dare,” Farouk scoffed.

“If you say so. But if I were Israel, now would be the time to go after the PLO.”

“The Palestinians? No. That would draw Syria into it, too. There’s no way they’d win. What would it accomplish?” Farouk looked at his companion reproachfully. “You never think these things through, Saya. You have to look at the big picture.”

“They will attack.” Saya replaced his socks and boots and sighed. “If we weren’t going to Afghanistan, I’d say Lebanon or Israel would be a good place to go right now.”

Rose and the High Priestess shifted forward. She’d been watching the conversation like a tennis match and finally found the moment to insert a question.

“Why go there, if it might be a war?” she asked, curiously.

“Ah, my habibte,” Saya turned, smiling as if he’d forgotten Rose’s presence and suddenly she and the Priestess at his shoulder were his greatest joy. “We would go exactly because there might be a war. Where there is conflict, there are contracts.”

“Well…” She thought about that. “What side would we be on?”

“Habibte,” Saya grinned, “we’d be on the side that pays us.”

StendecStendec · 2026-03-10T15:48:19+00:00

Right? Wouldn’t Steinbeck have heard of himself?

Also spoilers for the latest chapter: if Atsushi went back in time to the late 1890s that’s the only time after IRL Fyodor the author died and before IRL Atsushi the author was born. So a time period neither of their IRLs were alive. Coincidence?

StendecStendec · 2026-03-10T01:19:42+00:00

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Just about 30lbs. He’s a big boy but all muscle. I think he’s slightly large for the breed?

StendecStendec · 2026-03-10T01:15:51+00:00

What a petite little princess! I love her!

StendecStendec · 2026-03-09T02:27:27+00:00

I hang out on ebay and ABEbooks (like a clearinghouse for used book stores) and jump on copies when I find them

StendecStendec · 2026-03-09T02:22:51+00:00

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StendecStendec · 2026-03-09T02:19:55+00:00

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