Things I'm Wondering About

[ithildin]

Random things I'm wondering about today as my brain leaps from one fic to another.

Would the stays in a corset deflect a knife so that instead of it stabbing where it was intended, it would go in at a different angle, potentially causing a less serious wound?

What was the most popular serious/hardcore recreational drug during the Roaring Twenties? Was opium still being used heavily?

What about the teeth of Immortals anyway? Would they never wear down? Would they grow back if knocked out, or are lots of Immies wearing dentures?

Early nineteenth pistols. Need to know more. Must look through collected websites soonish.

Just what did happen when Charlotte went to Bali with Tony? Will they ever tell me? Do I really want to know?

If Ezra Standish had to choose another name for a new persona, what would it be?

Later: Wow! I wasn't expecting so much random pondering help [g] And some of these aren't even for any specific purpose, just idle curiosity. Like the immie teeth one. Why am I wondering about it? Not a klew! I just am.

Comments

[pen37.livejournal.com]

I'd look at corset patterns for the time period in which you are setting your story. That would probably give you the best idea.

As far as hardcore drugs, Most of my research seems to indicate that opium in china experienced a renassance after a nationwide chineese crackdown. So if you set the opium den in a chinatown setting, that might possibly work. But those crazy americans were bobbing their hair, smoking (sometimes mj), listening to Jazz and hanging out in the speaks.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

It doesn't have to be opium, just would be cool! [g] The person in question would be a 200 year old immortal, so might be less inclined to go with what's trendy. Heh.