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| Alfred F. Jones:
Nope, I've never even tried to play around with the skin function yet, sorry. |
| Alfred F. Jones:
I feel like a double post tonight! All right, so, I found this a few nights ago. http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/ It's an encyclopaedia of Shinto. It is super useful. (Almost too useful, as Iced put it to me.) I will post it here that it may be a good online resource for fic research. Apart from obvious answers like TouhouWiki and Wikipedia, what other online resources do you folks use to do your research? |
| Iced Fairy:
--- Quote from: Takamachi Ruroha on April 13, 2012, 09:49:38 AM ---Apart from obvious answers like TouhouWiki and Wikipedia, what other online resources do you folks use to do your research? --- End quote --- Hm... I can't really think of online sites. I mean beyond standard google abuse that is. I will state that I draw a lot from nature and non ZUN demonology for my characterizations. For magicians I use a lot of MAGE, for the demons I abuse western demonology. Crow and wolf tengu get societal quirks from their brethren, though I always try to make sure the human side also stays prominent. Giving yourself an area to search really helps in those matters. As an aside I find myself using Lone Wolf and Cub again for pseudo-historical reference. The little bits about face and fealty can be useful when working with the older more traditional characters. Though as youkai most of them break those taboos. |
| Aya Squawkermaru:
--- Quote from: Takamachi Ruroha on April 13, 2012, 09:49:38 AM ---I feel like a double post tonight! All right, so, I found this a few nights ago. http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/ It's an encyclopaedia of Shinto. It is super useful. (Almost too useful, as Iced put it to me.) I will post it here that it may be a good online resource for fic research. Apart from obvious answers like TouhouWiki and Wikipedia, what other online resources do you folks use to do your research? --- End quote --- :3 This pleases me. Mythology is one of my favorite things ever, and difficulty in finding information about Shinto Mythology has always annoyed me. Thank you~ Anyway, if I recall correctly, when I was writing the story about Elly (oh man, because that would totally ever have gotten finished :P) I mostly just drew on the wiki, though Terry Pratchett's concept of a Death character probably influenced it in some way, too. |
| Alfred F. Jones:
I found a thing: http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/helpful-resources-sites/threads/27468 It's an interesting challenge indeed, but a tough one. I don't quite agree with everything he says, but I like the idea of it and I'll see if I can't give it a shot. |
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