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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?
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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As an aside I find myself using Lone Wolf and Cub again for pseudo-historical reference.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?
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: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.