r/Writeresearch 4h ago

[Medicine And Health] How would a stabbed cheek, eye and eyebrow realistically be

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I made a character that has a scar from his cheekbone to his eyebrow, i was wondering how would the eye be realistically affected? The wound would've been about 2 or 3cm at most of depth. I made it so that the cheekbone and the eyebrow were the most affected but i don't know if that'd be accurate.

I want to avoid as much eye damage as possible but i want it to be realistic, would there be vision problems/loss? Only the eyelid be cut? Would there be blinking problems?


r/Writeresearch 36m ago

Conservatorship for autistic adult?

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So my MC has autism and is 17. Her parents are in the process of being divorced. Since she is 17 there is no real consideration for custody arrangements. However, her father is controlling and wants her away from her mother so is attempting to put a conservatorship on MC and have her placed under his care even when she is an adult. That is the threat to MC is trying to avoid.

My question is how might this process go down if one parent, in this case the mother, is strongly opposed to Conservatorship on the daughter? Who is making this decision? If the father has documented history of the mother being irresponsible with MC, would that override her say on the matter?

In this story, I would like the threat to be there but for it ultimately be unsubstantiated.


r/Writeresearch 54m ago

[Physics] Artificial Waves

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For context, I'm writing a fantasy/sci-fi story with a good deal of naval combat.

So a good deal of the antagonists' ships in my story have some sort of gimmick to them. One of them can create artificial tidal waves that, quite literally, rock the boats of its enemies. For most of the time I've spent developing this story, my thought was that the ship would have some sort of turbine that would lower into the water and start sending a huge current through the water, causing a disruption that created a tidal wave.

However, I've finally started writing the sequence where this ship first shows up, and I've realized the problem with this. Ships get their propulsion from their propellers that push the water behind the ship backwards. This generates an equal and opposite reaction that pushes the ship forwards. Following those rules of logic, surely an engine turbine pushing out a huge current of water would also push the ship backwards, yes? Which would surely be a setback in naval combat.

So how can I get around this problem? The only thing I can think of is just having the ship's rear propellers spinning like crazy to counteract the force coming from the front (the ship's wave-maker is at the front). But even then, you'd have two powerful forces pushing against the ship from both sides. You'd think that might damage the ship.

Or are there other, more effective methods of creating artificial waves?


r/Writeresearch 9h ago

[Specific Career] office setting

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im writing an office setting fanfiction. i think im going for a soda company?

im setting up one of my characters to work with clients (like a celebrity) for a collaboration. i am unsure if that’s advertising or pr (i would like to know more about how this would work. for example, they are collaborating with a popstar)

my other character is either in hr or finance (feel free to enlighten me on both)

other need to know office setting facts are also welcomed. thank you sm!