forum The Odd Life of An Author
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@soupnana group

I just felt compelled to make this thread because
1) We all have some weird confessions as writers
and
2) I just know it's weird to be one
So ya know, here. I am writing a scene for my story and I had to look up (word for word) "how long does it take for a body to begin to decompose" Yah. I had to look that up. I had to read about how the body bloats and then releases gases and secretes this delicious sounding fluid (I'm being sarcastic) that is like blood but mixed with foam. And along with that I read about how the organs and skin begin to liquify a month or so after the body dies. I'm going to throw up because I have to continue analyzing facts like this for this scene to be believable.
My FBI agent is probably worried I'm going insane. Which maybe I am.

@PrettyLittlePyro

That sounds beautiful. I'm insane, too.
Have you ever looked up different names for your characters, so that they have the perfect name meanings? And then you go through like 27 of them before you finally choose one?
Also, I will look up things, like, do you die faster from being shot in the chest, or from a punctured lung? (The answer is chest, by the way.) And did you know that there's a type of liquid oxygen that's used as a torture? It's super cool. People use it for… actually, nevermind.

@soupnana group

YES! I have spent like hours trying to find suitable names for characters. And now you have me curious as to what liquid oxygen can be used for hahahaha

@PrettyLittlePyro

No, actually, liquid oxygen is used as a sort of water torture? If that makes sense? The victim will be placed in a dark room, and then the liquid oxygen will be slowly let in, but the victim will think it's water. So then, when they're finally submerged, they have to breathe, so they do. But it's oxygen, not water, and so they can breathe it, but it's supposed to be even more painful than breathing in water, and it affects their mental state, too, because they think that they're breathing water. It's super cool.

@PrettyLittlePyro

You know, I don't actually remember when it was used. But it was used as a torture for the government for high-class prisoners. It's super interesting.

@soupnana group

That is interesting. Torture methods are terrifying but SO cool sometimes. Like how do people come up with that? They just be like "Oh look. Liquid oxygen. I'm going to force some poor prisoner to suck this up like water but just stay alive and be in immense agony. Heheh liquid oxygen go sploosh."

@soupnana group

Me: looks up what an explosion can do to someone at different radius's
FBI Agent: Looks at my tabs and see's thesaurus.com and notebook.ai "Ah. One of those weirdos."

@Relsey

You know, I don't actually remember when it was used. But it was used as a torture for the government for high-class prisoners. It's super interesting.

… It would literally kill if you breathed that stuff in, Liquid Oxygen is at around -360 degrees Fahrenheit, that would freeze on contact, it's colder than Liquid Nitrogen. I've heard of the method I just don't think it's liquid Oxygen used, it must be some sort of oxygen based liquid though.

@soupnana group

I know!
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I'm actually concerned as to why I haven't been arrested yet, and brought to the asylum. I'm insane enough to warrant that.

Same though bwahahaha

@PrettyLittlePyro

You know, I don't actually remember when it was used. But it was used as a torture for the government for high-class prisoners. It's super interesting.

… It would literally kill if you breathed that stuff in, Liquid Oxygen is at around -360 degrees Fahrenheit, that would freeze on contact, it's colder than Liquid Nitrogen. I've heard of the method I just don't think it's liquid Oxygen used, it must be some sort of oxygen based liquid though.

Actually, that might be it.

@soupnana group

This all depends, of course, on what caused the explosion. Was it some sort of bomb? Or too much chemicals? Or a mix of chemicals?

Basic war kind of grenade explosion

@PrettyLittlePyro

It does, but it's also super interesting! There are so many cool and creative kinds of tortures, some of which must have been thought up by someone as insane as we are.

@SpookyScarySnoteleks group

Wait I got an idea

Cover the victim in papercuts, like really go to town, then slowly lower them into a vat of lemon juice
but, here's the catch.
You don't actually submerge them fully, just a little bit, so they can get a taste of the pain, then pull them back out, and repeat until you get your information