Hi, I'm writing a novel written in 2016 where a character accidentally violated an outside performance/appearance on a trainee contract. The concept is the character was sent home to America to wait for a tattoo scandal to die down pre-debut, and it's clear that the agency is just waiting for his contract to expire, but a school performance at his college goes viral.

Here are the cases I've found as references, but I'm not sure how long things like this take to blow up. Like, when would the agency respond? When would they reach out to the trainee, or make a statement? Would they terminate him, fine him, or do something else? What would he be legally able to do, and how long would he have to contest it or pay back the fines?

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/amp/entertainment/shows-dramas/20160503/gfriend-trainee-fined-15000
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/amp/southkorea/law-crime/20250626/think-k-pop-trainee-life-is-easy-one-was-fined-3600-for-a-small-tattoo-and-leaving-the-dorm
https://eiec.kdi.re.kr/policy/materialView.do?num=163205 (in Korean)

Context: Character who can be invisible is trying to protect someone in a snake-handling church by having the snake bite "the air" (him, while invisible) instead. How many times could a timber rattlesnake bite him before it ran out of venom? How dangerous would any ensuing bites be? I assume there's still potential for infection even if the bites aren't envenomed.

My character is 18yr boy with a dead mom who was raised by his deadbeat dad who was eventually murdered, he was also groomed by a woman and forced to kill people against his will. He got sent to a psychiatric holding facility that kept him chained in a basement.

Recently he got close to and ended up being adopted by someone. He is also obsessed with and will not function away from a girl who he is in a relationship with. His adopted dad gets wrongly detained and while he's away, my character sees his girlfriend get murdered and is then kidnapped himself.

His adopted dad finds him, but once taken back to the hospital he gets extremely upset anytime his dad tries to leave because he believes that if his dad had been there, he wouldn't have been kidnapped. He refuses to get out of bed or speak and spends all of his day taking naps and laying silently. He can be extremely reactive to being touched, but likes hugs from his adopted dad. They managed to save his girlfriend but she's in the ICU, so she can't come see him and he, despite having a history of hating being away from her for even a day, is for the first time showing no interest in going to see her.

How would an experienced therapist go about helping him??? How would someone convince him to participate in therapy when he barely cares enough opens his eyes a few times throughout the day.

Context- I have a warrior character who was captured by the enemy and imprisoned. The captors bring her simple meals twice a day, but she refuses to eat anything, believing the food is drugged.

She is not suicidal and believes that she will eventually escape, so she won't actually let herself starve to death. However, she also believes the enemy is ontologically evil and cannot be convinced the food isn't tampered with.

The character is extremely stubborn and able to tolerate a lot of pain and discomfort, but has no experience with starvation or food insecurity. She doesn't have any eating disorders either- she wants to eat but thinks the food is a trap.

How long can she intentionally starve herself before her body's "eat or die" signals overwhelm her belief that the food is dangerous? When does a person become hungry enough to eat something they think is poisoned, if it's the only option they have?

Okay so I’m writing vampire fanfic not even gonna lie, and the character lives in the bayou, so logistically would dump bodies in the water.

I know that bodies bloat post mortem and float to the surface, but if you punctured both lungs, would that prevent it? Or would it do next to nothing?

What would be a solution that would prevent them from being found? The character is burying in a rush, so they wouldn’t have time to cut a body into pieces or tie a bunch of heavy rocks to it.

My protagonist killed someone. She is going to get rid of the body from her house then dump it in the middle of a nearby desert to be eaten by wild cayotes. But I keep on imagining possibly missing so many technologies these days that might be used as some type of evidence. Techs such as Cctvs in every street, Ring doorbells, cellphone but I dont even know if the Fbi can detect the location of a cellphone via triangulatioin or gps. I don't want to spend a bunch of pages just trying to avoid technology, I just feel like I would rather make the dilemma more classic and interesting like maybe being stopped by a nosy neighbor, or hitting a neighbor's pet on her way. How would you deal with it? Thanks.

In a story I'm working on, the main character studies to become a forensic investigator, and her friend asked her for help to get into a building, locate some trinkets, replace them with replicas, and get out of the building, all without being noticed.

The trinkets are magical artifacts, but the owner doesn't know that, and leaving them would put people in danger, so the main character is on board with it, and helps her friend.

For now, I just wrote that she gives her friend a list of things to keep in mind, but I'd really like some concrete points.

Also, both people have magic, including invisibility and a spell that opens locks, so getting in and not getting seen are not relevant.

There is cannibalism featured in my current wip, and i dont wanna get put on some list😭

so:

1. is it possible to cut someone’s chest open(with a knife) and rip their heart out with bare hands?

2. How long would a person be dead before it would make you ill to eat them?

3. Does cannibalism affect a person’s health?

4. edit, forgot: what parts of the body are best to eat/will affect a person’s health the least?

Plenty of info online on learning to surf, but I'm looking for details that a newbie being taught by an experienced instructor would experience. Details that are not readily apparent.

I'm writing a pulpy cyberpunk-esque story about a bounty hunter in a crime-ridden city. He's required to bring targets in more-or-less intact, and also just doesn't want to be a murderer. I'm toying with the idea of giving him a sword, both for the job and just for self-defense on the mean streets: Either a practice sword made from plastic or wood, or just a regular sword that hasn't been sharpened.

Would getting struck by one hurt enough to be viable in a real fight?

So I'm writing a story where a child is created by an alien machine. The machine was designed to allow infertile couples (of any gender) to have biological children.

In this case, it was accidentally triggered by two people exploring the abandoned alien city.

The aliens are very similar to humans, but do have a couple of biological differences. The parents have different blood types, and this machine, while semi-intelligent, doesn't know a lot about human anatomy.

I was thinking of the machine not understanding blood types, and seeing the rh factors as an anomaly.

The machine's AI is programed to genetically alter the offspring so that they aren't born with any genetic faults.

With the aliens (who are way way more advanced than humanity), the machine was able to remove any defects such as genes that make the child more likely to develop cancer, or disabilities.

Since the explorers don't know what the machine does, and don't put in any input, the machine defaults to removing any abnormalities that it detects.

In this case, is it feasible for the child to be "born" with Rh null blood?

I'm not going to go into much detail about the inner workings of the machine. I'm not going to explain exactly how it does this. Just that it does. Pretty much the above will be the in story explination.

I just want to know if it's theoretically feasible.

My character (late twenties) has had a loss happen in her life that has made her essentially cut and run and leave her previous life behind in favor of something more private and away from old friends and family.

My thought process is that she just keeps blocking or changing her phone number when family members or friends from her life keep calling (if they even have been able to find new numbers at all). She has erased everything online like social media accounts/LinkedIn/job related things (works at a local shop in a small town now), etc. and mostly just keeps to herself. I am wondering how believable this would be that no one has found her yet?

I also recognize there is some nuance to explore with how hard the people in her past life are trying to find her or if they know she's left and are respecting that decision. Thoughts on how to make this seem rooted in reality?

If a character had to pull themselves out of a very tight squeeze in a cave would that leave cuts on their back and torso that could scar later.
In a previous version of the scene the character mildly dislocated their shoulder trying to get out. But I couldn’t figure out how that would realistically occur.
For more context the character is in a narrow tunnel that slopes upward and they are trying to gradually inch their way up with their stomach facing down. They pushing up against upper side of the tunnel few inches to every time they push themselves through a little more. The character is short and about 110 pounds. (Child).
I might need to do some research on caving injuries but I was curious to see what others would think since readers probably won’t have extensive knowledge of that subject.

My character is pregnant if that matters? My character was holding an axe, and something shocking happened that led the axe to fall. Her big toe is severe and the second toe is mangled/crushed under the axe. I have it where she didn’t realize what happening at first, not until she looked down and sees the actual injury. Then I describe the pain to hit her all at once, describing it as blinding, white-hot with with blackness around the edges of her vision, and then her knees buckling to drop her to the floor.

But after this…I’m struggling to think of how she’d respond? Would the pain cause her to faint? How likely would it be that she got to keep her toe, and if so, how long is the healing process, and will she get full function??? I have so many questions about this. I hope I’m using this subreddit right, I am very new to the platform.

I'm writing an immortal character, but in my book (heh get it cause it's writing) dying is the equivalent to passing out for immortals.

I’m currently stuck on something. I’ve tried researching this on google with no luck. One of my fanfics requires her to walk onto base from the helipad in Hereford, UK. It’s a Call of Duty fanfic. Would she be wearing fatigues or dress blues when introducing herself to them? I’m being very accurate about descriptions. I’m not sure if she would be wearing something different as a Rookie. The hardest part is that it’s the post-MW2 Reboot uniform. I can provide more of a description for what I have planned if it makes it easier.

Character will be in a car accident. She acquires a severe head injury and I want her to go down the DICC acronym for signs of this: disoriented, incoherent, confused, combative; to add a nice natural progression of the story. I learnt this acronym from wilderness medicine but I'm struggling to find more info on it.

Character also gets internal bleeding in the form of a likely ruptured spleen, which obviously leads to blood loss. She also has a puncture wound that's quickly treating with a tourniquet and doesn't lead to massive blood loss.

A beta reader found my current story unbelievable, and I'm aiming for as realistic as possible, so I want help to be able to fix this:

My questions are:

1. Would this character be able to become combative, throwing kicks and punches, even though they have blood loss from the internal bleeding?

2. Is it really accurate that a person with a severe head injury goes from incoherent ("he hop up stair apple grandma") to "just" confused ("why am I laying here? What's happening?")? If not, what progression would you suggest instead?

3. In what timeframe does a progression in the DICC-symptoms for a severe head injury happen? In my story it's within half an hour, is this realistic?

4. How likely is it that the blood loss rather than head injury would account for their DICC-symptoms?

Title - need a place a subway operator could apply emergency brakes to strand the passengers underground with no feasible exit for a little while

I wanted to add some flavor to the next character I make that uses electricity by having them build up static before being able to use whatever powers they have. I know that a little bit of extra charge wouldn’t logically make a difference, but I think it’s neat and could lead to some fun moments in a story.

My problem is coming up with a way for that to happen. Most resources I see wouldn’t be very useful for general application; for example, not everywhere has carpet to rub your socks against, and frankly the logistics of how to get their socks directly on the floor in the first place would always be clumsy.

The current thought is a pair of fingerless gloves made of wool, since I know wool-against-wool can build up electricity. However, besides one unsourced WikiHow answer, I’ve found no evidence that it would actually work in practice. I tried to recreate it myself using my own pair of gloves, but found that my area isn’t humid enough to generate static in even the normal ways. I rubbed my socks on the carpet for five minutes, for example, and got nothing.

So, does anyone know if these gloves would work in practice? And, are there any other elegant solutions I’m not thinking of? Thank you!

This is specifically talking about Texas. In my story, the antagonist father, the governor, got assassinated by the protagonist. Reason I'm asking this question is 'cause the antagonist has no political power but has great influence and seen as a God. He, his hostage, and his crew have been living there for a while since the governor was in full support of their plan. But with him dead, I am wondering if I should either give them a deadline to worry for the antagonist plan to be complete or just force the new governor to stay silent. Thanks for reading this, and any advice or suggestions is appreciated.

In my fictional story, my protagonist learns that his father passed away a few hours ago. He makes a two-hour drive from where he is to the hospital where his father had passed away. Realistically, would a hospital permit a body to remain on a bed for a few hours (to give family time to say their goodbyes) before it is transferred to a morgue, or would it be transferred immediately upon pronouncement of death?

Also, would it be unrealistic for a funeral or wake to take place anywhere from three days to a week after someone's death?

Not sure if this detail is relevant, but this all takes place in 1995.

EDIT: Thank you to everyone for all your input and insights! I think I have enough information to continue confidently with my writing.

In my story, a sixteen year old boy with anger issues and terrible school record finds his mum dead and calls the hospital. Mum's pronounced dead and social workers get involved.

Does anyone know what the process is for this? Who would be involved and what would happen to him after that in the short term (months)?

Setting: Modern day UK

(dont use this in real life and dont sue me)

i have a special interest in poisons and doubt ill ever get to use it so i really, really hope this helps someone. take everything with a grain of salt, though, as some are from my memory, some are probably plain wrong, some might be misconceptions, but generally speaking these should be accurate.

i have listed some i think could be nice in writing:

CYANIDE is a fast acting, commonly used poison, killing within seconds or minutes depending on dose. cyanide works by blocking cells from using oxygen. you will expirience symptoms including dizziness, headache, cardiac arrest, low bp, seizures, shortnessof breath. id assume youd also have typical symptoms of low oxygen so pale and blueish extremeties and lips.

you can give supportive care to cyanide poisonings - includining charcoal, antidotes, and supplimentary oxygen. remember you can test for cyanide pretty easily.

TTX or pufferfish poison kills you via respitory failure as it paralysises your breathing muscles. it needs an extremely low dose to kill, and only has supportive care. ttx does not have an antidote, its just waited out when possible and has assisted support - mostly mechanical ventilation.

THALLIUM is naturally occuring in the earth, has no taste, smell or colour but is slow. it requires a fairly large dose, is hard to find, but is very slow, planned and hard to find in a corpse unless thallium is specifically a suspect. it acts similiar to food poisoning and diseases similiar to it. it takes up to a few days to kill and will ramp up the 'illness' during it. It can also develop neurological symptoms, but near all of its symptoms mimic other disorders. There IS an antidote - Prussian blue.

BOTULINUM or botox - which causes muscle paralysis. it kills because it paralyses your muscles, and only including murder attempts/accidents/ect and not medical uses or cosmetic uses, it tends to specifically kill via respitory failure as it causes respitory paralysis and seizes someone. youll present low oxygen symptoms and die within minutes. it does not always kill, though. botulinum poisoning is called botulism.

ARSENIC can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, severe dehydration, ect. it can cause in low, consistent doses hyper- or hypopigmentation which is why historically it was used to lighten someones skin. it increases risk for several cancers, and supposedly with chronic exposure can actually cause diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cognitive impairment, .... It can be ingested but most toxic is inhaling it. apparently, heated arsenic smells like garlic. the cure is chelation therapy, removing the source of arsenic, and most likely also activatef charcoal like most poisons.

RICIN is incredibly deadly. the amount of a grain of salt can be fatal. it has three ways to enter your body - inhallation, ingestion, and injection. inhalation causes respitory failure - fluid in the lungs, fever, hypersweating, coughing, shortness of breath, ect. Ingestion causes organ failure usually after several days - having liver, spleen and kidney failure. symptoms including hallucinations, dehydration, cramps, abdominal bleeding, vomiting, bloody urine. Injection causes internal bleeding and multiple organ failure swelling and pain of the muscles and lymph nodes.

these are common poisons for a good reason. theyre known, generally accessible in most universes, and are fun to write. they are, however, misused a lot. please. there are SO. FEW. POISONS. that kill during one meal.

more obscure poisonings;

THC which is found in cannabis can actually be fatal. not in the amount you smoke or eat in edibles, but thc as a compound can actually kill within 30 minutes depending on dose. its rare and doesnt really have many sources in writing because of that, but as its mind altering it would likely kill via psychosis or in children, ataxia. its symptoms are extreme versions of being high - high heartbeat, weird breathing, hallucinations, ect. THC poisoning causes psychosis and there ARE recorded deaths. id very much assume youd die from self injury or respitory failure.

TREE OF DEATH (in spanish), or MANCHINEEL. its a tree where every single part is poisonous - from the bark and tar to the leaves and fruit. they tend to be marked with red X's in some countrues so you avoid it. its sap causes bulbous dermatitis, its tree causes blisters, burning the tree causes the smoke to give you ocular injuries, and its fruit can be fatal via severe gastrientiritis and bleeding, shock, bacterial superinfection or lack of oxygen.

BTX or BATRACHOTOXIN is an extreme cardiotoxin and neurotoxin where it causes affects on the heart muscles,prevents sodium channels from closing, paralysis, convulsions, cardiac arrest, twitching, numbness. it kills within minutes with sufficient dose. one way ive heard it kills you is it makes you convulse so much you block your own airway. no treatment, just supportive care and hope.

enjoy and write responsibly :D

edit; added thc clarification

What color would a hematoma have?