What's the funniest research you've ever had to do for your fantasy novel?

[Naruzeldamaster]

Nothing to apologize for. I just saw that 2016 and immediately spawned a Rollator.

Some people are a little...spiffy about necroposting xD I've been on some other forums where that kinda, doesn't end well XP

 

[pmmg]

If the convo gains new value i dont really mind, but many of these in the thread i have never seen on the site.

 

[Cliff Hannan]

Recently, I was writing a short story for a challenge here. I posted a question asking who a knight would take with him on a quest. Well, someone suggested that I read the Sword in the Stone by T H White and mentioned the Disney Cartoon with the same title.

I misunderstood this, and thought he'd recommended that I just watch the cartoon as research. It's a very enjoyable film but it's a musical, comedic and not a very reliable historical source. However, I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

So, what's the funniest, most unusual or interesting research you've ever done for your Fantasy novel?

I've done research on a crazy wide selection of things from books bound in human skin, elements that burn with a blue flame and typical plantfound in a forest lol

 

[Romy]

When I was somewhere around twelve my mom was a bit worried when I was reading parenting magazines.
I was still a boy and sort of very friendly with the one girl that could have been the mother but ehw... no... (we just took our roleplay too serious)

For perspective... my mother was a teen mom in a long line of generations getting worse.