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* The ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' fanfic ''Fanfic/PacificWorldWarIIUsNavyShipgirls'' has the author(s) doing a LOT of research into everything related to each of the ship girls they've created, such as the ship's namesake, how it sank, etc. and integrating these things into each of their personalities.

* The medical procedure in the first chapter of ''Fanfic/ExtraLife'' was researched extensively and is greatly detailed to show it. Author's notes also tend to draw attention to or mention other things researched, including PTSD, therapy methods, timeline details, and Japanese geography and culture.

** She also notably averts ThereAreNoTherapists and turns the story into a four-way crossover [[spoiler: when Blaine gets kidnapped by a StalkerWithACrush ]]. The concussed Blaine needs three weeks of checkups with [[{{Firefly}} Simon Tam]] [[RealityEnsues to make sure he doesn't have brain damage,]] plus therapy with [[GameOfThrones Sansa]] for the huge amount of emotional trauma he's dealing with. [[RealityEnsues Simon ALSO calls]] [[CriminalMinds the Behavioral Analysis Unit]] just to make sure [[spoiler: Blaine's stalker didn't sexually assault him while he was incoherent and unable to remember anything.]]

** [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/kalash93 Kalash93]] puts A LOT of effort and research into his stories. The greatest examples of this so far are the [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/81159/1/racer-and-the-geek/predawn gun porn and detail about the military equipment]] in ''FanFic/RacerAndTheGeek, and the high levels of realism and detail put into the military aspects of [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/90939/1/shell-shock/the-tower Shell Shock.]] His erotic pieces greatly avert YouFailSexEdForever.

* ''Fanfic/DuelingTriggerFinger'' mixes the actual trading card game with the anime's "logic"--such as spell cards being activated on your opponent's turn and playing defense mode monsters face-up--but relies less on DeusExMachina for each victor of any given duel to win. A good example is Makoto's duel with Rex where Makoto locks down Rex's Frostosaurus with Blizzard Dragon long enough to play Dragon Shield on Golem Dragon, making it pointless for Rex to attack and then summoning a monster a few turns later powerful enough to wipe out the rest of Rex's life points.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12290311/6/The-Black-Emperor The Black Emperor]]'' contains a scene of [[Anime/CodeGeass Kallen's mother]] recalling how she fell into drug addiction which takes cues from the story of an actual drug addict.

* The ''Series/Daredevil2015'' two-part fanfic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/280353 Marci Stahl is Better Than You]]'' does something very few works involving blind people do, and acknowledges that Braille has a number of weird contractions that don't translate well into written English; not just used to combine two words, but also to condense common words into a few Braille dots (and primarily prepositions). It is the discovery of such contractions in the dossier on Fisk that leads Marci to suspect Matt is the Devil of Hell's Kitchen.

* ''Fanfic/{{Vigil}}'' goes to some lengths explaining how plasma weaponry from ''Videogame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' operates and how it interacts with ''Franchise/MassEffect'''s kinetic barriers, including the important point that plasma, being a state of matter, has mass and is thus affected by gravity. Furthermore, because thermal energy can only be transmitted through a vacuum by radiation instead of more efficient methods like convection or conduction, plasma that doesn't hit something in space is largely ineffective, especially when ships have heat-resistant hulls. As a result, kinetic barriers prove highly effective against plasma. This caused quite a few angry reviews from readers who insisted that plasma was just another form of energy and should ignore kinetic barriers altogether.

* Breech Loader, author of fanfiction ''PrisonIslandBreak,'' has put considerable research into such things as medical procedures, prison etiquette, blood types, speech impediments, and the kinds of injuries that would ''really'' be caused by the weapons used in the story.

** The depiction of slavery in the Demon Empire averts both HappinessInSlavery and FateWorseThanDeath. Their treatment and conditions [[RealityEnsues vary depending on their masters and where they are working]].
** Sonya's plasma-focused katana is correctly depicted as a backup weapon. In mediaeval Japan, the samurai preferred bows and spears over their swords, which they used if anything got too close. She also prefers using guns - [[RealityIsUnrealistic the samurai admired firearms]] and used them extensively after they were introduced to Japan.
** Maledict's character is a personification of [[Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli Machiavelli's]] eponymous ''Prince'' - wanting to be both feared and loved - rather than the PopculturalOsmosis version. It helps that the author has actually read ''The Prince'' in real life.
** One of Jesus' military assistants is Lucifer. This seems rather unusual considering Maledict's presence, unless you know that Lucifer and Satan are actually different biblical beings entirely.

* As part of its DeconstructorFleet, quite a lot of the setting of ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'' was based on (and inspired by) obscure Bible stories and passages, and so is much of the symbolism. A lot of the Emirate of Mecca was based on the actual ''Hadiths'' of Muhammed as well. Several lines of dialogue from Angel characters are in accurate Hebrew and Latin too.

* Cornova did a lot of research with regards to the ins and outs of the Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime for PokeWars.

* ''Fanfic/{{Vigil}}'' goes to some lengths explaining how plasma weaponry from ''Videogame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' operates and how it interacts with ''Franchise/MassEffect'''s kinetic barriers, including the important point that plasma, being a state of matter, has mass and is thus affected by gravity. Furthermore, because thermal energy can only be transmitted through a vacuum by radiation instead of more efficient methods like convection or conduction, plasma that doesn't hit something in space is largely ineffective, especially when ships have heat-resistant hulls. As a result, kinetic barriers prove highly effective against plasma. This caused quite a few angry reviews from readers who insisted that plasma was just another form of energy and should ignore kinetic barriers altogether.

* ''Fanfic/BringerOfDeath'' is first a ''DragonballZ'' fic, and second an attempt to [[DoingInTheWizard plausibly explain the physics of DBZ.]] The result is an epic story that appeals to fans [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief unwilling to suspend their disbelief]] in poorly-explained spaceship mechanics, etc.

* ''Fanfic/{{Vigil}}'' goes to some lengths explaining how plasma weaponry from ''Videogame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' operates and how it interacts with ''Franchise/MassEffect'''s kinetic barriers, including the important points that plasma, being a state of matter, has mass and is thus affected by gravity. Furthermore, because thermal energy can only be transmitted through a vacuum by radiation instead of more efficient methods like convection or conduction, plasma that doesn't hit something in space is largely ineffective, especially when ships have heat-resistant hulls. As a result, kinetic barriers prove highly effective against plasma.

* This was probably accidental but ''FanFic/TheCrimsonGarment'' is pretty accurate with what can be the effects of prolonged abuse in terms of Satsuki's psyche, considering the fact that she associates touch with domination, not being able to tell love from manipulation, and is quite afraid of her mother, along with blaming herself for the abuse.

** To be more specific, the older Ryuuko is, the less they can actually reclaim what was lost to [[spoiler:abuse, neglect, and severe isolation]] like Genie, who was about 12 or 13 when she was rescued), however, at least, she's learned language due to living around it, even if she didn't have normal human interaction (like Oxana, who lived around dogs but otherwise not away from other humans).

** Also, as per said note, she does mention how she did research on Japan's legal systems in regards to [[spoiler: rape and sexual assault]], mentioning a few outlines on what's considered resistance against the attacker (i.e fighting back physically vs saying "No") and whether or not if the victim knew the attacker, even linking to her sources, one of which details someone else's experiences.

** Also, as per said note, she does mention how she did research on Japan's legal systems in regards to [[spoiler: rape and sexual assault]], mentioning a few outlines on what's considered resistance against the attacker (i.e fighting back physically vs saying "No") and whether or not if the victim knew the attacker, even linking to her sources.
** In terms of Ryuuko, being kidnapped, held captive, and [[spoiler: raped (subsequently being four times impregnated, carrying two babies to term and miscarrying two)]] for four years can and, a good chunk of the time, do have near irreversible effects on the psyche, however, they might not be to the effect of Ryuuko's. Likewise, what her captors and accomplices did to her could have lasting physical repercussions, as well as psychological ones, as its mentioned that she might need a reconstruction of her private parts and female organs because of the damage she took, along with having a four times fractured pelvis.

** In terms of Ryuuko, being kidnapped, held captive, and [[spoiler: raped (subsequently being four times impregnated, carrying two babies to term and miscarrying two)]] for four years can and, a good chunk of the time, do have near irreversible effects on the psyche, however, they might not be to the effect of Ryuuko's.

** In terms of Ryuuko, being kidnapped, held captive, and [[spoiler: raped (subsequently being four times impregnated (carrying two babies to term and miscarrying two)]] for four years can and, a good chunk of the time, do have near irreversible effects on the psyche, however, they might not be to the effect of Ryuuko's.

** In terms of Ryuuko, being kidnapped, held captive, and [[spoiler: raped (subsequently being four times impregnanted (carrying two babies to term and miscarrying two)] for four years can and, a good chunk of the time, do have near irreversible effects on the psyche, however, it might not be to the effect of Ryuuko's.

* In ''Concerning a Drifter'', this is mentioned in an authoress note for Chapter 12 (where we find out [[spoiler: Ryuuko is a mother]] that she wanted know to know if one could find out if the mother had twins (or, rather, if the babies came from the same pregnancy) through via a DNA test, mentioning that she did some research that boiled down to it being "yes and no" with differing reasons, so, to make it more plausible she changed it to where a mistake was made in during the testing.
** In terms of Ryuuko, being kidnapped, held captive, and [[spoiler: raped (subsequently being four times impregnanted (carrying two babies to term and miscarrying two)] for four years can and, a good chunk of the time, do have near irreversible effects on the psyche, however, it might not be to the effect of Ryuuko's.
* When writing ''Fanfic/CellarSecrets'', the authoress did as much research as she could on the subject, as would be noted on the "WildChild" page, feral children are rare, thus factual information on them is scant, nevertheless, she did turn to two well known cases, Genie and Oxana Malaya, , though mostly the former.
** To be more specific, the older Ryuuko is, the less they can actually reclaim what was lost to [[spoiler:abuse, neglect, and severe isolation]] like Genie, who was about 12 or 13 when she was rescued), however, at least, she's learned language due to living around it, even if she didn't have normal human interaction (like Oxana, who lived around dogs but otherwise not away from other humans).

* In ''Concerning a Drifter'', this is mentioned in an authoress note for Chapter 12 (where we find out [[spoiler: Ryuuko is a mother]] that she wanted know to know if one could find out if the mother had twins (or, rather, if the babies came from the same pregnancy) through via a DNA test, mentioning that she did some research that boiled down to it being "yes and no" with differing reasons, so, to make it more plausible she changed it to where a mistake was made in during the testing.
** In terms of Ryuuko, being kidnapped, held captive, and [[spoiler: raped (subsequently being four times impregnanted (carrying two babies to term and miscarrying two)] for four years can and, a good chunk of the time, do have near irreversible effects on the psyche, however, it might not be to the effect of Ryuuko's.
* When writing ''Fanfic/CellarSecrets'', the authoress did as much research as she could on the subject, as would be noted on the "WildChild" page, feral children are rare, thus factual information on them is scant, nevertheless, she did turn to two well known cases, Genie and Oxana Malaya, , though mostly the former.
** To be more specific, the older Ryuuko is, the less they can actually reclaim what was lost to [[spoiler:abuse, neglect, and severe isolation]] like Genie, who was about 12 or 13 when she was rescued), however, at least, she's learned language due to living around it, even if she didn't have normal human interaction (like Oxana, who lived around dogs but otherwise not away from other humans).

* The ''{{Franchise/Kirby}}'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11732188/1/Wings-of-Change Wings of Change]]'' goes into a fair amount of detail about wing structures, such as having minute receptors on the wings and a large collection of bones, justifying how Meta Knight (and later Kirby) can fly, with the species' powerful lungs also helping them out. It also discusses the actual processes of flying such as needing a high lift-to-drag ratio which reduces the amount of energy needed for sustained flight.

* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/kalash93 Kalash93]] puts A LOT of effort and research into his stories. The greatest examples of this so far are the [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/81159/1/racer-and-the-geek/predawn gun porn and detail about the military equipment]] in ''FanFic/RacerAndTheGeek, and the high levels of realism and detail put into the military aspects of [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/90939/1/shell-shock/the-tower Shell Shock.]] His erotic pieces greatly avert YouFailSexEdForever.

* "Fanfic/SolaereSsiunHnaifvdaenn"'s author's notes mention doing a lot of research to get the details of [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Shi'a]] religious practices correct (the main viewpoint character is an Iranian Shiite, but the author is an American [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} Methodist]]), and even link to [[http://www.al-islam.org/nutshell/files/prayers.pdf a Shiite-specific handbook for the daily prayers]].

* [=GreenSonic21=], the author of ''FanFic/SonicGenerationsFriendshipIsTimeless'', has clearly done plenty of research on not only pretty much all of the Sonic games, but also [[Anime/SonicX the]] {{WesternAnimation/Sonic|SatAM}} [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog cartoons]] and [[ComicBook/SonicTheComic comic]] [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog books]], and it clearly shows. He's even referenced events from [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW the FiM comic books]] into the story.

* A lot of details went into the researching behind the locations, schools and universities that appear in the ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' [[AlternateUniverseFic real-world AU]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/Freefall Freefall]], as well as [[spoiler: the symptoms of leukaemia, which a main character is diagnosed with early in the plotline.]]