Things I have researched while writing a fic

The fic was for the HSO's bonus round, and as such was supposed to be done shortly, and less than the 3k it ended up being.
- names and types of purple stones
- whether there's a metal that could possibly fit the red-pink-purple range and wasn't copper
- the history of clockmaking in Europe
- feminine dress in the XVIIth century
- the history of hairbrushes and haircombs in Europe (I wish I was kidding)

Amount of research actually used in fic:
- nothing

Good job, me.

[Homestuck] A Princess and Her Hair

Title: A Princess and Her Hair
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Feferi♥Sollux (Aradia♦Sollux, mentions of others)
Summary: Dating a princess with hair tentacles.
Notes: genre-mixing: body horror + fantasy of manners. for the Bonus Round 1a of the 2012 Homestuck Shipping Olympics. This is tentacle-fic again, isn't it.

( Picture, if you will, a violet palace stretching so far, its towers are entrenched into the very streets of the low city, and its arches gleam over the heads of the common people. )