Getting stabbed? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120 Kayla Rain Sorry if this has been asked before - but if someone stabs themselves, and it is fatal, how might their body react? Would their eyes just glaze over, or would they start jerking around and throwing up blood and all that? He stabs himself in either the throat or the stomach. I'm not sure yet. I need him to die as quickly as possible, so I'm going towards throat, but it really doesn't have the dramatic effect of the stomach, now does it? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:54:47 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1131644 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1131644 Notkieran Have you tried hara-kiri? (properly, it's called seppuku. I am aware of this, thank you to anyone who comes along later to correct me.) Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:47:44 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1133327 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1133327 Dav1d [quote=Notkieran] Have you tried hara-kiri? (properly, it's called seppuku. I am aware of this, thank you to anyone who comes along later to correct me.) [/quote] It's traditionally a two person act, one does not die fast by self-immolation. Traditionally one had an assistant who cut their necks, (after the self-immolation) almost off, and actually took their life.... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:05:25 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1133337 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1133337 lrparks For symptoms visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:07:14 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1133548 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1133548 vate "I'm going towards throat, but it really doesn't have the dramatic effect of the stomach, now does it?" if he's standing up, and turns in a circle while he's dying, the weirdo freak coroner who brings pizza to multi car accidents ( yes, there is. I met him ) can say "Now this is a classic example of your lighthouse syndrome..." Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:30:53 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1133640 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1133640 Caracal Would they stab themself in the stomach? That's kind of a painful way to go, and not very quick. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:13:56 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1134608 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1134608 Notkieran I mean, you could try it, and then spend the next hour or so realising that you probably needed a buddy. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:57:34 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1135297 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/reference-desk/threads/50120?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1135297