forum **FOR WRITING, I'M NOT A PSYCHOPATH** What do dead bodies smell like? And can you smell them in space without a helmet, presuming that you survive in space without any gear?

Started September 13, 2018 by Deleted user

tune

This is for a post-Infinity War fanfiction, by the way.

I found this article very enlightening: https://thoughtcatalog.com/lorenzo-jensen-iii/2017/01/20-people-describe-the-smell-of-a-dead-body/

My guess is that you couldn't in space because it's a vacuum though?

If you can survive in space without gear then I'm going to assume all rules have been thrown out the window, so you could really do whatever you wanted with that. But realistically, no, you would not be able to smell anything in space, just like you wouldn't be able to hear anything.

If you can survive in space without gear then I'm going to assume all rules have been thrown out the window, so you could really do whatever you wanted with that. But realistically, no, you would not be able to smell anything in space, just like you wouldn't be able to hear anything.

Okay! Explanation time!
So… my OC's lucid dreaming, but with Loki's memories. He (I'm not going to explain fully because it's too long and I'm lazy) basically kind of possessed my OC's body. But not really. She has some of his memories, none of his powers (not sure if I should give her some and have her lose them later for the greater good) and he can communicate to her in lucid dreaming. This dream takes place where the ship was blown up… I was wondering if my OC could smell the corpses.
Well, I did a bit more research, and the bodies will actually freeze? So yeah.
And no, this will not be a Loki x OC fic, in case you're wondering. That'd just be weird.