So close...

[farla]

I randomly clicked on a new OT story, The Original. I skim down and note the professor is called Yew.

Yew? I think. That's unusual. Wonderful.

Then I realize Professor Yew is basically a fancy version of Professor Pine. It's a coniferous tree name that can refer to a specific tree, a number of related tree species, or a number of families.

Why do you mock me, fanfiction gods?

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[wintersheir]

I now feel somewhat silly since I thought that yews were deciduous trees all this time, even after reading a book that featured them, being about remarkable trees and yews tending to qualify... *dense* @_@

[farla.livejournal.com]

For some reason I thought they were something willow/birch/etclike, honestly. But then, I realize I tend to picture all trees as deciduous smooth-bark things when I hear about them. I just don't like conifers for some reason.