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?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

But then what about Professor Ivy? 0_o That's canon and it's not even a tree...

[farla.livejournal.com]

As my mother pointed out indignantly while I was watching that episode, "That's just sexist."

The men are trees. The woman is a weak, clingy vine that needs a man's tree's support.

Get revenge by writing about women professors who are named after the crushing death vines.

[lil-ida.livejournal.com]

I couldn't help but laugh at that comment, especially this:

As my mother pointed out indignantly while I was watching that episode, "That's just sexist."

Sorry. I'm just easily amused. :-p

[dioschorium.livejournal.com]

Such as Professor Kudzu, perhaps?

[farla.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. Kudzu would be the highly prolific professor who has written a minimum of five papers in each scientific publication across all disciplines and specialties - and that was only what she did last week. Despite this, Kudzu isn't held in high regard by her colleges, who feel she's going for quantity over quality - and also that she's burying their papers under a mountain of her own.