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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and probably never will.

Aside from right now, I guess.

[farla.livejournal.com]

Eh. I'm not so much militant on the tree thing as I am militant on the not-screwing-up the tree thing. Professors given normal surnames are tolerable, professors given halfassed attempts at following the rules (Professor Stone, Professor Gum, Professor Pine, and, of course, the five thousand geniuses who were clever with a Professor Tree) are more my issue.