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

[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* @_@

[negrek.livejournal.com]

Dangit, I think I actually recommended yew to somebody a while ago... *jams foot in mouth*

Thanks for pointing that out.

[actonthat.livejournal.com]

Uh... there's an intended pattern to the Pokemon professor's names?

x.x

[(Anonymous)]

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