Scenario A: Maid Marian is born to fox parents. One of their siblings marries King Richard. Richard, being both a king and a lion is allowed to marry whomever the fuck he wants.
Scenario B: Marian is orphaned, and Richard adopts her, and she refers to him as her "uncle" because she was old enough when her parents died that she felt Richard was more of an uncle than a new father to her.
Scenario C: Marian's parents aren't dead, but Richard is such good friends with them that she calls him her uncle purely as a term of affection.
That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there are other fully plausible configurations.
D, in a world with anthropomorphic animal people cross breeding can lead to recessive generic traits that allow a fox to appear when two lion presenting lion/fox parents have children.
To my knowledge, typically in English literature a "nod" means yes, and a "shake" of the head means no. I know there's at least one language where the converse is true, but I can't remember for which language I discovered that to be the case.
only area i am confident of is bulgaria. my mother was in slovenia and says that they did the nods are no and shaking head is yes there, but she was not paying the closest attention where she was let us be honest she was not driving
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GraniteM@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 247d
Scenario A: Maid Marian is born to fox parents. One of their siblings marries King Richard. Richard, being both a king and a lion is allowed to marry whomever the fuck he wants.
Scenario B: Marian is orphaned, and Richard adopts her, and she refers to him as her "uncle" because she was old enough when her parents died that she felt Richard was more of an uncle than a new father to her.
Scenario C: Marian's parents aren't dead, but Richard is such good friends with them that she calls him her uncle purely as a term of affection.
That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there are other fully plausible configurations.
Master@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 247d
D, in a world with anthropomorphic animal people cross breeding can lead to recessive generic traits that allow a fox to appear when two lion presenting lion/fox parents have children.
ech@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 247d
They're thoughtful and open. Sounds like good partner material to me.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 247d
I’d assume that’s a yes nod. They are a remarkable companion.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 10 pts · 247d
To my knowledge, typically in English literature a "nod" means yes, and a "shake" of the head means no. I know there's at least one language where the converse is true, but I can't remember for which language I discovered that to be the case.
wieson@feddit.org · 2 pts · 247d
Slovakian iirc
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 247d
Yes, I believe that's the one I read of a whole back. Thank you for filling the gap in my aging brain (for how long, I can't say).
Pringles@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 247d
No, not Slovakia. Bulgaria and parts of Albania.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 1 pts · 247d
L3mmyW1nks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 247d
Greek maybe
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 246d
only area i am confident of is bulgaria. my mother was in slovenia and says that they did the nods are no and shaking head is yes there, but she was not paying the closest attention where she was let us be honest she was not driving
heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 247d
That movie is the original furries origin. It can do no wrong.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 246d
robin hood 1973
fritz the cat 1972
perhaps furries of a different generation?
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 247d
Well, c'mon - Marion was supposed to be hot, ergo she's a "fox" (no relation to Megan).
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 247d
Every town....