Most of us have talking deer of one kind or another. Except for people who have deer that were formerly humans, I think it's safe to assume that Endless Forest deer speak their own language or some variation of a real-world language. What I'm interested in doing here is collecting things Endless Forest deer might say in conversation--deer idioms, proverbs, and turns of phrase. I've come up with a few to start this off, but I would love if people would help me out by contributing deer wisdom to the thread.

Basically, anything an Endless Forest deer might say that a human probably wouldn't is fair game.

SAYING: ... to The End of The Endless Forest
MEANING: Analogous to "to the end of time" or "to the ends of the Earth."

SAYING: [name] has their pictograph in a jumble
MEANING: [name] is having an identity crisis or is behaving out of character. The pictograph is an individual symbol, and if it is changed, then so is the individual.

SAYING: [name] has shed many/few antlers.
MEANING: [name] is old/young. Because deer shed and regrow antlers annually, the number of antlers shed would indicate age.

SAYING: [name] has a thorn between their toes.
MEANING: [name] is behaving grumpily. A thorn between the toes of cloven hooves would be very uncomfortable, probably worse than a pebble in one's shoe.

Post your ideas here!

It's been a few days since I've done one of these so I picked something from the forest to study. This time, La went to De Drinkplaats and did quite a bit of shapeshifting while I wrote down the animals and their animations. I decided to look at these animals in myth (particularly Christian and European myth, although other places' legends were considered).

Most of you probably know a lot about these animals, so I'm trying to write only the things that are interesting or that you might not know, and I only have so many books.

I have also decided to add some anecdotal evidence, as I have had more than my fair share of animal dealings and I really enjoy bragging. For instance, I have held a three-toed sloth (it was like a backpack--it just grabbed me and stayed there), untangled a hawk (my falconer friend was out of town so I fed his hawks. One had tangled itself up, so I untangled it) and been attacked by a playful leopard cub (zoo camp).




I'm sure most of you looked up stuff about deer when you joined the site. I sure did, so I'll keep it brief.

The earliest Cervid lived almost 16 million years ago. Notable prehistoric Deer are Megaloceros and Eucladoceros. I think we have a few living in The Endless Forest, though they no longer inhabit the human world.

Deer meat is called venison, and it is delicious. I do not hunt deer myself because I have generally had good dealings with them, but I have a friend who hunts one deer every year and eats the entire thing. I have a dislike for hunters who kill for sport, but I have no issue with people who hunt for food.

In the united states, there are about one and a half million deer-car crashes every year. Deer kill about 150 humans per year and do over a billion dollars in property damage. My grandmother has issues with deer sneaking into her yard to eat her plants.

My deer La is in the beta and doesn't get to encounter others very often. As a result, I don't get to interact with you other players, and that makes me kind of sad--especially when I see all the bios for awesome deer that I want La to meet. Anyone who wants to RP with La is welcome to jump in because I'm so lonely we'll have a lot of fun!

[This is currently categorized under "Miscellaneous" because I'm not sure where else to put it.]