Dr. Folklore’s Dating Advice for Mythical Folks (№9)
Takaonna (aka the Tall Woman)
Dear Dr. Folklore,
I’m an eight-foot-tall female yōkai (supernatural) that’s so desperate to date a man that I travel around small Japanese villages to peer into second-story brothels only to get a man’s attention and have him tell me I’m ugly. If I could change I would, but I don’t even know my family or where I come from. It makes me want to either disguise myself as “average-sized” and eat my woodcutter husband’s servants and children, or only prey on children based on an internet suggestion from 2Chan and go by “Hachishakusama”… but that won’t help. My first instinct is to try dating apps, but I’m scared… what if they run away when they see all my flaws?
— Bashful Lady Spoon
Dear Bashful Lady Spoon,
It’s amazing to read about your perseverance to carry on with no support system, and how self-aware you are to want to change your actions, especially the killing and child-eating because those are generally frowned upon. Dating apps are an option, but they can be tricky because their algorithms make no sense, and — unlike you — most men are superficial, flaky, and have an inferiority complex with dating taller women, which is their loss. Most normal-sized men may only consider dating tall women if an…
