goddamnshinyrock:

a good guide to differentiating between a raven and a crow: crows are lovable ragamuffins intent on making mischief while ravens are unsettling dinosaurs

there’s a reason Poe wrote his poem about a raven and not a crow. The crow would not just perch (on a pallid bust of Pallas) above the chamber door and stare menacingly while uttering a few pithy remarks, the crow would barge in with ten of his friends and they would start pulling apart the furnishings looking for food and making off with any objects they found interesting, like fuck nevermore, this dude has BREAD in here.