☆ I'm just going to make a quick post on the parts of the first riddle with their respective explanations. I just thought it would be fun to put all the pieces together after the fact! ☆
I certainly didn't figure out all the elements of this riddle before I found the bird in the thread, but it really was a team effort with figuring out potential options for all of the elements of this riddle. So shout out to every bee on the team that took part, particularly
@Plume and
@LadyDestani , but every bee worked so hard buzzing after different lines of thought to make this happen!
"
Luxury sells
the artist of a girl’s best friend + a man’s best friend.
Luxury created the
gryphon. The
gryphon does not sell
the artist of a girl’s best friend, which is
the enemy of a man’s best friend."
Luxury ended up referring to
Mercedes, a luxury car brand. Within the riddle, the first mention of luxury is referring to tbt user
Mercedes, who has a cycling thread in the New Neighbor Network with Raymond as a villager tagged as being sold. The second mention of luxury is referring to the author
Mercedes Lackey, who wrote The Black Gryphon.
The artist of a girl's best friend + a man's best friend ended up referring to the villager
Raymond, who is said to resemble
David Bowie. David Bowie wrote the song Diamond Dogs; "diamonds are a girl's best friend" and a dog is man's best friend. Again Mercedes, the TBT member as mentioned above, had a thread in NNN where she advertised selling Raymond (so, "Luxury sells the artist of a girl's best friend + a man's best friend").
The gryphon now refers back to Mercedes Lackey's
The Black Gryphon. The first mention in the riddle is a direct reference to Mercedes being the author of the aforementioned novel. The second mention of the gryphon refers to the TBT user
Skandranon. Skandranon is the name of the main character in The Black Gryphon. Skandranon the TBT user has a thread in the New Neighbor Network, a giveaway thread for the villager Monique, which leads me to the explanation of last elements of this riddle!
The artist of a girl's best friend refers to Marylin Monroe, who performed the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in her film Gentleman Prefer Blondes. In this context, the riddle is referring to the cat villager Monique, whose design is based off of Marylin Monroe.
This brings me to the explanation of the enemy of a man’s best friend. Since man's best friend is a dog, the enemy of a dog is considered to be a cat. Monique, the villager who fits the artist of a girl's best friend element, is a cat villager.
So, the gryphon, does not sell the artist of a girl's best friend, who is an enemy of man's best friend. Skandranon had a giveaway thread in NNN for Monique, a cat villager, in which you can find the hidden bird! ☺
I hope this makes sense! If I messed anything up, please feel free to correct me. Shoutout to staff for being able to make a riddle that caused our team to pull their hair out and agonize for almost a week!! We love you guys regardless!
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❤ This was a lot of fun, even though it was stressful~