It’s a quirk of the Wakfu world, afaik. The same way small birds are “tofus” and carrots are “cawwots”, and the races are named after yogurt, shoes, watches, and sadomasochism. :) I think it’s just something Ankama did to make the world that little extra bit different/funny.

The Paris CDG website clearly says that a lot of countries have such a 3 month to 6 month rule, but not France!

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Who told you that? I don’t see any rule like that on an official french website about the topic. It just says “valid passport”.

The airline ticket agent, when I tried to check in for my flight. They wouldn’t let me check in, wouldn’t let me even try (she said it would be silly to take the flight there and get turned back when I landed; she also said the TSA probably wouldn’t even let me through security). :( She even went and asked her manager, who apparently said there’s nothing they can do because it’s a French law, not an airline thing. 

I don’t understand, your passport isn’t past expiration date but still it has expired somehow?

France won’t let you into the country if your passport is within 3 months of its expiration date (regardless of whether your trip will be completed in its entirety before your passport expires). I honestly don’t understand why; it seems like a stupid rule, but the airline agent said it’s really common for countries to have rules like that. So because my passport expires next month, I’m SOL unless I can get a passport renewal in time to make a 3:45 PM flight. (Considering that the passport agency won’t promise the passport any earlier than 3:30, and the airport is ~25 minutes away, that’s... a long shot to say the least.) 

I could in theory get a different flight later tonight that wouldn’t get me to France until like 5 AM on Thursday. Technically I could probably get from Paris to Lille in time for Thursday’s activities, but I’d be exhausted and braindead, and there’s no guarantee that even that would work. 

I was THIS CLOSE to being like "Suri why the fuck are you awake" and then I looked at the clock

it's 9am there

Tadaaaaaa http://suricatessen.tumblr.com/post/101034726999/wakfu-ova-fansubs-all-three-episodes

Illustrations for Kings and Shadows by Suricatessen