This Is Only Technically a Crossover
Okay so, this is because of a TikTok called "Nate the Hoof Guy," who has the job/profession of taking care of cow hooves. (I should probably say farrier but I think farrier is more "takes care of hooves and puts shoes on horses," and this guy seems to be doing cow hooves.
I had a sudden thought concerning the characters of The Crystal Gryphon/The Gryphon in Glory. These two books are part of the Witch World series, specifically High Hallack. Male Protagonist's mother made a Very Bad Deal with an Evil Power, and as a result he has goat hooves instead of feet.
Andre Norton does not go much into the particulars or practicalities of "has goat hooves." We mostly know that a) there is considerable angst about the goat hooves because *Evil b) he needs to wear special shoes. We don't really know how Protagonist survived childhood, or how he's considered a legitimate heir, or at least I don't remember much in the way of politics surrounding Protagonist's Situation, (aside from his marriage to a lady he's never met, even for their wedding).
But Nate the Hoof Guy reminded me of the Gryphon books, and suddenly, I am all about having a story where the Protagonist, for whatever reason, needs to have his feet trimmed. ((For absolutely no other reason but that this would be funny.))
I think I would not even bother having it be a fan fic? Due to Witch World not having much of a presence in Modern Fandom. (I am not sure if there's even any Witch World stories on AO3.) Just Random Evil OverLord's Kid Has Goat Hooves, and his Valet is also a Farrier. It is something I might try, just because it's funny.
*The main plotpoint for Gryphon is that he himself is not evil, despite evil decisions made by his evil mother. He still has to deal with the prejudice and having goat hooves though.
