#queer deer

I have a lot of thoughts and none of them really go anywhere but I’m happy to expand

it’s funny, I was thinking about caribou while I was making this brown clay deer-person. I didn’t want the antler to read as caribou, it was more just turning thoughts around in my head

I imagine if we had antlers, culturally it would be considered masculine (likely even for those—like caribou—where everyone can grow antlers and shed them at different times).

it made me think about gender being seasonal, with the growing and shedding of antlers.

it made me think about how tender and sensitive antlers are when they first grow in, covered in velvet. is it like menstruation, a gender-specific thing that’s painful or uncomfortable for awhile?

it made me think about losing an antler accidentally, or removing them. or only removing one. or just cutting off a few tines. what would it signify? how would it feel?

do queer deer (lol) notice each other because of how their antlers look, recognize each other as queer?

would a doe feel relieved when it’s time to shed her antlers? would she dread growing new ones? would a buck, any buck, feel dysphoric, feel a loss, when he sheds his?

I don’t know, I’ve just been having the gender recently. so obviously I had to pass that feeling on to my little sculptural creatures

Queer Deers' Serpent -- Do Not Reupload/Use/Remove Caption. Art/OCs © twinrot - Inspired by Sky:Cotl from thatgamecompany

the prompt was from a request from @wlw-lovestruck-fiction and you can find the headcanons there also :)

it twas written by me

MC was hanging out with Alex one day, playing Uno.

And MC had brought up Pride month and was talking about how excited she was, and that she wanted to go to a parade sometime.

Alex, thinking she was straight, asked her why.

Which made her nervous, she opened her mouth, and mumbled something out, which they couldn’t hear.

“Come again?” Alex said as they grabbed her hand, just making her more nervous.

“I’m.. Bi,” she said quietly, but loud enough to hear.

“You are?” They asked her with a smile as she nodded.

MC knew how supportive Alex was, but the nerves of coming out were still there.

Alex was the third person she had ever come out to, her mom and brother being the first two.

“That’s amazing,” Alex would say to her with glee, happy that she came out to them.

MC smiled, loving how accepting they were.

“Also, uhm, one more question,” MC told Alex, looking at them with a small smile.

“Yeah, what is it?” They asked and looked at her, their bright eyes made MC smile even more.

“There’s a pride parade next week, and would you want to go with me?”

MC looked down as she asked, being kind of shy asking. She didn’t want them to feel obliged to say yes, and worried they were going to say no.

She looked up a minute later to see Alex grinning brightly.

“Of course I will, MC, It’ll be so fun!”

They exclaimed happily.

The two finished their game of Uno, and just had fun.

They would talk about random stuff, like pride, how good Alex was that they were practically cheating at the game.