#I don't think any of this information is relevant to ppl shipping whatever they want

[sweetenby]

That one Rudolph lesbian post has me all kinds of fucked up

Me foaming at the mouth desperate to explain that male work animals are more often than not castrated vs clamping my mouth shut bc then I'd be siding with a homophobe vs knowing it's meaningless bc the animators didn't care about any of that and just gave the reindeer antlers bc it looks good

#God I know I'm an annoying pedant but I hate not correcting misinformation/misconceptions #I just want to share my knowledge #I'm shaking And Crying #Also reindeer are used as working animals irl #And they're normally half castrated so that they have enough testosterone to be strong #But they have lower levels of testosterone so that they're more mild mannered #Like most work animals have names to refer to castrated males specifically bc of how common it is to do that #Like oxen doesn't mean cow it means a male castrated cow that has special training to pull equipment n carts n stuff #my animal adhd fixation aside #I don't think any of this information is relevant to ppl shipping whatever they want #Like if you want to say they're lesbian yeah they're lesbians! #This is the most epic interal battle I've ever had #And it's just me telling myself not to add things in the tags of a post #I am mentally unwell #These tags specifically are driving me crazy #Bc like it's you're acting like it's insane for ppl to castrate reindeer when that is smt the indigenous ppl of the north do regularly #And I don't like that #But also it's a post about lesbian reindeer that's not relevant