#and i feel like a jackass if i correct people abt it too. head in my hands
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every day people call my coyotes wolves
#sometimes foxes too. but not as often#to be clear this is about my artwork. i do not say 'my coyotes' as if i have any claim to the species i mean my gay dog drawings#if anything i think it strengthens the whole 'coyotes as a trans/nb metaphor' thing i love so dearly. in a way#this is like. not an actual issue it's just a mild pet peeve really#it's not realistic for me to get actually bothered by it#esp considerin that wolves have a much more widespread range both in the natural world and culturally#so people as a whole are not gonna recognize a coyote as readily as a wolf. and ofc the two can fucking crossbreed so that doesn't help#HOWEVER coyotes are my subject of choice for a Reason and i feel like some of that nuance is lost when it's assumed to be a wolf yknow?#the dog metaphor hits different when it's the species that're the scrappy survivalists who live just as easily in the city and wilderness#sorry for going off i'm not normal about animal symbolism that's why i make art about it and have it as a constant motif#and i feel like a jackass if i correct people abt it too. head in my hands#this IS why that zine comic starts out with the line 'a coyote is not a wolf is not a fox' btw#no i won't shut up
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