For our next edition to this colorful collection, we have another lesbian couple (this time being a butch-femme couple, as opposed to the purely femme couple of red monkeys), that are also chirky--which in the make-believe dimension of Animalia,, refers to an animal who's attracted to one or more different species besides their own. Tigers and red pandas don't really fall in love in real life, but you can do anything in the imaginary world!

Just for this picture, we actually studied Polynesian tattoos (those cool tribal designs you find on the bodies of people from those islands) to avoid being disrespectful to Polynesian culture. They may look like cool designs to you, but each combination of patterns and animals actually tells a story about its wearer--and different aspects of their life and personality, depending on where they're placed.

To put it shortly, our tribal leader tigress's tattoos basically tell the tale of the struggles gay and chirky animals and people (including those in her tribe) have faced, and how they've (mostly) triumphed, but also describe aspects of her personality and status as a person, as well as her orientation as a chirky animal.

To put it longly, The enata (little people-like figures) on her head symbolize her ancestors, who watch over her and wish her luck in her leadership, while the ones near the crook of her arm represent her people and friends overcoming their hard-ships and fighting their enemies (likewise, the up-side-down enata on her arm symbolizes fallen enemies). The rain-bow sun symbolizes their rising above all challenges, and has a tiger-like tiki face on the inside, sticking out its tongue in defience to their existing enemies. She and her people hold the ocean very close to their hearts, so she has many wave-like designs in there, too (although they're also there to fill in some blank spots, hehe). The odd shape encased in the square on her lower bicep is a Marquesian cross, which symbolizes harmony between the elements. A gecko (which is thought to be a luck-bringing god in disguise) enrobes her wrist, symbolizing the beautiful things she can create with her paws for those who deserve it--and the pain she can inflict to those who deserve that. Shark teeth (the triangular patterns) and spear heads (the diamond-like patterns) show off her prowess as a strong and determined fighter. Meanwhile, turtle-shell/sea-shell-like designs, referring to her good health, inner peace, and more gentle side. This is best represented in the huge turtle on her chest, the shell of which looks like two enata, thus symbolizing romance and marriage. Said turtle is being kissed by a sting-ray, the kiss being a symbol of her chirkiness. The sting-ray can hide its flat body in the sand and protect itself from sharks, who are normally very good hunters, wo it represents her own personality very well, as this creature is very fast and stealthy, adaptable, and can pack quite a punch. Ironically, she also has sharks on either side of said sting-ray, as a representation of her fierce, untamable personality (in war, at least). And finally...

...in her soft spot is a tattoo of a bivalve shell, to symbolize that she's married. However, over the years she realized that marrying the woman she did was one of the only mistakes she ever made--this woman turned out to be very controlling and mostly did it for the status. The tigress decided to take a break from her by going travelling across the world. And while in the himalayas, she found a little red panda lady, trapped under a huge rock. The tigress pushed the rock out of the way and took her to the hospital, where her leg had to be amputated but they otherwise restored her to good health. This panda also turned out to be a chirky lesbian, and fell in love with the tigress as soon as she was better again.

So, in conclusion, this couple represents the orange stripe on the gay flag, which means "healing", because the two help each other to heal in their new relationship--the tigress finds healing from her mean wife in the panda, and the panda finds healing from her life-threatening accident in the tigress. Yaaaaay happy ending!!

Flowers featured in this picture include kou (the leis that the two are wearing), montbretia (a sprig of it in the panda's hair), bird of paradise (on the tigress's swim trunks) and African Tulip-tree flowers (printed on the panda's dress).