What happens when art students follow instructions literally

The lecture and workshop on homosexuality in video games that I gave a week or two back at The University of Gotland’s GAME department seemed to go over quite well. Incidentally, during the workshop portion–which involved breaking students into groups and having them create ideas for games with more mindful inclusion of LGBT elements–one student drew this:

Why yes, that is a “hard gay” chihuahua. Drawing materials had been passed out so that students could mock up character designs for animals in a theoretical social game based around anthropomorphized pets. This was slightly more, though definitely less cutesy than what I was expecting:

The student who drew that awesome chihuahua only showed it to the class after a decent amount of prodding. I think she expected me to be mad; I was busy thinking “Best Folsom accessory ever!” Clearly she saw the glee on my face, because she brought it to me after class as a “present.” This is why I heart artists. And Sweden. Normally not chihuahuas though. In this case I will make an exception.