Wed, Jun. 25th, 2008, 07:03 pm

Here's another angle on that whole doe Patronus business, taken shamelessly (but with permission) from a (locked) post by [info]lupabitch who was talking about actual animal totems:

I don't get why Deer is always associated with gentleness. You don't want to fuck with a deer. Especially a buck at rutting season. And if you're taking "Deer" in a broader sense to mean the entire family, just consider the red deer, the elk, and the moose. Antlers are wicked weapons, and all deer have sharp hooves.

Lots of animals are gentle with their young. Lots of tame or domestic animals can learn to be gentle with humans. But I'm not sure there's any wild animal that's so gentle that it wouldn't bite, kick, or sting the crap out of you if you threatened hir.
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Thu, Jun. 26th, 2008 02:30 am (UTC)
[info]the_bitter_word

Deer can be pretty dangerous. They will attack dogs if startled. The dog of a woman I work with was killed by a deer in her backyard.

Mostly, though, deer seem to charge heedlessly across roads, endangering themselves and others. Complete Gryffindors.

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