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In 1998, two CGI movies about anthropomorphic insects came out, called "A Bug's Life" and "Antz," both of which contain a romantic subplot where a male worker ant earns the affection of the ant princess. Now, I was in elementary school when I watched those movies. I knew a lot of animal facts, and 'worker ants are female' was, like, the most basic fact about ants. It was therefore completely obvious to my 10-year-old self that the creators of the movie had made the protagonists of these movies male for the sole purpose of putting in their silly romantic subplot.

When I was older, a different thought presented itself: an anthropomorphic worker ant does not actually have to be male to have feelings for the 'ant princess' or for those feelings to be returned. This is something I keep remembering for some reason, so I whipped out my rusty digital art skills and created this.

Description
In 1998, two CGI movies about anthropomorphic insects came out, called "A Bug's Life" and "Antz," both of which contain a romantic subplot where a male worker ant earns the affection of the ant princess. Now, I was in elementary school when I watched those movies. I knew a lot of animal facts, and 'worker ants are female' was, like, the most basic fact about ants. It was therefore completely obvious to my 10-year-old self that the creators of the movie had made the protagonists of these movies male for the sole purpose of putting in their silly romantic subplot.

When I was older, a different thought presented itself: an anthropomorphic worker ant does not actually have to be male to have feelings for the 'ant princess' or for those feelings to be returned. This is something I keep remembering for some reason, so I whipped out my rusty digital art skills and created this.