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My Buddy - Max the Dog
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Your lack understanding of the English language might be the issue here. Which I get. It's your second language. You mention there being a queen in Asgard in the first two films. Why was Frigga queen? Because she was married to the king. And guess the origin of queen...
queen | Etymology, origin and meaning of queen by etymonline
Now I am all for the reclaiming of the word by women. But in this case, with our queer king, who might just find herself a queen at some point, I'm going to default to Tessa, an outspoken feminist, and Taika, who has been very progressive and inclusive in his work. The leader of Asgard has always been a king, hence King Valkyrie. If you don't believe gender variation on language matters, then you really shouldn't care that is what she's called.
My take on this is that trying to crawl in the mind of someone and assume one thing or another, is treading on dangerous ground. If a title or character was insulting, that's another issue. I certainly don't see that here.
For as long as I can remember, I've referred to all actors (male and female) as "actors". The only time I don't is when I am specifically trying to delineate gender for one reason or another. A lot of people have asked me about that over the years. I don't think there's anything particularly wrong or insulting to use "actress", but I also don't think you can draw any conclusions about someone's mind set from those particular choices of words.
Bottom line is that people often make a point by their choice of words; both those I disagree and agree with. In this case, the choice makes complete sense to me.