It's always weird to see a gendered noun in English...referring to the rock as "he". Short of seeing a golem or Dwayne Johnson, there is no better clue that the writer is not a native English speaker (as stated by z9htta1).
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It appears in 3 of the 7 images so it's not for reasons of presence...and it's not for reasons of gender because "males only" and "yaoi" are allowed...