also, anne mccaffrey believed that as soon as a man has sex with another man, he’s GAY FOREVER
https://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Tent_Peg_Statement
she was also (in)famous for fucking hating fanworks of all kinds and at one point made all pern roleplay boards (and i think maybe fandom boards generally?) post the tentpeg statement or else they’d literally get sued! anne mccaffrey was a piece of work, but her worldbuilding was interesting enough that i totally get why people latched onto her books so hard. lots of room to get creative there if you just ignored the author saying dumb shit, lol.
Re: Deladria#242017
https://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Tent_Peg_Statement
she was also (in)famous for fucking hating fanworks of all kinds and at one point made all pern roleplay boards (and i think maybe fandom boards generally?) post the tentpeg statement or else they’d literally get sued! anne mccaffrey was a piece of work, but her worldbuilding was interesting enough that i totally get why people latched onto her books so hard. lots of room to get creative there if you just ignored the author saying dumb shit, lol.