You know you’re a furry when…
13 years ago
… you read the latest Star Wars novel (Mercy Kill, by Aaron Allston) and you can’t help but find serious overtones of a gay relationship between the Thakwaash (anthro horse) and the Gamorrean (anthro pig) characters.
Allston being Allston, I’m pretty sure he added the ambiguity on purpose.
Allston being Allston, I’m pretty sure he added the ambiguity on purpose.
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I noticed similar overtones in most Ursula LeGuin's work that includes male characters, and in Samuel Delany's Nova. It's all pure sci-fi, but still... Literary gaydar I guess. Stuff happens between the lines.