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It should be pointed out, in case anyone forgot, that he's the author. Atlantians can sexually mature by 18 or 19, much like Hollywood it girl Jenna Ortega. Deliberately choosing to make them 14 is a dogwhistle, because there's no logical reason to do it otherwise. Like a white supremacist saying their favorite day is 1/4/88 wink wink. No it's not the Hitler thing, I just really really liked that day.
That's the question for Patrick, not how could you justify this? It's why would you do this in the first place? The answer to that is everyone knows the pedophiles in the SFWA will buy and enjoy your book, because it's sexy for them to fantasize about fucking 14-year-old "aliens". Justify that shit to St. Peter you pedo smut peddler.
Good point. I've never gone for "Patrick is a paedo" as a bit because it's not really plausible - he's too vanilla to be in to that.
But the fact that he is so desperate for artistic recognition that he will pander to the whole "love is love" crowd within the sci-fi fandomverse shows you where his true priorities lie.
He's willing to make a marine gay to piss off Trump Humpers (and it really, really does) but he's even more willing to make a major plot point "What if you could legally have sex with 14-year-olds in space?".
Credit where it's due though, Pat knows his audience. I don't remember a single tweet where he has been trying to show off his integrity.