Lol. I think it's actually quite funny how upset people are by fairly harmless perversions.
The egg laying is pretty odd, but compared to some of the actually horrific shit people fetishize... It's like, "Huh? That's weird." Then I move on emotionally.
People literally paid money to buy Bel Daphne's bath water. Several folks are rumored to have gotten sick drinking it.
What bothered me is that he got so intimidated that her writing was better than his, that he pushed her away. That's some tiny genitals sexist bullshit.