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And why didn’t Q mess with the Klingons when talking about savage brutes?

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They don’t pretend not to be cruel and savage.

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In fact, they pretend to be cruel and savage even when they’re not.

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It’s just mythology, third take. So humans are always the main characters of the universe.

Humanity is the middle race between extremes, between some lowly race like demons or dwarves, and some highly race like angels or elves. Tolkien just rephrased it, and so did scifi. Basically all of fiction where there are other humans with weird bodily features other species besides humans is just this trope redone.

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And here I am always playing boring human characters in pen and paper role playing games ^^

Well, 99% of the time I’m a GM, but when I get to play, I pick the most generic bland flavour - willingly ^^

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Nothing wrong with the classics! I play as a human usually too, sometimes an elf

Tropes are only annoying if done badly, or have become outdated. But the question of humanity will always be something we should ask

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