Being Human Sucks: Difference between revisions

{{quote|I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! |'''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Cavil]]'''}}

* [[Big Bad|Brother Cavil]] from ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' provides us with page quote, as well as embodies this trope to a T. Interestingly, he himself is not a human, but a Cylon in the shape of a human. The page quote is all about how he hates his human body and how he wants to become a full on machine. His mother's response is that she's disappointed he never tried to follow up on his "perfect machine" idea, instead taking out his frustration with his form and his limitations on Humanity (and other humanoid Cylons).