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Humanity isn't always on the [[Puny Earthlings|low end of the cosmic totem pole]]. If a story takes the point of view of [[Talking Animal|animals]] or relatively weak or primitive non-humans, there'll be a [[Perspective Flip]] related to [[Clarke's Third Law]] where [[Humans Through Alien Eyes|modern humans]]—excuse us; '''''MAN''''' -- shall be seen as unnaturally and [[Humans Are Ugly|nauseatingly]] ''[[Eldritch Abomination|inconceivable]]''.
Humanity isn't always on the [[Puny Earthlings|low end of the cosmic totem pole]]. If a story takes the point of view of [[Talking Animal|animals]] or relatively weak or primitive non-humans, there'll be a [[Perspective Flip]] related to [[Clarke's Third Law]] where [[Humans Through Alien Eyes|modern humans]]—excuse us; '''''MAN''''' -- shall be seen as unnaturally and [[Humans Are Ugly|nauseatingly]] ''[[Eldritch Abomination|inconceivable]]''.


The non-human creatures will usually consider Man as [[Exclusively Evil]], and treat it either with wary respect or an odd reverence as a [[A God Am I|divinity]]. Whether it's borne from [[Theyd Cut You Up|survival instinct]] or cultural baggage, most will be reluctant ''at best'' to actively resisting Man's activities, let alone be curious to know them, lest one would suffer in the most merciless manner a the hands of Man's [[Industrialized Evil]]. Possibly the [[Genre Savvy]] [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|non-human]] society realizes that committing to [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|major action against Man]] would risk breaking the [[Masquerade]], crossing some sort of [[Moral Event Horizon]], or is [[Too Dumb to Live|just]] [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu|plain]] [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|suicidal]].
The non-human creatures will usually consider Man as [[Exclusively Evil]], and treat it either with wary respect or an odd reverence as a [[A God Am I|divinity]]. Whether it's borne from [[They Would Cut You Up|survival instinct]] or cultural baggage, most will be reluctant ''at best'' to actively resisting Man's activities, let alone be curious to know them, lest one would suffer in the most merciless manner a the hands of Man's [[Industrialized Evil]]. Possibly the [[Genre Savvy]] [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|non-human]] society realizes that committing to [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|major action against Man]] would risk breaking the [[Masquerade]], crossing some sort of [[Moral Event Horizon]], or is [[Too Dumb to Live|just]] [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu|plain]] [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|suicidal]].


To meet this trope, the non-humans must consider either individual (completely normal) Man or the Man's civilization as a whole to be:
To meet this trope, the non-humans must consider either individual (completely normal) Man or the Man's civilization as a whole to be:
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