Pro-Human Transhuman: Difference between revisions

If the transformation is due to [[The Virus]], this requires copious [[Heroic Willpower]]. These characters can usually pull off a [[Sheep in Wolf's Clothing]] gambit. See also [[Monster Adventurers]]. Related to [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]], which refers to creatures that aren't former humans.

 

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In ''[[Claymore]]'', the eponymous warrior are [[Half-Human Hybrid|Half human half demon]] who choose to fight for humanity's sake. {{spoiler|Just about every one who finds out that the organization which transformed them does ''not'' have the best interests of the citizenry at heart ends up going rogue.}}

== [[Literature]] ==

* Terry Pratchett's ''[[Discworld]]'':

* In [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''[[Berserker (Literature)|Berserker]]'' stories, Hilary Gage, an artificial intelligence designed to mimic every aspect of the human thought process, continues to think of "himself" as human, at least with respect to interstellar politics, despite being very much aware of the fact that "he" has no biological body parts. Later, he {{spoiler|downloads himself into a berserker warship's central AI, and has to make sure he maintains enough control to prevent the warship from continuing its fight against humanity.}}

* In ''[[Old Man's War]]'', the CDF consists almost entirely of elderly men and women [[Brain Uploading|downloaded]] into genetically enhanced pseudo-clones ([[Tyke Bomb|the rest]] is even less human). During boot camp one guy asks why they're bothering to defend baseline humanity when their new bodies are [[Evolutionary Levels|the next step in human evolution]]. [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Sergeant Ruiz]] tells him he couldn't be more wrong, all the alien DNA in their genomes makes them sterile and thus an evolutionary "dead end". In fact one of the reasons for the advanced enlistment age is so most of the recruits would have grandkids back home they would want to protect from baby-eating aliens.

* In [http://www.karenetaylor.com/ Karen E. Taylor]'s ''[http://www.goodreads.com/series/65538-the-vampire-legacy Vampire Legacy]'' series, [[Vampire Detective]] Dierdre prefers working with humans to other vampires, despite the [[Fantastic Racism]] that carries.

 

* In ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'' the three main characters are a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost who still care about humans and are trying to live as normally as they can.

* This happens a couple of times in the new ''[[Doctor Who]]'' with Cybermen who haven't been 100% perfectly converted. Specifically, in "Doomsday" converted Torchwood head Yvonne Hartman shoots a bunch of Cybermen while [[Madness Mantra|repeating]] "I did my duty for queen and country...I did my duty for queen and country..."

* If one plays [[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Adam Jensen]] with a pacifist slant, this is how he identifies himself in {{spoiler|any of the four}} endings.

 

* People in ''[[Crimson Dark]]'' with lots of [[Cyborg|augs]], despite often [[Hollywood Cyborg|being less than 20% flesh]], still act just like normal humans.

* [[The Kingfisher]]: Vampirism doesn't make one inherently evil, but the pro-human vampires are few: mainly Helen, Vitus, Jack, Tristan, and Darren. Notably, some of the least powerful characters in the story.

 

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