Humans Are the Real Monsters: Difference between revisions

* [[Terry Pratchett]] plays with this in his ''[[Discworld]]'' novels. Sure, a lot of human characters are bastards, but instead of just leaving it at that, he often probes the question of ''why'' humans act that way, especially in his later, more philosophical books. Furthermore, there are more than a few non‐human characters who are just as much bastards as humans can be; in the novel ''[[Feet of Clay (novel)|Feet of Clay]]'', Commander Vimes is quoted as saying “Just because someone’s a member of an ethnic minority doesn’t mean they’re ''not'' a nasty small‐minded little jerk.”

** Collectively, humans in Discworld exhibit traits from the whole spectrum, being bastards included, and it seems that it’s all pertaining to a theme of [[Humans Are Special]].

{{quote|'''Ratcatcher''': This is inhuman!

'''Keith''': No, it’s ''very'' human. It’s extremely human. There isn’t a beast in the world who’d do it to another living thing, but your poisons do it every day.