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[peratic]

What makes someone a monster?

Specifically, what traits or acts would cause you to consider someone a monster? I'm not interested in speculative tragic background stories.

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[fireincarnate]

Nothing.

Everyone can be monstrous. That doesn't make us less human.

[peratic]

I tend to agree, although I know of non-monsters who are not necessarily human.

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[fireincarnate]

Oh, me too. [Her own humanity is debatable.] People works better, I guess.

unpossible

[peratic]

It's a little bit of a linguistic tangle, isn't it? I often find myself wanting to talk about what's humanistic in a given situation, but I don't want to be exclusionary.

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[fireincarnate]

Exactly!

What kind of non-humans have you met?

[peratic]

You name it, really. Werewolves in Białowieża Forest, near Poland. Also fae, there, who come in all manner of shapes. Actually, that forest is probably one of the more diverse places remaining.

[fireincarnate]

[Her eyes widen, and her smile follows suit.] I've never met either. As far as I know, anyway.

Is there something special about the forest?

[peratic]

They are tricky that way. And not...supernaturally, I don't think, but it is a remnant of the primeval forest, and one could argue anything that ancient has a trace of the otherworldly to it.

[ it also has bison. those aren't magical, they're just neat. ]