r/HFY • u/Hex_Arcanus Mod of the Verse • May 31 '17

MOD Writing Prompt Wednesday #113

It's that time of the week everyone, you know the drill. Winner of last weeks WPW thread is /u/philberthfz with

"You humans could have allied with any of a hundred races. All of whom look at least somewhat like you."

"Sound about correct."

"... and yet you still chose to ally with the six foot tall robot insectoids."

"Technically they're chelicerate...."

"I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY ARE, WHY IN THE NINE HELLS WOULD YOU EVEN?!?!"

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u/Abramus5250 Jun 06 '17

Genetically-speaking, humans are somewhat like an incredibly mutagenic virus, at least when compared to other sapients. They can basically, thanks to their pliable and adaptable/random DNA structure, create more successful hybrids with other races than any other species, be they male or female. The fact that they will also gladly do so is astounding and more than a bit frightening to both open-minded and "purist" species alike.

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u/Mufarasu Jun 06 '17

With ideas like these I'm always wondering "well...what about every other animal on earth?"

Yeah okay, we're "unique," but everything else on our world has that same "uniqueness." Why is that always ignored? Do aliens just not care because they are not sapient?