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I don't think that means what you think it means... (Destiny)

by Durandal, Friday, February 12, 2016, 14:23 (2996 days ago) @ narcogen

"I'm not deficient. I'm SUPERIOR! Humans. Are. Superior."
— John Crichton, Farscape

The humans are superior trope is that humans are objectively better then aliens in the factors that matter. Not that they have racist attitudes against non-humans, although that tends to be present to some degree.

You seem to conflate the distrust and dislike of humans with the trope. Bioware looks at the politics of the universe at large, where humans are not special or superior, and other aliens reactions to humans are explored.

Saren hating humans is a big point of ME1. The earth first groups and attitudes are a foil to that. Is there a difference between him and Ashley/Kaiden? Why? Given how manipulative and disrespectful the Asari, Turians and Salarians are, is some suspicion of their motives justified? We see several instances of racism against humans from other aliens throughout the series.

When I invoked the trope, I was not referencing these politics or attitudes, just the Collectors specifically targeting humans to the exception of other races due to plot mcguffins.


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