Discussion Why Turn Human?

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  1. AurumGold

    AurumGold [An Element]

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    Ok, for the longest time, I had always wondered why in most (if not all) novels, all other creatures tend to turn into humans after gaining higher degree of power/cultivation or just simply want to turn human, but there seems to be never an explaination that could justify it.

    The humans on those novels never go "Oh imma turn into a worm cuz I want to"... I mean I did not really see much reason to turning in something that will discomfort ones self. THEN I found it!

    World Defying Dan God (ch 287) - Spirit beasts could not speak, they could only use divine sense. The humans were the wisest of all living beings. After the final evolution of beasts, they could take a human form, just like Long Xueyi. She would rarely transform into dragon, and most of the time, she would be in her human form.

    I mean its not the best reason, but it is definitely an explaination why they turn human.

    Did you find other novels to explain why other creatures tend to turn human?
     
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    Christian Leontsinis Well-Known Member

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    Because human bodies are the perfect shape
     
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    Cause humans are sexy as fuck.
     
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    AurumGold [An Element]

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    Lel doubt that. Merely evolved to grasp thing more precisely.

    Beastkin? No?....
     
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    Clozdark "Kuma chan \(≧◡≦)/ "「airhead」「nonsense speaker]

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    Half beast is ecchi
     
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    In worlds like that humans are generally a dominate race as such to blend in better beast would become human. Because humans are the dominate race they hunt beast and such and the higher level or stronger the beats is the more humans will want to hunt it for its parts. So beast would become humans to hide better, also cause humans generally have more interesting lives then beasts and a lot of them want to experience human culture.
     
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    becase human form is the most advantage form a being can take since human form is almost perfect (self proclaimed), but rather than human form its humanoid form... can a creature handle toolds if not having humanoid hands?
     
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    Exterial @pocketbear ,much oneesama, very friendly, kawaii.

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    I remember reading in one of these novels that humans are gods favourites so that might be it. Other than that maybe cos there are more humans than beasts and human have cities etc so 'god' wants to give beasts an opportunity to experience that. Honestly tho it doesnt really matter.
     
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    So the mc can have romance with them without making it weird man on ? stuff
     
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    Liyus Laksha's Desu~ Cat

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    because it's convenient......think if there is a beast large as a mountain, as long it's move it's will be noticed by all, if they can turn into human it's make that more convenient......if you are thinking why don't turn small instead? then because human have more flexible movement.....
     
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    Anyone play Jack 3 on the ps2?
    I laughed when the wisest, primal being are small orange fur balls.
    This was funny because the main antagonists was turned into one of them...
     
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    Can equip weapons? Or for some novels, humans have more potential in cultivation as demonic beasts cultivation is proportional to their bloodline's strength
     
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    Simple, after a beast has the ability to turn human, the next tier above that is turning into a cat. They simply become human a step to get to their real goal of the ultimate form.
     
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    Robbini Logical? Illogical? Random? Or Just Unique?

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    Various reasons given mostly.

    • They don't necessarily 'turn human', they just adapt a 'humanoid form'.
    • Easier to hide among humans
    • Easier to get anything by trading or other things among humans, rather than trying to wait in a desolate place and ambush humans.
    • They aren't necessarily good craftsmen, so there's noone making any equipment for their 'normal' bodies, but there's a lot of humans, and there's a lot of equipment makers for humans.
    • Vocal cords. Not all the species have something that can allow for human languages.
    • Size. It's a lot easier to find a hiding place if you're 1,8m tall than maybe 5 m long and 2 m tall tiger.
    • Safety. There's no race with more numbers than humans in the novels. So it's a lot easier to hide among them.
    • Avoiding extermination. Because let's face it, most wuxia / xianxia / xuanhuan stories have some mentions of various animals being worth a lot of currency. Being hunted on sight isn't necessarily fun.
     
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    Nyarlathotep The laziest and the King of Procrastination

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    *cough* Beifeng *cough*
     
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    So that some day they can appropriately pet cats using their human hands.
     
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    In most novels, humans are based on gods (visually).
    So those beast are not turning into "human" form, but "godlike" form instead.

    In others, humans are the dominant species with the most knowledge,
    so beasts who want to advance without being hunted down transform into humans and hide in the masses.

    There are several explanations, but the most likely is that the author is a human him-/herself
     
  19. Tenor

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    Why turn human? Personally, I'd turn right, maybe left if I feel like it.






    Shoot me before I reproduce.
     
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    Thats true, humans did evolve to be able to handle tools better for hunting and farming, ect ect.
     
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