Writing non-human characters who are similar to me is easier and less anxiety-inducing than writing human characters who are similar to me, because the latter are read as "really inhuman for a human being" but the former are read as "surprisingly human for a non-human".
Humans with mostly inhuman qualities and just a shred of humanity are scary. Non-humans with mostly inhuman qualities and just a shred of humanity are fascinating.
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