Comments by "p11" (@porky1118) on "Trope Talk: Planet Of Hats" video.
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I recognized this in my own fantasy world, and started do work on new ones.
That fantasy world had a bunch of races, and even if not everyone of that race had the same trait, there was at least that preference.
* the "armor humans" mostly live in caves, are strong, not very emotional, especially the men, the women maybe a bit, but more at the level of human men
* the "bird humans" value traditions, live non monogamous (males have harems, but when they leave, the women look for another men)
* "amphibian humans" can be very wise and intelligent, but also tend do be playful.
* elves don't have much personality, are emotionally stable, live very long and stay young for long. They were made to be used as slaves.
* and humans act different depending on where they live.
* and if a fantasy creature lives long enough in a place, where multiple races live, they often adopt their behaviors
I guess my races are not that stale, or at least it could be changed to be better, but I somehow didn't like the premise of having many different races anymore.
The "hat" thing can probably also thought of as a bias, but in reality not everyone is like that, even in works, where you see it.
But why do you have to add "bird human" instead of just adding a new culture, who consists of the same race as everyone, but they live non-monogamous and are more traditional in comparison?
Most of the time cultures are enough and races are not necessary, especially races with so many differences to the "default" race (probably humans).
If these races are nor really important to the stories, just use standard races.
Or find a reason, why you need bird humans.
The best reason probably would be the ability to fly.
But that's not enough. Besides that, it needs to be important to the story, that other people cannot fly. Else you could just add a civilization, where everyone is a "bird human" or "angel" or whatever flying race you prefer.
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