Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20170424154014/@comment-4010415-20170524010638

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: 1. Then why not use Fauni for plurals then? Since it's literally the actual plural for Faunus in Latin (and it's genitive case too).

2. Also, why does everyone here call the Faunus a different species when it's pretty much obvious they are effectively a different race? They are literally just humans with some animalistic thing somewhere, the difference is barely bigger than between elves and humans.

And they are sentient, and their own people. By definition, they are a race, not a different species. 1. *Le shrug*

2. Because they've been referred to as being separate species in the show. Funny enough, both times by Blake.

"The mere fact that you would sort that Faunus boy with a terrorist group solely based on his species makes you just as much of a scoundrel as you believe him to be!" - in The Stray

"You may be willing to accept the Faunus, Professor Ozpin, but your species is not." - in Welcome to Beacon