Talk:Ghira Belladonna/@comment-27095373-20170119200444/@comment-4010415-20170120015329

If I had to guess, I'd say MM&K decided that Faunus wouldn't shapeshift for the same reason that Faunus only have one physical animal trait - so they can, for the most part, be just a person with an animal feature. The aim is for us to feel bad and recognize that discrimination against Faunus has been wrong and unreasonable, even before the White Fang turned violent. Faunus aren't much different than Humans, so why should Faunus be discriminated against? Why were Faunus used as slaves? Just because they're a little different? If MM&K went too far into the animalistic territory for Faunus, they would risk losing that.

That said, they haven't done a very good job at featuring the actual discrimination in the show and making us feel particularly bad for Faunus.