User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/Faunus... inferior or superior?/@comment-24260323-20140421052246

To be honest, sometimes all it takes for two people to fight is a misunderstanding. Some historians believe that the Vikings gave the Natives of North America goat milk as a peace offer. What they didn't know was that they were lactose intolerant and made them sick. So the natives, believing that they were poisoned, fought the vikings.

But onto the topic, I see the Faunus as equal, due to the fact their enhanced abilities (night vision, hearing, etc.) may have a cost. Sure their enhanced senses may aid them, but it can also hinder them as well. Deafen a Faunus with ultrasonic frequencies that Humans can't hear; shine a bright light in their eyes to foil their sight. If they have enhanced senses, then the effects should be amplified whether good or bad to reflect that they have enhanced senses.

If the Faunus looked like something out of the movie District 9 then nobody would try to even empathize with them due to their "inhuman appearance".

You see, it is the exact opposite of the above that makes the Faunus work, that makes people feel sorry for them. It is the sole fact that they "resemble" humans that pushes them over "The Uncanny Valley" into acceptance in our hearts. If you saw something completely alien, something so unearthly that should not exist, you wouldn't want to understand it. No, you would want to kill it, remove it from the world so you feel safe.

If the Faunus resembled more beast than man like an anthropomorphic animal, it would be too Uncanny and you would be unable to sympathize with it for the sole fact of its appearance.

Humans recognize faces, if they see someone that doesn't have a face that resembles a human, they cannot read their emotions. They become different.