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** Given their unfortunate upbringing compared to the utopia their civilization has, the Modular People are sometimes portrayed as an [[IronWoobie Iron]] [[WoobieSpecies Woobie Species]] [[DefiantToTheEnd that doesn't give up believing in hope despite, or even in spite of their upbringing]].
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** Given their unfortunate upbringing compared to the utopia their civilization has, the Modular People are sometimes portrayed as an DefiantToTheEnd [[IronWoobie Iron]] [[WoobieSpecies Woobie Species]] [[DefiantToTheEnd [[{{Determinator}} that doesn't give up believing in hope despite, or even in spite of their upbringing]].
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** Given their unfortunate upbringing compared to the utopia their civilization has, the Modular People are sometimes portrayed as DefiantToTheEnd [[IronWoobie Iron]] [[WoobieSpecies Woobie Species]] that don't give up believing in hope.
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** Given their unfortunate upbringing compared to the utopia their civilization has, the Modular People are sometimes portrayed as DefiantToTheEnd an [[IronWoobie Iron]] [[WoobieSpecies Woobie Species]] [[DefiantToTheEnd that don't doesn't give up believing in hope.hope despite, or even in spite of their upbringing]].
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** Given their unfortunate upbringing compared to the utopia their civilization has, the Modular People are sometimes portrayed as DefiantToTheEnd [[IronWoobie Iron]] [[WoobieSpecies Woobie Species]] that don't give up believing in hope.
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* MemeticMutation: Many of the species, only getting a page or two each, are {{flanderized}} according to their species hat:
** In the case of the Killer Folk, they're almost always drawn with hats in fanart, since the only image of one in the book is wearing one. They're a literal SpeciesOfHats.
** The Snake People are often considered to be TheStoner and musically inclined, since the image of one is shown smoking what appears to be a hookah and has a flute of some sort next to it. This has been combined with the "snake jazz" meme from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.
** The Satyriacs are, naturally enough, portrayed as sex-crazed and self-indulgent. To be fair, this is their canon characterization.
** The Temptors, with their small, subservient males, have been compared to "simps".
** In the case of the Killer Folk, they're almost always drawn with hats in fanart, since the only image of one in the book is wearing one. They're a literal SpeciesOfHats.
** The Snake People are often considered to be TheStoner and musically inclined, since the image of one is shown smoking what appears to be a hookah and has a flute of some sort next to it. This has been combined with the "snake jazz" meme from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.
** The Satyriacs are, naturally enough, portrayed as sex-crazed and self-indulgent. To be fair, this is their canon characterization.
** The Temptors, with their small, subservient males, have been compared to "simps".
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* {{Fanon}}: It is accepted in many parts of the fandom that "Nemo Ramjet" refers to the character of The Author in-universe.
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* GatewaySeries: For SpeculativeBiology in general. Many more people becoming interested in the topic after its surging popularity.
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* GatewaySeries: For SpeculativeBiology in general. Many more people becoming interested in the topic after its surging books surge in popularity.
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** The Colonials and Modular People take the cake. The former is a flesh brick but still retains just enough humanity to be deeply disturbing. The later have individual humans as organs.
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** The Colonials get a massive case of BodyHorror and AndIMustScream. The are turned into brick-like limbless, boneless slabs of flesh as punishment for resisting the Qu and are used by the Qu to [[{{Squick}} filter out waste]]. And like the Mantelopes their minds are intact leaving them completely aware of their situation. However, unlike the Mantelopes, they manage to hold onto hope and begin to reconstruct society when the Qu leave, gradually becoming one of the most advanced and prosperous post-human societies, making them also [[IronWoobie Iron Woobies]].
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** The Colonials get a massive case of BodyHorror and AndIMustScream. The are turned into brick-like limbless, boneless slabs of flesh as punishment for resisting the Qu and are used by the Qu to [[{{Squick}} filter out waste]]. And like the Mantelopes their minds are intact leaving them completely aware of their situation. However, unlike the Mantelopes, they manage to hold onto hope and begin to reconstruct society when the Qu leave, gradually becoming one of the most advanced and prosperous post-human societies, making them also [[IronWoobie Iron Woobies]].Woobies]].
** The Pterosapiens can fly and live with large brains, open borders, and almost no conflict. Alas, this comes [[BlessedWithSuck with a huge strain on their hearts]], which are literally too big to support them. Most Pterosapiens die before they turn thirty. This ephemeral lifespan brings with them a great tragedy.
** The Pterosapiens can fly and live with large brains, open borders, and almost no conflict. Alas, this comes [[BlessedWithSuck with a huge strain on their hearts]], which are literally too big to support them. Most Pterosapiens die before they turn thirty. This ephemeral lifespan brings with them a great tragedy.
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** The scope of the story is over ''millions'' of years. Each creature which gets a page and a picture in a book? They had a civilization which lasted longer than most empires here on Earth. The empty spaces in chronology are a fanfic writer's goldmine.
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* FridgeHorror: With how genetic engineering works (typically only being viable for affecting an organism's offspring), the Qu, to transform humanity, would have had to use the last generations of Star People to create the posthuman animals. Now, it's possible that the posthumans were created in Qu laboratories artificially, but considering how cruel the Qu are, this seems unlikely. It's more likely that the Star People were forced to ''gestate and give birth to'' the deformed creatures that succeeded them. And after that, the Qu's humiliation being complete, [[FinalSolution they dealt with their worthless Star People stock]].
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* FanficFuel: The Qu are noted to have subjugated dozens of human colonies and engineered hundreds of creatures from their inhabitants, though we only get to see a handful in the book. What other abominations could the Qu have created?
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** The Modular People look absolutely ''vile'' at first glance. Then you find out how empathetic and cooperative they are, and how they formed a beautiful utopia where everyone is happy, healthy, and equal. It’s hard to be revolted by them for very long after that.
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* IronWoobie: The Colonials are an [[IronWoobie Iron]] [[WoobieSpecies Woobie Species]]. See down on the page for more details.
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* UglyCute: Many of the post-human creatures demonstrated have objectively horrific appearances, but many of them are also highly intelligent, empathetic and sensitive, and become fairly endearing in appearance the longer you look at them, particularly the Snake People, Satyriacs, Striders and Spacers.
** The Saurosapient are a less unsettling version, being essentially sentient two-legged lizards.
** The Saurosapient are a less unsettling version, being essentially sentient two-legged lizards.
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** The Colonials get a massive case of BodyHorror and AndIMustScream. The are turned into brick-like limbless, boneless slabs of flesh as punishment for resisting the Qu and are used by the Qu to [[{{Squick}} filter out waste]]. And like the Mantelopes their minds are intact leaving them completely aware of their situation. However, unlike the Mantelopes, they manage to hold onto hope and begin to reconstruct society when the Qu leave, gradually becoming one of the most advanced and prosperous post-human societies, making them also [[IronWoobie Iron Woobies]].
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* FridgeHorror: With how genetic engineering works (typically only being viable for affecting an organism's offspring), the Qu, to transform humanity, would have had to use the last generations of Star People to create the posthuman animals. Now, it's possible that the posthumans were created in Qu laboratories artificially, but considering how cruel the Qu are, this seems unlikely. It's more likely that the Star People were forced to ''gestate and give birth to'' the deformed creatures that succeeded them. And after that, the Qu's humiliation being complete, [[FinalSolution they dealt with their worthless Star People stock]].
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** The Colonials get a massive case of BodyHorror and AndIMustScream. The are turned into brick-like limbless, boneless slabs of flesh as punishment for resisting the Qu and are used by the Qu to [[Squick [[{{Squick}} filter out waste]]. And like the Mantelopes their minds are intact leaving them completely aware of their situation.
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* UncannyValley: To say it's prevalent in the various depictions of the human descendants is an understatement--the familiar forms of human anatomy twisted in such... creative ways can get rather unsettling.
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* UncannyValley: To say it's prevalent in the various depictions of the human descendants is an understatement--the familiar forms of human anatomy twisted in such... creative ways can get rather unsettling.unsettling.
* WoobieSpecies:
** The Mantelopes who were turned into quadrupeds but with their human intellect intact, meaning they knew they were trapped in a body they couldn't use. They sang sad songs about their inability to do anything with their intelligence, and their minds deteriorated over the next thousands of years.
** The Colonials get a massive case of BodyHorror and AndIMustScream. The are turned into brick-like limbless, boneless slabs of flesh as punishment for resisting the Qu and are used by the Qu to [[Squick filter out waste]]. And like the Mantelopes their minds are intact leaving them completely aware of their situation.
* WoobieSpecies:
** The Mantelopes who were turned into quadrupeds but with their human intellect intact, meaning they knew they were trapped in a body they couldn't use. They sang sad songs about their inability to do anything with their intelligence, and their minds deteriorated over the next thousands of years.
** The Colonials get a massive case of BodyHorror and AndIMustScream. The are turned into brick-like limbless, boneless slabs of flesh as punishment for resisting the Qu and are used by the Qu to [[Squick filter out waste]]. And like the Mantelopes their minds are intact leaving them completely aware of their situation.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture'', both stories deal with the future of human evolution and genetic manipulation. ''All Tomorrows'' takes an [[TheAntiNihilist Anti-Nihilist]] approach showing humanity, despite its hardships [[spoiler:and extinction]], still accomplishing amazing things. By contrast, ''Man After Man'' is far more cynical, showing humanity becoming simple animals or [[spoiler:a HordeOfAlienLocusts]]
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture'', both ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture''. Both stories deal with the future of human evolution and genetic manipulation. ''All Tomorrows'' takes an [[TheAntiNihilist Anti-Nihilist]] approach showing humanity, despite its hardships [[spoiler:and extinction]], still accomplishing amazing things. By contrast, ''Man After Man'' is far more cynical, showing humanity becoming simple animals or [[spoiler:a HordeOfAlienLocusts]]HordeOfAlienLocusts]].
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture'', both stories deal with the future of human evolution and genetic manipulation. ''All Tomorrows'' takes an [[TheAntiNihilist Anti-Nihilist]] approach showing humanity, despite its hardships [[spoiler:and extinction],] extinction]], still accomplishing amazing things. By contrast, ''Man After Man'' is far more cynical, showing humanity becoming simple animals or [[spoiler:a HordeOfAlienLocusts]]
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture, ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture'', both stories deal with the future of human evolution and genetic manipulation. Literature/AllTomorrows ''All Tomorrows'' takes an [[TheAntiNihilist AntiNihilist]] Anti-Nihilist]] approach showing humanity humanity, despite its hardships [[spoiler: and extinction]] [[spoiler:and extinction],] still accomplish accomplishing amazing things. By contrast, ''Man After Man'' is far more cynical, showing humanity becoming simple animals or [[spoiler: becoming a [[spoiler:a HordeOfAlienLocusts]]
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture, both stories deal with the future of human evolution and genetic manipulation. Literature/AllTomorrows takes an [[TheAntiNihilist AntiNihilist]] approach showing humanity despite its hardships [[spoiler: and extinction]] still accomplish amazing things. By contrast, Literature/AllTomorrows ''Man After Man'' is far more cynical cynical, showing humanity becoming simple animals or [[spoiler: becoming a HordeOfAlienLocusts]]
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* * SpiritualAntithesis: To Literature/AllTomorrows, Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture, both stories deal with the future of human evolution and genetic manipulation. Literature/AllTomorrows takes an [[TheAntiNihilist AntiNihilist]] approach showing humanity despite its hardships [[spoiler: and extinction]] still accomplish amazing things. By contrast, Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture Literature/AllTomorrows is far more cynical showing humanity becoming simple animals or [[spoiler: becoming a HordeOfAlienLocusts]]
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* UncannyValley: To say i'ts prevalent in the various depictions of the human descendants is an understatement--the familiar forms of human anatomy twisted in such... creative ways can get rather unsettling.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: There's a bunch of these listed in the final chapter, chief among them being the defeat of the Qu.
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