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Basic Trope: A non-human character who finds humans interesting.

  • Straight: Avis is a bird man who thinks humans are fascinating. He likes learning new things about humans, and has a tendency to be Easily Impressed by common manmade objects.
  • Exaggerated:
    • Avis likes humans so much that he wants to Become a Real Boy.
    • All non-humans in the setting find humans really interesting.
  • Downplayed: Avis is fairly curious about humans, and wants to learn a little more about them.
  • Justified:
    • Avis hasn't seen a human before until he met Hiro, and now wants to learn about him.
    • Humans Are Special in this setting.
    • Avis has just learned about some human accomplishments, and he thinks it's interesting that humans have done so much.
  • Inverted:
    • Avis wants to Kill All Humans.
    • Hiro is a human who thinks that non-humans are interesting.
  • Subverted: ???
  • Double Subverted: ???
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig-Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Avis doesn't find humans particularly interesting.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: Archer tells Avis all about humans — for instance, he describes manmade objects in a Mundane Made Awesome way, tells Avis stories about the times humans have saved him, and mentions other unique traits of humans in a way he knows he'd find cool.
  • Exploited: Since Avis knows a lot about humans, the other Beast Men rely on him to understand how to become allies with any humans they encounter.
  • Defied: Avis finds humans boring, and refuses to change his views.
  • Discussed: "Oh wow, a real life human! I've been so excited to meet one!"
  • Conversed: "I notice that in a lot of fantasy settings, there are non-humans who find humans really interesting. I wonder why — where'd they even learn about humans, anyway?"

Oh wow, a a human link! I wonder where it goes...

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