Trivia / Space Beasts

• What Could Have Been: In the first few scripts and campfires the story The Author wrote was much different. Instead of Uplifted Animals fighting for civil rights the 'Humanimals' were merely humans who were able to transform into animals to fight off Alien Invaders and Card Carrying Villains in a vein similar to Tokyo Mew Mew but with both boys and girls and not just limited to Endangered Species. Matoaka, Minsk, Bill, Jim, Jordan and Bob were all there but they were very different; Matoaka was a very mild Straw Feminist, Bob had no Psychic Powers and was much more whiny, Jim was had a tendency to Wangst and Jordan was surprisingly more badass. (Unfortunately even back then The Author found she was coming off as a boring Mary Sue and she quickly started putting her Out of Focus.) Oh and The Hero himself, Ichabod Crane? He barely existed at all in the original stories other then to be a Secret-Keeper For the Humanimals. Probably the biggest reason the story got completely revamped was after seeing James Cameron's Avatar, The Author was so disgusted by the blatant Humans Are the Real Monsters message that she decided she would create a story with a more balanced Humans Are Flawed Message instead.

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