I don't think it works like that. If it's "Superior Species" (not "culture" mind you), the perks are on a biological level.
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Just how can an entire species rub another species's collective faces in their alleged superiority?
Oh right. They can't. An individual acting under the belief that they represent their species can do so... and heck, the story might even behave as though they actually do share this view with pretty much the entirety of their species... but that is effectively just fantastic racism on the part of the author.
Funny thing is... any race that ever got this sort of treatment probably IS just as superior as they claim to be, as if they weren't then humanity would just ignore them.
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Consider someone has superpowers: they can fly, or they have Super-Toughness and can get a building dropped on them and be okay. That is inherently better than being groundbound or squishy.
Of course rubbing it in the faces of muggles is racist and wrong, but they would still be technically correct.
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Elf most often portrayed as better? Ehemm Humanity Is Superior
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I have some ideas for new species:
1.The "vampyres" from House Of Night: They're all prettier and more beautiful than humans, get special, magical powers, and ALL the best writers, arists, musicians, etc. were vampyres and even if they weren't then they were writing about a vampyre (Bram Stoker wrote Dracula because he was pissed off at a vampyre priestess). All the hot Hollywood stars are vampyres too. Plus they have a super-toloerant religion based on worshipping Nyx and they get to meet the Goddess Herself.
2.[Physical God The gods]] from Classical Mythology. They almost all molest and screw with humankind in some way or another, are hardly ever called out on this and when they are they get unfairly punished for it (Arachne). They're almost always impossibly beautiful and perfect looking, live forever, and are powerful enough to do anything they want.
3.The Druids from The Girl Who Lived. They're to wizards what wizards are to Muggles. They live in secret to wizards, and have been around since at least the Middle Ages. They're nudists and feel no shame about it. They're all in tune with nature, have many more magical powers that wizards don't have access to such as being able to shapeshift into a vast variety of forms. They practice a Monotheistic religion which worships "the Creator," and the ooze enlightenment. Lastly, Rose was so overpowered that she "let" Voldemort be ressurected because she wanted to teach him a lesson.
4.True to their mythological counterparts, all of the gods from Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson And The Olympians series are this. They're just as big of Jerk Asses as they are in the old myths and they'r still Karma Houdinis, too.
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Should this be considered the "Mary Sue Species" page? While I've seen both Our Elves Are Better and Mary Suetopia mentioned as such, this one seems more appropriate than either.
Or should I just YKTTW it?
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That's what I was thinking. I was going to YKTTW it but then saw it was already a trope.
Oh, for...
- Not more advanced, they just look like it, because the humans have armies 500 times largers than the entire Tau population, the only reason why the Tau are still around is because the Imperium has other things to do.
- And, you know, the Tau beat the humans so hard at Dal'yth that the Imperium realized fighting a Hive Fleet was preferable.
- Only enough to make the rest of the war a bloody stalemate, in which the Tau simply couldn't win, also the Hive Fleet was heading into Tau space, so it was more like "See yah hope you like bugs"
- Not more advanced, they just look like it, because the humans have armies 500 times largers than the entire Tau population, the only reason why the Tau are still around is because the Imperium has other things to do.
I know we're supposed to be polite, but shut the fuck up and take your fanboy dick-measuring contest to the Darth Wiki.
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Given that they appear to be better in every aspect than Naturals, would the Coordinators qualify for this? I mean, they're technically more of a subspecies (if that), but...
What's precedent ever done for us?
Can the Culture really be included? It's a multi-species alliance isn't it? When humanity joins, it gets all the perks too.
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