Hey!
Well, I tend tohave a rather negative opinion about human nature,
but that's just me. One thing that should also be considered in the
discussion is this:
Primitive man may have had the ability to swim and run, but anthro
species such as sharks, cheetahs, and bats would have seriously
screwed up his day. There are only around 50 or 60 anthro species in
the "Caterwaul" universe, not several thousand. And I'm sure that
various anthro species have died out since primitive man had become
extinct.
"Mousetrap", huh? I dunno...you might need to get her permission
first... ;)
--JMH
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_y..., pmykonos_at_h... wrote:
> Thanx for the answer Jim. One of the things about your universe is
> that a lot was left unsaid and as long as you could fill us in on
the
> details of how you define your universe we can get a clearer
picture.
> I tried to limit some of my arguments about my theory to keep it
short
> (the main intent was for you to fill me/us in on the gray areas).
> Altough you specified about humans being extinct you seemed less
firm
> about them having being slaughtered by the anthros.
> One thing I would tend to disagree with would be your assumption
that
> man would be no match for an athro. Put on equal footing in
cognitive
> abilities you have still to take into consideration that primitive
> man was closer to a wild animal than we might presume. The bone
> structure was twice as thick, muscle attachment point was close to
> that of a gorilla, we could swim and (as some pointed out) long-
> distance running (migratory) ability.
>
> For a good example of that I would refer to you the opening scene
of
> the "X-file" movie. A neanderthal, after supposedly miles of
> run/tracking, probably chasing a thing that killed people in his
> tribe, sees his buddy killed by an alien monster, does'nt give a
shit
> and kicks the crap out of the hulking (and well-clawed) monster. I
> could alomost hear the primitive toughts: "Bifteck, rib roast, leg
> and your head will decorate my hut"
>
> Still you raised one good point that would completely crush
mankind's
> evolutionary opportunity. If they went on the path of blind
> discrimination they would have had the crap kicked out of them.
> Anything would have. Mainly because of the immense variety of
anthro
> species. Man could never hope to contain the vast diversity of
> anthropomorphs because he would just have been on sentient specie
> among (as I've seen in your world) probably thousands of others.
>
> Well that's about it for my two cents. I'm sorry to say I have
maybe
> too much faith in human nature and I would believe our ancestors to
> be much more wiser than us. But then again it's your world and if
you
> think they would have shot themselves in the foot by trying to go
> against all other sentient animals your have more than enough
reasons
> to come to that conclusion (its called history).
>
> Still I think humans could have gone with a bang (gang-bang that
is).
> ;)
> Payne
>
> PS Got your portefolio! It's great, I love it. Thanx a jillion. My
> fav would still be the waitress on the cover. There is so much you
> can see in those eyes. Her fur of fire just exudes passion.
(actually
> my dream commissions would probably be of the things I Imagine her
> doing. Including one where that kitty is sandwiched between two
> smaller mouse guys. I'd call that: "Mousetrap". Whaddaya think?
Received on Thu Oct 11 2001 - 17:58:02 CDT