History WhatMeasureIsANonHuman / FanWorks

[[AC:Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium]]

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8357332/1/Emerald-Dawn Emerald Dawn]]'', Xander learns that many demons take advantage of Buffy always turning in by 2am by simply waiting until then before leaving their lairs. After a couple weeks of sniping every demon he sees, Xander overhears a group of demons talking to their human employer about leaving town due to a new hunter that's killing every demon he sees. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone In fact, just the other night he'd killed a young couple out for a walk and left their toddler an orphan.]]

* In ''Fanfic/TheButcherBird'', comes up with regards to Sea Kings. They're intelligent enough that to a [[HorrorHunger ghoul]] they qualify as a food source, but are treated as little more than wildlife.

* Many ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' fics touch on this, but especially, ''Fanfic/{{Downfall|Bleach}}'' engages this head-on. [[spoiler:Unohana]] treats Hollows with dignity and respect, and as a result, most of the more humane examples gravitate towards her. More importantly, Aizen, of all people, questions Soul Society's "Kill 'em all" mindset. Of course [[spoiler:he's a good guy this time around]] but that's par for the course. The way the war is shaping up, many of the main characters will be forced to confront this concept.

* In the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'', DC briefly questions whether it's right for him to kill a wild Cyclonemon, seeing as how it's only trying to survive. However, he soon decides ''"it's either him or me"''.

* [[Anime/KillLaKill Ryuko's]] mindset inverts this in ''Fanfic/NaturalSelection''. From her perspective, humans are little more than insects and she couldn't care less how many she kills, be they innocent or otherwise. This is because she was brought up by Ragyo to see mankind as nothing more than cattle for the Life Fibers. Meanwhile, anything that happens to the Life Fibers or those connected to them like her family is seen as an inexcusable offense to her. When she saw that Satsuki [[spoiler:created a false Kamui, she was so disgusted with what she did to the Life Fibers that she actually vomited. She even goes as far as to compare it to if she decided to make a dress out of ''stillborn babies'']].

* In ''FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimal'', Celest-A.I. has no regard whatsoever for non-human life since she hasn't been programmed with any, and will readily destroy anything non-human she encounters to turn it into more computing resources.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6348510/1/Rising-of-the-Dark Rising of the Dark]]'', any one not of the traditional Light races (Humans, gnomes, dwarves, halflings and high elves) is at best considered animals and at worst are killed on sight. Dark races like orcs, trolls, and dark elves are slaughtered wherever they're found as part of the Great War (which functionally ended nearly a thousand years prior to the story), while more bestial races like Minotaus and Loxodon are hunted like animals. Even the most progressive of the light races are merely uncomfortable with killing the children of dark races and disapprove of hunting bestial races.

-->''Ching smiled. "I'm active duty Navy. I've got a whole set of combat implants and nanoware boosters. On top of that, you'reHomo Sapiens, I'm Homo Avalonis. It not really a fair contest. Even without my military gear, I could outrun cheetahs without much trouble."''\\
''"You're not even human? No fair. And I was already tired, too."''\\
''Ching gave her a sharp look. "'If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?' I'm human, Asuka, I'm just not Homo Sapiens. Mere species is neither the measure nor definition of humanity here. Human is as human does. There are plenty of people on this planet alone who don't have even a single codon of Homo Sapiens DNA in them, but are very human. And you know damn well there are plenty of people walking around on your world that are one hundred percent Homo Sapiens that are not human in the least. Be careful, some might take what you said as rather an insult."''\\
''Asuka was a bit taken aback by Ching's sharp tone. "Sorry."''
* ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionR'': Tenkei's treated as a thing by NERV, even more than Rei was (who Gendo seemed to have genuine affection for). However, he's clearly capable of emotion, forms a close bond with Rei, and is a clone of Kaji. On the other hand, he is a weapon of war and has quasi-deific rings to him.

* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'' deals with this on a frequent basis:

* The plot of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11069664/1/The-Truth-of-Fatherhood The Truth of Fatherhood]]'' is set in motion when a man claiming to be Chiro's biological father returns and demands his son come with him. When he is denied, Chiro's father sues the Hyper Force for custody. A major problem is that while the Hyper Force are technically Chiro's legal guardians due to housing him in a non-abusive family for more than two years (as per Shuggazoom City law), some refuse to see it that way due to them not being human. [[spoiler:The Hyper Force manages to win the case, only to find out that the whole thing was a distraction by Mandarin to enact his real plan of turning Chiro into a monster]].

* ''Fanfic/LimpetAU'': The second story, "Driving Lord Vader", has Darth Vader destroy a couple of media droids who were harassing his grandson and namesake, Anakin, on their way to the latter's driving license test. Anakin objects to his grandfather killing the droids, but Vader dismisses his complaints, stating that droids are not alive. When Anakin asks if he'd be that indifferent to droid life if it was Artoo, Vader dismisses the comparison by saying that R2-D2 is "different".

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8357332/1/Emerald-Dawn Emerald Dawn]]'', Xander learns that many demons take advantage of Buffy always turning in by 2am by simply waiting until then before leaving their lairs. After a couple weeks of [[ArcherArchetype sniping]] every demon he sees, Xander overhears a group of demons talking to their human employer about leaving town due to a new hunter that's killing every demon he sees. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone In fact, just the other night he'd killed a young couple out for a walk and left their toddler an orphan.]]

[[AC:''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'']]

[[AC:''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'']]

* ''Fanfic/LimitlessPotential'' explores more the humans' perspective about reploids through Dr. Cain and Dr. Fujiwara. After discovering X, Cain treats him as a person while Fujiwara sees him as a means to bolster his career, which includes forcing him to fight and destroy mechaniloids, even reacting with puzzlement when X feels bad for "killing" one in self-defense and generally being annoyed at his reluctance to use his X-Buster. Furthermore, while he agrees to build a new body for Roll at X's request, he doesn't give her the capacity to shed tears (which X is shown to have), judging it as unnecessary, and even refers to them by their serial numbers as opposed to their proper names at first.