History YMMV / TheNatureOfPredators

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Jala. Is she a psychopathic killer, or a victim of kalsim and her people's prejudices? She's certainly been conditioned to believe that Kalsim is the one who keeps her safe, and it's a huge betrayal to her when he shoots her. But in that same lens, perhaps Kalsim had been betraying her trust practically her entire life. She might have been able to pass as normal if not for the Krakotl captain turning her into a weapon.

** Shaza horrifies even fellow Arxur when she decides to [[ToServeMan eat a human]], which Arxur do see as true sapients, effectively committing cannibalism. Even fellow Arxur find it revolting.

** [[spoiler:The Federation had crossed it already centuries ago when they erased the culture of several species, including the Gojid's and the Krakotl's, and forcefully [[VegetarianCarnivore converted their population to vegetarianism]].]]

** The Federation had crossed it already centuries ago when they erased the culture of several species, including the Gojid's and the Krakotl's, and forcefully [[VegetarianCarnivore converted their population to vegetarianism]].

** Kalsim's attempt to [[spoiler:KillAllHumans]] by way of [[spoiler:carpet-bombing Earth with antimatter bombs]] is the point where the readers stopped wishing for him to see the errors of his way, and instead for his death/imprisonement. By extension, the sheer amount of species participating in the [[spoiler:extermination fleet]] makes it a MEH for the Federation as a whole, as after that point there is no other possible outcome between it and Humanity than total war.
** Kalsim's second Jala crosses it in turn when she callously [[spoiler:executes Zarn, who is dying of a cobra bite, just for being slow. She then tries to do the same [[WouldHurtAChild to Arjun]]]]. At that point, even Kalsim realizes she has gone too far.
* Jala. is she a psychopathic killer, or a victim of kalsim and her people's prejudices. she's certainly been conditioned to believe that Kalsim is the one who keeps her safe, and it's a huge betrayal when he shoots her. but in that same lens, perhaps Kalsim had been betraying her trust practically her entire life. she might have been able to pass as normal if not for the krakotol captain turning her into a weapon.
* Was it murder or an act of mercy when Jala took Zarn's life? it's framed as her killing him simply because he's slowing them down, but there was no way that Zarn would go to humans for aid with that snakebite. Jala's actions probably spared him hours of agony and suffering.
* The Harchen are an interesting bunch that we'll have to learn more about. we've seen some that are supposed to be journalist with integrity, but they also seem to be a major source of anti-predator propaganda, at least from what the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/hfy/wiki/series/the_nature_of_predators/ series wiki]] implies.
* Operation Blindside was a fanfiction centering around the initial bombing raid that was part of the preemptive strike launched upon the Gojid union. As the operation is never named in the main story, Operation Blindside was become a fandom-wide name for the mission.

* The Harchen are an interesting bunch that we'll have to learn more about. we've seen some that are supposed to be journalist with integrity, but they also seem to be a major source of anti-predator propaganda, at least from what the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/hfy/wiki/series/the_nature_of_predators/ series wiki]] implies.

** Kalsim's second Jala crosses it in turn when she callously [[spoiler:executes Zarn, who is dying of a cobra bite, just for being slow. She then tries to do the same [[WouldHurtAChild to Arjun]]]]. At that point, even Kalsim realizes she has gone too far.