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Originally Posted by awesomenessofme1
Ah. That's an incredibly uninitutive name then. I don't see any way that an outsider could read it and not interpret it as "Basically human except for some small cosmetic differences".
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To be fair, it started as that exactly. Star Trek is the generator of the trope after all. But in many circles it's been stretched to encompass any alien that's humanoid; could be played by a human in a movie with heavy makeup, costuming, and camera trickery; and is human in psychology.
The core concept is still all about relatability and telling the human tale.