"Or, oh, maybe if youchu were originally animalistic but have recently evolved sentience (super fast evolution aided by dark energy sources/the Hallows)?"
This is a super cool idea and entirely possible (evolution on this planet is already freaky as it is :D). Doesn't really help with the general suckiness of youchu having no rights, lol, but a really cool idea in itself!
"If they're just animals, surely the answer is to put them back in their place, not slay them. (If SW's in a hurry, he could freeze or otherwise immobilise them until he has time to deal with them.)"
Yeah, ITA!! But then again, if they're not animals, then the answer is to at least give them a trial for breaking the law? There just isn't any case in which slaying them like this is the right thing to do (other than in self-defense). Which obviously doesn't mean that it shouldn't canonically happen at all, someone else could do it, but Shen Wei just really shouldn't be involved in this imo.
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This is a super cool idea and entirely possible (evolution on this planet is already freaky as it is :D). Doesn't really help with the general suckiness of youchu having no rights, lol, but a really cool idea in itself!
"If they're just animals, surely the answer is to put them back in their place, not slay them. (If SW's in a hurry, he could freeze or otherwise immobilise them until he has time to deal with them.)"
Yeah, ITA!! But then again, if they're not animals, then the answer is to at least give them a trial for breaking the law? There just isn't any case in which slaying them like this is the right thing to do (other than in self-defense). Which obviously doesn't mean that it shouldn't canonically happen at all, someone else could do it, but Shen Wei just really shouldn't be involved in this imo.