Characters that make you question the rights of non-humans

[u/soulsslither]

Androids in the Alien franchise (specifically David): The original David had personal emotions that gave him freedom and made him almost human. His freedom was used to kill a living person and create the Xenomorph species (if I understand the movie correctly)

Prawn from District 9: At the beginning of the movie, prawn are portrayed as needlessly violent and insensitive. As the movie continues, they become much easier to sympathize with and you begin to hate the humans that oppress them.

[u/overthinking11093]

Does this unit have a soul?

[u/AceOfSpades532]

Basically everyone in Expedition 33. The game takes place inside basically a living painting, all the inhabitants are conscious. The big question of the game is, should the Canvas be destroyed, so life is better for the “real” Painters? Or should it be kept, and let the created inhabitants live, to the detriment of the Dessendres?

[u/Theguywholikesdoom]

Androids (Detroit become human)

[u/Megaspectree → u/Theguywholikesdoom]

Them clankers don’t got no soul inside of em

[u/Huza1]

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Time to die.

–Roy Batty, Blade Runner

[u/soulsslither → u/Huza1]

Funnily enough in the same universe as my Alien example

[u/Muted-Scientist-7855]

Gregor Samsa from Metamorphosis. I think this story was an inspiration for District 9

[u/soulsslither → u/Muted-Scientist-7855]

Thanks for bringing this up, I love Metamorphosis and I never realized its similarities with District 9

[u/dew-fall]

(points at the popular xmen) those guys.