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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/38718
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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I'm writing a book series where most of the cast are highly anthropomorphized animals (or in some cases mythological creatures). Humans still exist in this universe, but are rare (only being found in large numbers on the planet Ishgabangaloodoo). Pictured below is Weasel, the main character of the series.[![Example of one of these animals is Weasel, pictured here.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pACKd.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pACKd.jpg) The reason for this is that long ago, soon after humans migrated to the new galaxy, the Gods grew angry with them for not worshipping enough, and the result was the Gods cursing all of humanity to turn into anthropomorphized creatures, with the exception of the loyal Atlantean Civilization (who eventually became the Ishgas but that's a story for another time). This happened thousands of years before the start of the series, so all of the talking animals (I'll just call them "sentients" from now on) at this point in time were born and raised by others like them and were never human. Since these are essentially cursed humans and not actually animals, they interact with their dumb animal counterparts the same way regular humans do. How do I explain this to the reader in a way that feels natural, since none of the characters are new to this universe (therefore the [Watson](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWatson) trope is useless)?

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