@1059212 the normalization of violence and hypercompetition may be a part of it, as well as wanting to be in human society rather than insect-person society.
I feel like the fear you get from bugs is their unpredictability moreso than their appearance, so it shouldn't be as scary if you have a human sized bug that acts like a human... or maybe I'm just stupid.
@artdeer Briefly did that possibility cross my mind, except for the fact that he can hold a pretty normal conversation. Maybe some other neurological deficiency though
@LordTrollbias To be fair, a slime can be super powerful if you take it to its logical extreme. No physical damage, no damage at all if it can put itself back together, huge potential for growth and a fuckton of resistances.
@luigiymario2 the ability nullification guy also shouldn't be capable of 10 million deaths either. Unless they're considering that he would browbeat all other talenteds into following him.