OP: That's part of the risk with AUs - they can be so dissimilar from the source as to be original content... Really, if the idea would leave me alone, I'd have abandoned it fully by now - it's borderline disrespectful, potentially against the rules, and I can't even settle on where the fic would GO with all this setup... But the idea persists.

Also I think the FO is "pro human" or something, but I cant remember if that information is canon, or fandom osmosis at work...