What Kind Of Creature Are You?
Lately, that question has been occupying my mind. What kind of creature are you? And that question is not just directed at the person across from me. Sitting across from me on the metro. Sitting across from me at work, at a conference table. Standing behind a counter at a coffee shop. Chatting with me at the gym. It’s also directed at myself when I look in the mirror: What kind of creature are you? For those of you who watch Andor, this line might sound familiar. It’s from season 2, episode 8, aptly titled “Who Are You?”. During the massacre of Ghorman, the old rebel leader Carro Rylanz confronts Syril Karn with exactly that question. Leaving aside the all-too obvious parallels of the Star Wars Empire and the rising empire in this country, this question carries so much more than the obvious question “Are you even human?” When I ask myself this question, I am asking myself what kind