I probably posted something like this before
I absolutely despise the "more augmentations mean you are less human" type things. Absolutely dogshit narrative device.
Oh but reverse it
not causal
but augmenting, changing yourself to be different. To express it.
You are not less human because of PROFANING YOUR SACRED TEMPLE
no
no no
You are less human because you want to. Because you finally get ways to become as you desire.
Becoming less human not as a result of prosthetics, changes, alterations. You are not less human because you have metallic hip.
You are less human because you are becoming more yourself
Don't mind me just out here developing cYbEr PsYcHoSiS and wanting to kill people because... checks notes I got tooth fillings, wear glasses, and have a phone that augments my ability to remember appointments.
The whole thing was purely made as a balancing mechanic in the TTRPG, so that people choosing to do wizard shit couldn't also have Adam Jensons's sword arms that also explosives.
It's old, shitty, and I personally love the view that augmentation doesn't make you see folks as less human, but that -OTHERS- see you as less human, less person-worthy. I would love a setting where Cyber Psychosis is 100% propaganda made up by religious fuckwads. That it's simply an excuse to forgive people harrassing someone who's aug'd when they finally punch back.
As someone who would -HAPPILY- give up the capacity to eat if it meant I would never HAVE TO eat ever again? Like yeah, aug's rock. I would love to opt out of the shitty parts of a human body, let me have a cute mechanical tail I plug into the wall at night when I nap D:
