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DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
There is still the question of why the race who took over took only humans as slaves. Humans would definitely be easiest to control, and the most useful, of the races.
That being out of the way...I really can't pinpoint why having humans in my book bothers me so much. No animal is the same as on earth. There are no horses for my characters to ride or rabbits for them to hunt. This is simply because creating creatures is one of the most fun things about writing fantasy, so why cheat my imagination? From a scientific standpoint, humans wouldn't have evolved without the same environmental influences that brought them about on earth. So, there's that.
I think the issue is that humans as a race don't seem to fit in with the others. All my races seem to me like humans+something (wings, photosynthesis, rainbowy skin and long lifespan) and humans are just...humans. Their presence bugs me.
Changing my characters from humans into some non-human species is practically out of the question. My idea of who and what they are is too well established.
Perhaps humans are the evolutionary ancestor of the races--but this raises questions, such as, why do they still exist?
Well, perhaps your problem is with that equation: humans + something. How about you rather use humanoid + something for all your races, including humans.