Just as a writer, it is frustrating to see people make a new idea, but use a crutch as a means to establish a setting. Like... I get humans are supposed to usually be omnipresent in some form to take on some scope of relatability, but in fiction you should do more to make races rather than copy and paste. It just gives a sense of nervous if you don't, and nervous if you do. But... I dunno... It isn't about the race idea, it just seems entirely risk free. And to me that is boring.