my friend has been making me watch every planet of the apes movie for the past like two weeks culminating in seeing kingdom of the planet of the apes in theaters today. i can't say that it was necessarily worth it but what i can say is that i am completely and thoroughly Apepilled
One thing that I learned when describing your own characters is not to devolve them into tropes when describing them. Its the audience's job to categorize your characters, its your job to make them interesting.