Tarus really creep me out. Sorry, taru pals! But they are like Chucky, only (depending on their job at the time) they can cast thundaga and wield great axes and so on, so much much worse than Chucky. Or a furless furby with a weapon. Gosh they are creepy. Maybe it's because I don't like children, I don't know, but dang, tarus are just not OK!
Mithras, though, they aren't all that much better to be honest. It just looks to me like someone boinked a house cat. The ears are cute, but other than that, no. If SE ever gave the option to change our characters, I'd probably go straight to hume female. I don't really like how NPC mithras talk, either. D: (This might be because I dislike cats in general, except large cats like tigers.)
Sorry, cats and kids. Hume girls are where it's at!