(12-23-2013, 12:31 AM)Elyscia Wrote: My female Miqo'te is adopted by Hyurs, and I can at least provide insight as to why I personally did it.
I am new to RP'ing - have only started 2 months ago, so a large part of my inexperience and ignorance is portrayed through my character: my inability to unable to massively research the lore properly, or understand certain aspects about the game. I chose Hyur, of course obviously being the race closest to humans, and as such I assumed there would be similarities where I wouldn't need to worry about sticking to the lore (well, I hoped.)
There is a TV Trope I don't remember the name of.. basically, it's the 'Audience Relative' or something? Say, they put a very stupid character in a game, or anime, and because of his stupidity other characters around him explain to them about the world (like Ash in Pokemon.) Yeah, Elyscia is my 'Audience Relative.' I play her as incredibly, painfully naive - but hey, at least it's fun.
So, why not create a Hyur character to RP with? My PVE Main character whom I do not RP with is a Hyur, and I did not wish to create another one - Miqo'tes were so very pretty to me, and I wanted to be of similar race to the friend who started RP'ing with me.
TL;DR: I'm stupid, my character's stupid.
Don't say you're stupid! As much of a cop-out as this may sound like to some, you are a very good exception to what I was talking about. Being new to RPing, not knowing every single little scrap of lore, and etc. are more than decent reasons to be handling things as you are. (At least in my opinion, anyway.) My post was aimed largely at players who think that's the only way their character's personality is justified, when that's simply not true. (It was also admittedly aimed at some players who're just way too influenced by anime/JRPGs...)
And for the Miqo'te simply being pretty thing? I did not add anything like the question "if you're going to act like a human, why not just play a human?" to my initial post. I've seen others try to make that argument and I find it a poor one. Aesthetics mean a lot to an RPer, and we can do whatever we want with our monthly fee. Having a character that acts pretty much like a human yet is another race is justified if that's just what you like. As a poster or two said earlier, being a human is boring for some. I look in the mirror and see a human EVERY day, so if I want to look at cat ears and a tail while my character is running around, that's my (and everyone else's) prerogative.