(01-03-2015, 03:05 PM)Ckayah Polaali Wrote: There's nothing that really seems to indicate that Keepers are monogamous, though. Keeper males are supposed to be rare, so why wouldn't they be used to being passed around to other females (case #1 there), while cases #2 and #3 the Keeper female isn't seeing anything too different than what they're used to.
The large cultural differences in my mind are the nocturnal/diurnal split between the two. A Seeker man who joins a Keeper clan to be with the woman he loves would mostly be giving up his beloved sun, while a Keeper woman who joined a Seeker tribe to be with the man she loved would likewise lose the night that she is used to.
I probably shouldn't step on this topic again, but I can always hope reactions won't be as flaming as the last time this point was argued, can I?
Quote:Unlike the Seekers of the Sun, the Keepers of the Moon is a highly matriarchal society, with family names passed down from the mother, not the father.
Quote:The Keepers of the Moon lead more solitary lives, rarely forming communities of more than two or three families. This gives them a tighter knit society and to form closer relationships but makes them less of a tribe and more of an extended family like a clan.
Quote:Simply put, Keepers of the Moon are somewhat more independent and matriarchal, hence they don't actually form tribal groups like we Sunseekers do, but instead prefer small family groups.
Quote:Keepers of the Moon are more loners and live in small family units, at most in gatherings of 2-3 families. They are a matriarchal society, and follow bloodlines through the mother.
With all this, I'm trying to point out that, first of all the term "Keeper clan" is not something that really came from the lore, but a small plothole-filling/lorebending that the vast majority of the RP community accepted and adopted (personally I prefer to still use "family" until anything is given, but I'm not going to avoid/despise those who RP Keeper clans).
Secondly that, given the multiple times it is specified that Keepers are more of a loner type, live in smaller families, and have closer relationships seems more than enough hits of a monogamous lifestyle. Polygamous relationships are not considered "close" (in fact, they are often pointed to be "unlike the Seekers of the Sun" in this way).
In short, I think what SE wanted to do was make Seekers similar to Lions in type of society, and as such have their mating traditions, while the Keepers would be more similar to nocturnal feline hunters, like panthers, tigers and the like, who prefer to have one mate instead.
EDIT: A small addition so I do not come out as an hypocrite: I realize I am "reading signs" about Keeper's monogamy just how people are about Keeper's clans, so I do not feel people must take my stance as a dogma, much how I do not take Keeper clans as a dogma myself. In the end, it's all plotholes and until they're filled, we're free to see what we find more reasonable in them. In short, I simply think that there are more hints of monogamy than there are of polygamy in what little information we know of the Keepers. *flaps white flag*
To be an interesting, intriguing, well-written character, there needs to be something to allow the audience to relate to them. That is what the problem is with who wants their character to be "perfect". Perfect characters will never be strong, and strong characters will never be perfect, because WE (those who read, who watch, who RP) are not perfect.
"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." -- N.C.
"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." -- N.C.
