Hello and welcome! 
I think it's a wise idea to at least brush up on the Miqo'te lore, since it is canon to the universe and will probably come up often in your character's life, if only in the form of questions like, "Why aren't you with your clan/tribe?" so I'd just be prepared to have answers ready for these questions. There's no reason your character cannot go by a nickname, so whatever you choose to name your character is fine, I'd just also recommend knowing your character's birth name, or knowing a reason why a lore-accurate name is not your character's given name.
Beyond speculation, there's nothing in the lore that insists Miqo'te men have a higher rate of homosexuality than any of the other races. In fact, in the case of Keepers of the Moon, the men are incredibly rare, so homosexuality would probably be very frowned upon from other Keepers. They may not mind a male Keeper fooling around with other men, but when the time came, I imagine he'd still be expected to breed with women.
On the server, though, yes, it's common enough. I will warn you there is a negative stigma with the "yaoi catboys," but certainly not everyone feels that way, and if it's something that you'd want to role-play, there is a decently sized niche for it.
(06-05-2015, 07:15 PM)Dayst Wrote: "How should I go about naming myself? Does it really matter considering I'm not planning on immersing myself in the tribal aspect of the race?"
I am currently planning on having my character be an adventurer of a sort that rather go by a 'nick-name' instead of his actual tribal name. If it would make a difference I plan on starting over, or maybe a name change.
I think it's a wise idea to at least brush up on the Miqo'te lore, since it is canon to the universe and will probably come up often in your character's life, if only in the form of questions like, "Why aren't you with your clan/tribe?" so I'd just be prepared to have answers ready for these questions. There's no reason your character cannot go by a nickname, so whatever you choose to name your character is fine, I'd just also recommend knowing your character's birth name, or knowing a reason why a lore-accurate name is not your character's given name.
(06-05-2015, 07:15 PM)Dayst Wrote: I did notice that there are a lot of Miqo'te males that lean to being attracted with men. I just wanted to know a general standing of this on Balmung. I would like to also point out that I am in fact a Keeper.
Beyond speculation, there's nothing in the lore that insists Miqo'te men have a higher rate of homosexuality than any of the other races. In fact, in the case of Keepers of the Moon, the men are incredibly rare, so homosexuality would probably be very frowned upon from other Keepers. They may not mind a male Keeper fooling around with other men, but when the time came, I imagine he'd still be expected to breed with women.
On the server, though, yes, it's common enough. I will warn you there is a negative stigma with the "yaoi catboys," but certainly not everyone feels that way, and if it's something that you'd want to role-play, there is a decently sized niche for it.
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