(06-18-2015, 06:31 PM)Zhavi Wrote: As a tidbit on its lonesome, yes, it does seem pretty lame -- but to me it's indicative of, say, the Chauchu of Russia (who also use sleds to transport their stuff during yearly moves), who are a very badass and tough lot.This. I think everyone saying that some of the tidbits are sort of out of left field should really think about the greater implication that the practice has on the clan. For example, I saw someone say that the one where they carry their elders on their back was small and uninteresting. What!? That's representative of huge reverence for elders and wisdom. That's super interesting. They probably have rituals and traditions to honor their elders and a million other things if you think about it.
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(06-18-2015, 07:56 PM)C Wrote:(06-18-2015, 02:54 PM)Meena Wrote: Sadly, this would still be the case, the Devs stated that they werent changing lore regarding the gender ratio, in any civilisation if there are less of one gender than anothe genetically, group marriages happen to sustain population. Population and fertility is amassive part of community. Empires fall without succession even in the lower classes.
I wish people would stop seeing that as a negative thing, it really isnt. You can be creative with it.
And I have been. I've seen other efforts too to bring a sense of diversity like the Xaela have to the Miqo'te tribes, but because the main thrust of the lore is sex-based, most people play it that way (partly because it is safe and partly because of other reasons), whereas with the Xaela, there is so much more to latch on to to deflect that -- and after 51 beautiful examples, an open license to "create anything." I would have loved even just a quarter of those 51 examples to have modeled possibilities back when our lore first emerged.
It's an old topic and I know I won't change opinions about it now. I couldn't in the advent of 2.0, and I don't expect to with 3.0. My focus now is on the beauty of the Xaela tribal lore, and the hope that these will serve to model to the remaining miqo'te the world of possibility open to them outside of mating practices.
Yes, yes. As I was reading these tribes I sort of felt vindicated in my choice to have my character's Ba' Miqo'te tribe have its own tribal gods, believes, customs, and traditions. I was reading Xaela tribes, and getting excited for them, but in the back of my mind I was saying... Yes! SE recognizes that different tribes will have different ways of going about things!
Talks the talk, and walks the walk.
Serious, lore-abiding, mature roleplayer.
Serious, lore-abiding, mature roleplayer.
