(06-21-2015, 01:27 AM)Magellan Wrote: @Daitokuji:
But... in order to actually rp with people, you have to be the trope: 'adventurer dissatisfied with home, seeks new horizons'.
It's 6 in one, half dozen in the other.
Traditional Seekers are reclusive, keeping to their tribes, generally not making contact with the outside world. There are small pockets of Miqo that engage in tribal rp exclusively with each other and that's awesome. But any Miqo who has entered the wider world has embraced a vastly overused trope. Whether it be 'the exile' 'seeks new horizons' Â or 'adopted' most rpers.... actually want their characters to rp with other people. So they used the trope that best suits them as to why their character is no longer in the tribe.
Miqo'te lore screwed over Seeker role-players in that regard BUT! there are ways to spin it other than "adventurer" or "adopted." For example, I have a Seeker who was sort of the runt of the tribe, a wimp, who spent more time at home reading and daydreaming than doing anything productive for the tribe, which led to some resentment from her tribe. She read a lot of romance novels and books about other places and cultures, and romanticized them in her mind. She preferred the allure of them rather than the feral tribal life that she just didn't fit in with, so she left after her mother died.
I have another Seeker who was kicked from her tribe when her interest in technology and all things Magitek and Allagan was feared to be traitorous or sympathetic to Garleans. I have another Seeker whose tribe disbanded due to internal power struggle, betrayal, and its leader being murdered by one of their own. Another alternative: my RP partner plays a Nunh who was exiled from his tribe when he began abusing his position and mistreating the women in his tribe. There are plenty of alternatives for anyone wanting their own twist on things!
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