I love cultures with unique takes on gender roles and such, so I was immediately attracted to the miqo'te, especially the Seekers of the Sun. I developed some head-canon about it the more I thought about how it would apply to my character, R'aqsha Nunh.
I'll try to explain how it works in his "pride"...
I use the word pride because "clan" is already taken by the Seeker / Keeper thing and "tribe" is used to separate the groups by their totem, but I like to subdivide it further for a few reasons:
I feel like the Keepers are probably decidedly MORE matriarchal, but to say Seekers aren't at all would be odd. There is such an imbalance of males being born that it probably naturally occurs.
At present, R'aqsha's tribe consists of about 25 miqo'te, with him and 5 other guys, 2 of which are nunh (him and one other). They each have 10 designated females each who have chosen which of the boys they favor. Many of the girls are sisters, descended from a recently deceased matriarch of their pride. There is currently quite a bit of tension / hullabaloo about deciding which of the women is going to assume the role as "leader".
That said, I consider my character and his pride more "tribal" than what most other miqo'te RPers seem to be doing, just 'cause I actually really like that RP. Doesn't really imply savagery / dirtiness to me - I just like exploring different cultures and lifestyles. They hang out in cities but they keep to themselves and their traditions - their only real interaction with other races and such is their performances (they are basically a travelling dance / entertainment troupe), because that is how they earn their gil.
Hopefully this makes sense. I really need to commit it to paper (well, the wiki or something) in his profile, but those are my thoughts right now.
I'll try to explain how it works in his "pride"...
I use the word pride because "clan" is already taken by the Seeker / Keeper thing and "tribe" is used to separate the groups by their totem, but I like to subdivide it further for a few reasons:
- I don't want to step on anybody's toes if they happen to play an "R'name" miqo'te as well and their ideas for their family and mates are different.
- Miqo'te are still pretty antisocial so it makes sense if they'd keep to smaller groups. So it seems unrealistic to me that Miqo'te would stick together in big tribes based on their totem.
- I see tribes as a somewhat loose network of bloodlines and their offshoots as well as their following of their particular totem - in their case, Raptor. They know each other, and maybe they have a yearly get-together "family reunion" type event, but otherwise keep to themselves.
I feel like the Keepers are probably decidedly MORE matriarchal, but to say Seekers aren't at all would be odd. There is such an imbalance of males being born that it probably naturally occurs.
At present, R'aqsha's tribe consists of about 25 miqo'te, with him and 5 other guys, 2 of which are nunh (him and one other). They each have 10 designated females each who have chosen which of the boys they favor. Many of the girls are sisters, descended from a recently deceased matriarch of their pride. There is currently quite a bit of tension / hullabaloo about deciding which of the women is going to assume the role as "leader".
That said, I consider my character and his pride more "tribal" than what most other miqo'te RPers seem to be doing, just 'cause I actually really like that RP. Doesn't really imply savagery / dirtiness to me - I just like exploring different cultures and lifestyles. They hang out in cities but they keep to themselves and their traditions - their only real interaction with other races and such is their performances (they are basically a travelling dance / entertainment troupe), because that is how they earn their gil.
Hopefully this makes sense. I really need to commit it to paper (well, the wiki or something) in his profile, but those are my thoughts right now.
