I'll throw out a little math to display why the modern notion of love is impractical (not impossible though). Let's assume that for every male Miqo'te there are three female Miqo'te. If they start pairing up monogamously, you're going to run out of males very quickly. Two out of three females (which accounts for 50% of the total population) will be left without a mate. That's a massive crisis! It's more likely mainstream Miqo'te society views sex as being different from love, similar to how many human cultures practiced arranged marriages. Love would likely fill more of a "best friends" or blood-brothers sort of role, and may not involve sex at all.
Now given that a lot of people will be playing Miqo'te because Miqo'te are cool, but still want to engage in a little bit of romantic RP, there will be exceptions. Exceptions that are likely lead to a lot of gossip, intrigue, and conflict, which is fantastic from an RP standpoint. It's also inevitable due to the culture clash between Miqo'te and other races. A few young Miqo'te will no doubt see how Hyur behave and ask "Why can't I find a best friend who is also a suitable lover?"
As for a tia stealth breeding under the nunh's nose, there are a number of possible outcomes. First, he can get away with it, which is something you see happen to some degree in species with a harem mating structure. Particularly clever males can get in a little bit of breeding under the nose of the patriarch. Perhaps the nunh finds out and challenges the tia. There are two possible outcomes. One is that the tia wins the challenge and gains a breeding position. I would expect this to happen rather frequently, as there are bound to be a lot of tia out there vying for breeding rights. The other outcome is the tia loses, at which point we begin wrestling again with the question of does the nunh kill the loser (in this case an insubordinate tia) and the illegitimate offspring? I suppose a third possible outcome is tia and female take a cue from the Hyur and elope, but that would be highly controversial (and some fantastic storyline).
In case I haven't made it clear yet in my follow-up posts, part of the reason I started this discussion is to establish an understanding of Miqo'te culture so people could break away from tradition and build some awesome RP. It sounds like several of you were already planning to have your character struggling with new culture versus traditional tribal values, and that's great!
Now given that a lot of people will be playing Miqo'te because Miqo'te are cool, but still want to engage in a little bit of romantic RP, there will be exceptions. Exceptions that are likely lead to a lot of gossip, intrigue, and conflict, which is fantastic from an RP standpoint. It's also inevitable due to the culture clash between Miqo'te and other races. A few young Miqo'te will no doubt see how Hyur behave and ask "Why can't I find a best friend who is also a suitable lover?"
As for a tia stealth breeding under the nunh's nose, there are a number of possible outcomes. First, he can get away with it, which is something you see happen to some degree in species with a harem mating structure. Particularly clever males can get in a little bit of breeding under the nose of the patriarch. Perhaps the nunh finds out and challenges the tia. There are two possible outcomes. One is that the tia wins the challenge and gains a breeding position. I would expect this to happen rather frequently, as there are bound to be a lot of tia out there vying for breeding rights. The other outcome is the tia loses, at which point we begin wrestling again with the question of does the nunh kill the loser (in this case an insubordinate tia) and the illegitimate offspring? I suppose a third possible outcome is tia and female take a cue from the Hyur and elope, but that would be highly controversial (and some fantastic storyline).
In case I haven't made it clear yet in my follow-up posts, part of the reason I started this discussion is to establish an understanding of Miqo'te culture so people could break away from tradition and build some awesome RP. It sounds like several of you were already planning to have your character struggling with new culture versus traditional tribal values, and that's great!
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