First of all, I agree wholeheartedly that generalisations and stereotypes are usually a bad thing, but I've played enough MMO's to realise that preventative measures need to be taken - to an extent at least - if we want to ensure that certain races aren't just brushed off or avoided due to an overwhelmingly negative reputation.
To use WoW as an example it was pretty difficult to find female draenei who weren't role-played for the sake of the player behind the character getting their rocks off. In fact, it was rare to find a 'female' draenei that was actually wholly female to begin with but that's getting a little off track.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that if the masses begin to see a lot of miqo'te role-play, discussion and character concepts surrounding the 'nunh' and mating aspects of the race then that is the reputation that the race as a whole is going to be stuck with. It's not fair, but that how these things tend to go.
As for the discussion itself? I find it to be pretty interesting, though a few responses touch a little too closely into 'creepy' territory for my liking. I enjoy adding realism and cultural themes in my role-play, but that doesn't mean I need to show Theodric going the toilet or for someone to go into explicit detail in regards to how it is 'that time of the month' for their female character. I'd imagine miqo'te mating is somewhat similar - we don't necessarily need to see it going on in explicit detail or ending up as the major driving force behind a particular character concept. Not in public at the very least.
To use WoW as an example it was pretty difficult to find female draenei who weren't role-played for the sake of the player behind the character getting their rocks off. In fact, it was rare to find a 'female' draenei that was actually wholly female to begin with but that's getting a little off track.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that if the masses begin to see a lot of miqo'te role-play, discussion and character concepts surrounding the 'nunh' and mating aspects of the race then that is the reputation that the race as a whole is going to be stuck with. It's not fair, but that how these things tend to go.
As for the discussion itself? I find it to be pretty interesting, though a few responses touch a little too closely into 'creepy' territory for my liking. I enjoy adding realism and cultural themes in my role-play, but that doesn't mean I need to show Theodric going the toilet or for someone to go into explicit detail in regards to how it is 'that time of the month' for their female character. I'd imagine miqo'te mating is somewhat similar - we don't necessarily need to see it going on in explicit detail or ending up as the major driving force behind a particular character concept. Not in public at the very least.
