(09-01-2013, 04:49 PM)Theodric Brandt Wrote: I suspect a bit of clarity is in order since one of my earlier posts seems to have unfortunately been misinterprated. I wasn't suggesting that everyone who seeks to portray a 'nunh' or argues in defense of this subject is vile or crude. I was simply offering my own point of view and stating that there's a strong chance they're going to be viewed with suspicion or distrust if they make such a big deal out of their character's sexuality.
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Now, how does this relate to the matter at hand? Simple: if someone is putting such a huge focus upon the mating aspect of miqo'te culture where their character is concerned then I think it's fair for that role-play to be given constructive criticism.
The thing about this topic is that it actually has very little to do with sex, and more to do with trying to figure out a foundation for Miqo'te society.
Like I said in an earlier post, pretty much all of our society is based around breeding. It's a biological imperative for most humans to procreate and pass on their genetic information, and so that practice, and how we deal with it, influences every part of our society.
We have entire industries devoted to providing tools to deal with infants. Diapers, car seats, clothing, harnesses, toys to help with mental development. If we instead laid eggs, that likely wouldn't be the case, we'd have heat lamps and that's it.
We have houses for each individual family, where we quite literally lock out everyone in our community who isn't our immediate family, and double beds because we want to sleep next to our mates.
Again, something based entirely around our own particular mating strategies.
Marriage.
I can go on but I think I've made my point.
The same is true for animals. The structure of a lion pride is directly determined by the mating strategies of the lions.
So it's reasonable to assume that the same would hold true for Miqo'te. That's why if we want to understand how their society might be structured, how they might interact with one another, what their values and motivations are, we first have to understand how their species continues to exist, ie. their mating strategy.
That is one, if not the most important factor shaping their culture.
