I had a really long response for Shuck on the matter of developers and games versus realism and pointless attributes that make no evolutionary sense such as slit pupils but no reflective tissue and not needing to code those things in anymore than making pupils get bigger in the dark... But mostly, I agree with you.
If Miqo'tes are merely meant for fanboys and fangirls that want to play kitty people (and not even furries), then there's no reason to think they're genetically any different. If you're going to acknowledge, however, that cat ears, fur, slit pupils, musculature, and tails must have, if we'll treat them seriously, had some function during their evolution then you might as well acknowledge they closest they'll come to being human outside their mannerisms and ability to think freely is about as close as humans to chimpanzees. Not to say Miqo'tes are -lesser- in any way, but the equivalent differences without the mental obstacles.
Again, I do agree with you. I like to play traditional characters when I can, not only because I enjoy learning a lot with one race as a basis, but because I like to support those special snowflakes with their super special snowflake characters. Just because there are a lot of them doesn't mean that more good can't come of them, it's just up to people who -want- to play your proverbial 'mudblood' to play one and not bark up their tree for choosing to do something else.
--Sorry, Myxie, I read your post a little too late.
If Miqo'tes are merely meant for fanboys and fangirls that want to play kitty people (and not even furries), then there's no reason to think they're genetically any different. If you're going to acknowledge, however, that cat ears, fur, slit pupils, musculature, and tails must have, if we'll treat them seriously, had some function during their evolution then you might as well acknowledge they closest they'll come to being human outside their mannerisms and ability to think freely is about as close as humans to chimpanzees. Not to say Miqo'tes are -lesser- in any way, but the equivalent differences without the mental obstacles.
Again, I do agree with you. I like to play traditional characters when I can, not only because I enjoy learning a lot with one race as a basis, but because I like to support those special snowflakes with their super special snowflake characters. Just because there are a lot of them doesn't mean that more good can't come of them, it's just up to people who -want- to play your proverbial 'mudblood' to play one and not bark up their tree for choosing to do something else.
--Sorry, Myxie, I read your post a little too late.
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