(09-11-2013, 08:24 PM)Oroban Wrote: I...have not had the misfortune of seeing that FATE myself, but it seems like a really, really poor handling of the dominant animal pack structure the Seekers of the Sun have going on. I mean, when you have an entire half of a species whose only male surnames mean "Guy who has sex with all the women" and "Everyone else", it leaves a lot of room for interpretation, both good and bad.
tldr: Where's my quests with sexy Roegadyn women. :<
 I'll give you a quest!
 Obtain one dozen cotton shirts for me.
 Your reward is to be announced. When... When I figure out what I can give. o.o
 Seriously, though, I was thinking of Twi'leks too. I hadn't noticed a lot of sexual implications otherwise, but Miqo'tes -are- (sadly) in my opinion one of the best looking races in motion. Their running is cute. Their dancing is cute. Their shoujo bodies are cute. Maybe since SE knew they were going to appeal to a lot of people (and they are a predominantly female race) they decided to go with that theme. Though it doesn't seem like Keeper personalities, at least, go along with that.
 Also, I guess I have to keep in mind that not all female-predominant races are like Amazons or Nelfs. And with seekers at least, it seems many females would be in tribes sharing only one male so sexuality might be something that isn't as important to them, making them capable of performing such functions without having as much of an issue with it as, say, a -particularly- angry Roegadyn.
I don't mind it at all, really. Of course, I don't see exotic dancing and prostitution as needing to be something that only perverted or destitute people do. In cultures long past, including the Japanese culture, entertainers and even prostitutes were (at times) treated -really- well and they had a pretty high social status. In fact, it was one of the few ways you could actually advance as a woman or as anyone considering the sort of social systems they had that frowned upon people moving out of their family's line of work or lack thereof. A woman's sexuality is a power in a sense and many Miqo'tes likely realize that kind of power they have of both males of their race and males of other races and how they can use it to their advantage not only to make good money without having to break their backs but manipulating others for their own devices.
Prostitution, we must remember, is one of the oldest jobs in history and there have been a number of individual women in that social group, especially in Asia, to make great (by great, I mean big) names for themselves and actually positively impact the lives of many other women who may not have been as fortunate. Sex for money might not seem so great to us now, it might seem it would be better to slave your life away at McDonald's, but back in the old days it was A. Find a relatively safe, clean brothel and even get a chance at a really swanky one where you could pick your clients or B. Be taken against your will and possibly killed or kidnapped and stolen anyway for a lot of women. The first seems much more appealing out of the two and you couldn't just go out and get a job in a lot of civilizations as a women of any social status.
I think characters should be able to have that diversity and I've seen very very few in all my years RPing. Why not have a character like Inara from Firefly who is a great Companion who helps people more emotionally and psychologically, even more than physically? Why not have a girl from the slums wanting to climb to the top by using her looks instead of cooking or cleaning and being harassed anyway? Is it too Mary-Sueish?
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