(09-11-2013, 08:50 PM)K Wrote: I don't think its a matter of them not seeing sex as a big deal but rather that their cultural upbringing leads them to have tendencies and sexual attraction to stronger males.
@Siobhain
And while that is true, I don't think that if we were to use the example of said FATE then we can really see it as an empowering profession over a demeaning attempt at fan service.
"Don't worry, milord/master.. we have ALL night"
Ugh... I'm just really defensive since my main is a miqo'te. In actual fact, I have a hyur who will be well acquainted with courtesans in his spare time and its not like I am saying that miqo'tes shouldn't be courtesans... but as was pointed out by a few people already, it seems to be a strong theme that they are the 'favourite' race to be picked on for this particular side of things which is not something I am fond of.
 You make a good point about their, perhaps, natural attraction to stronger individuals. I've got to defer to that point.
 I think in this case, the character races are much like (as some people have pointed out) different communities in the world. Since we're all human, we're all the same species, so I can't say we're different races. Miqo'tes are the only race with substantially more women than men; that's going to make them culturally different, which we know. There hasn't been nearly so much said about any of the other races in reference to gender. Their race or at least a sub-race, are undoubtedly attractive to many of the races with more males and would be a higher commodity. Miqo'tes surely don't always have to be floozies but at the same time we have to remember that SE might not even be referencing the common Western outlook on such things. I mean, I've had it thrown at me multiple times that they're a Japanese company. They like their fanservice, yes, it's undoubtedly fanservice, yes.
You could take a Lalafell or a Hyur Midlander girl. But are you -really- going to take a Roegadyn or a Highlander woman and try to make them into slaves against their will? I'm sure it happens and some have personalities more set for it and others had to sell themselves into slavery, surely, to pay off familial debts, but otherwise if you're going around enslaving people-- Well. I'm Thai and I've heard many many times from my mother, grandmother, and aunts about how, where they come from in Thailand, parents are -still- forced to sell their daughters in order to make ends meet and to prevent being killed or made homeless by gangs.
It's terrible, it's sad, but it's been that way for a very long time.
I prefer to think of tayu, oiiran, and geisha when I think of Miqo'tes rather than thinking of Thai girls.
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