(09-11-2013, 08:58 PM)Siobhain Wrote: 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.
No, I'm not surprised at all that they picked on Miqo'te. Cat ears and such are a recurring theme in light-hearted animes so I guess it has become a sort of a thing in Japan(I don't want to say fetish, but perhaps..).
 I am not questioning it at all, everything makes sense to me in a way. Miqo'tes are cute, there's the aforementioned cat-theme in Japan and then theres also the fact that males are still the largest audience when it comes to gaming and these games are going to include such references and "easter eggs" to keep the typical males happy and get a kick out of encountering them.
Its just unfortunate for us ;w;
Edit:
Y'shtola is awesome. I love her to bits.
To:
Y'shtola
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From:
J'hared, Logan and K'nahli.
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Characters: Andre Winter (Hy'ur) / K'nahli Yohko (Miqo'te)
