(06-05-2015, 12:05 AM)Reth Wrote: Thanks for the great responses all, both for the words of encouragement and the honest answers, it has given me a lot to think about and the talk about flaws helped me flesh out a whole new depth to my character's backstory that I have in mind.
I was toying with the idea of having a Miqo'te male, who was raised by Hyur (for reasons I'll save as my character's secret for now), who has potential to explore some self identity development. His adoptive parents are alive and well, but he was left behind as a babe by his genetic parents for a very miqo'te-culture specific reason, so I'm going to try my best to be accurate to his miqo'te genetics and lore while embracing some awkwardly adopted Hyur mannerisms, including a Hyur-given name. I'm hoping I can pull this off without appearing cringe-worthy, and as per all of your advice, subtlety. Beyond his backstory, I think I will let his personality develop naturally as I meet new people.
This thread has given me a lot of motivation, so I will hopefully see some of you in game on Balmung soon. I've leveled myself up high enough to wear an in-character appropriate outfit.
I like how this discussion has developed, so any more input is welcome.
At the risk of upsetting you (since you're at this early stage), I should point out that "miqo'te adopted by hyur parents" is actually really common in the RP community for some bizarre reason. It seems to be a way of escaping the practical difficulty of wanting to play a miqo'te character while paying some minimal lipservice to the lore limitations of their race (and maybe also of naming them Steve Johnson instead of whatever weird lore name). But seriously, "miqo'te adopted by hyur parents" are like, everywhere... so that might raise some eyebrows.
Though in defense of the "adopted by Hyurs" trope, we do have at least one Hyur in the MSQ lore who adopted a lalafell.
I'm not trying to rain on your parade, I just know that I'd want someone to bring it to my attention if I was developing a concept and it ended up being really commonplace. The natural inclination in developing your character is to give them distinctive qualities that deepen them or make them interesting, but when the distinctive traits you give them are overplayed, then that takes a bit of the intrigue out of it.
Anyways, I feel like I'm saying too much at this point. Do whatever your heart tells you to.
If you want to create a miqo'te and avoid cliches, then this thread might be a good read:
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=5887
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