I should be working, but I just noticed the last portion of the OP. Perhaps the miq boys are being held captive for breeding purposes. Believe it or not, that's how FFXI explained the complete lack of male mithras (miqo'tes are based off mithras), save for one NPC that appears later in some expansion or another. OK, they weren't held "captive", but lore explained that you never saw any adventurer mithras or even NPCs because they were too busy breeding. Sort of a reverse hive queen situation, which is progressive, I guess?
In this eclectic world, what does "bad taste" even mean? I know people who don't like Final Fantasy and say I have a bad taste for loving it. Many times I was very close to saying "you're the one with bad taste", but then I realized I'd come off just as close minded as them. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, innit?
