The President of Iran just went on TV and said there were no krans in his country.
(sorry, couldn't resist.)
Yeah, I think some real world stuff is getting pulled into this without much merit... According to the settings, Krans are asexual creatures, they are not male or female... and arguably shouldn't have the distinct traits of either. However, I think as an OOC community of non-asexual reproducers (at least I am
) we let our own background unwittingly dictate some aspects of the way we RP.
For example, Krans aren't male or female... but they're large, strong, stone like creatures that are pretty much exclusively treated by people as being male. I mean when was the last time you heard someone walk up to a kran and go "excuse me miss?" Now, think of how many times you've heard people call them "sir, Mr., etc." For further proof, just ask yourself when was the last time you saw a male character marry a kran? Or for that matter even another kran marrying a kran?
Perhaps normal human life is so far removed from that of the fictional kran that its incredibly difficult for us to be able to accurately relate to and act in a kran like RP manner. In many ways I see this as a failure of our own imaginations. Settings wise, I think kran's getting married is a bit out there and personally I wouldn't have a kran character of mine fall in love... but, from a real-person standpoint I can understand how it could happen.
