[OOC][PLOT] Planning for Arc 2 - Crisis on Infinite Earths

[robkelk]

I hesitate to use the word "tribe" in the terminology, simply because there's a growing realization in Canada that if you aren't a member of one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel or one of the First Nations, using the word "tribe" is cultural appropriation. But that's a concern for us white folks, who'd have to come up with a different name for that level.

* robkelk consults the thesaurus at merriam-webster.com

If I'm understanding your idea correctly, in Ottawa we'd have Tribe Kinfolk Serenity, made up of five or six clans (see the first question below). Known members of this kinfolk include:

Clan Aino (maybe)

• Minako, matriarch of clan Aino
  

Clan Chikyū-no-Mau

• Luna, matriarch of clan Chikyū-no-Mau
  
• Artemis, patriarch of the Tsuki branch of clan Chikyū-no-Mau
  
• Diana Chikyū-no-Tsuki-no-Mau (because of course Japanese word order has to be different and mess up the system), daughter of Luna and Artemis
  

Clan Kamijo

• Touma, patriarch of clan Kamijo
  
• Mikoto, matriarch of the Misaka branch of clan Kamijo
  
• (eventually) Kuroko Misaka-Kamijo, wife of Mikoto
  

Clan Kino

• Makoto, matriarch of clan Kino
  
• (eventually, somebody who reminds her of her sempai as a/the house patriarch within Clan Kino)
  

Clan Mizuno

• Ami, matriarch of clan Mizuno
  
• Akemi Mizuno, adopted daughter of Ami
  
• Rob, patriarch of the Donaldson branch of clan Mizuno
  
• Ruiko Donaldson-Mizuno, adopted daughter of Rob
  
• Mii Donaldson-Mizuno, wife of Rob
  
• Hyoga Donaldson-Mizuno, wife of Rob
  
• (eventually) Rei Donaldson-Mizuno, wife of Rob
  

Clan Tsukino

• Usagi, matriarch of clan Tsukino
  
• Mamoru, patriarch of the Chiba branch of clan Tsukino
  
• Usagi Chiba-Tsukino, daughter of Usagi and Mamoru
  
• Rei, matriarch of the Hino branch of clan Tsukino
  

Questions, because deconstruction is difficult:

How many people does it take to become a clan? If Minako is serious about never finding love as long as she has her duty to Queen Serenity, she would be the only person in her clan -- if that's allowed. (If she does finally realize she can have both love and duty, she'd become matriarch of the Aino branch of clan Tsukino.)

If Usagi quietly turns her attention elsewhere so that Rei and Mamoru can have some time alone and nine months later there's a "blessed event", does House Hino-Tsukino become a Cadet House of House Chiba-Tsukino, does House Chiba-Tsukino become a Cadet House of House Hino-Tsukino, or do both happen?

If a child of House Takamachi-Rhodes marries a child of House Donaldson-Mizuno, and Tribe Rhodes and Kinfolk Serenity disagree on a major point of concern that affects the couple, whose rules do they follow and is there any penalty for not following the other set of rules?