Like the orb and Kiyoko acted as a snare so Keros could get his hands on you. Look back and you see nothing about your relationship with Kiyoko is organic, all breaking the rules of what is meant to happen. Introduce the champion to Kiyoko; a high born Kitsune trapped and starved for social interaction. Note that Kiyoko did not choose to have Kinu with you (like all other kitsune can choose when they reproduce), it was something imposed on the both of you. Yet no matter what, even if you are sterile you would conceive with Kiyoko.
Through time, limited options and constantly bearing your children Kiyoko developes an attachment to you, not a healthy way to cultivate a relationship. Kiyoko didn't get with you because she admired and respected who you were, she got with you because you were the only one there, a light in the darkest time of her life.
This fact is reflected with how she treats you.
I think it was Keros orchestrated your relationship with Kiyoko, not that he just jumped an an opportunity. Kiyoko relationship with the champion is entirely different from anyone else's, she was starved for social interaction and it was either you or no one. Is it not strange that Kiyoko has no choice but to conceive a child with you? Why is this the exception? I suspect it is by Keros' design.
The narrative notes that everything regarding the two of you is unprecedented, it can't be chalked up to "no filler content". It is purposefully unnatural.
Honestly, this idea is interesting. Not the idea that Kiyoko doesn't respect you, I don't give a shit about that mostly because it feels like your vision of respect is based purely on the idea that you should get to choose who your daughter is marrying and you should get told about it, despite how the player's parents have no say in who they marry and do not get told about it and yet you're not saying that the Champ is disrespecting they're unseen parents. Seriously, I do get that it's upsetting to not get told about your daughter getting married, especially given how it's somewhat framed as "we didn't want to upset you" since that is somewhat patronizing, but I don't think this one singular example is enough to prove the idea, especially given how, as others have pointed out, she goes out of her way to include you in social events and traditions of her culture which she could easily have just not included you on, and how she's willing to adventure with you as a companion rather than staying home doing things which may be more culturally important.
No, what I'm actually interested in is the idea you have that Keros set this up in an unnatural manner to try to snag you. It's a very fascinating idea, and while it could be rejected with the idea that there's no reason why he would set all of this up considering that Kiyoko died around 200 years ago, it should be noted that fortune telling in CoC2 can have actual effects (For example, Ihzalti's good/bad fortunes impact crit chances), and there are several oracles (such as Hretha, who's vision of a special battle occurring in the Frost Marches sent the Korvus to this region) who can actually tell things about the future. I doubt Keros truly knew about you before you showed up at the Den, and I doubt he engineered things to trick you, specifically, into giving over your soul or something like that, but, well, we know of at least two foxes who can facilitate divination, those being Kiyoko and Miko. Sure, they use fortune slips, but still, it's a cultural practice that can get certain information about the future, particularly given the mechanics of Miko's slips. It could very well have been due to some different prophecy, or a prediction, or some sort of divination, but past Keros might have known that there was
something important in the future, which could be a great benefit to him if certain things are facilitated. This potential divination could have been why Komari's age got extended too. I doubt he was acting maliciously, but he could still have partially engineered this situation, being guided by some unknown portent.
Of course, I have absolutely no way of knowing this, but it is a very interesting idea and topic. That said, it feels more like it belongs in the "
Conspiracy theory" thread, rather than some fact. It's fun to think about, but not really knowable unless it's outright said/shown to actually be true. Otherwise the coincidences may just be because TOBS had a story he wanted to tell and so he just told it, and didn't think about how certain things may feel clearly designed from a certain perspective. He's very skilled, but nobody's perfect.
She also never shows any interest in your history or your culture, you are expected to consistently kow tow to hers even as unwelcoming as it is to you
This, though, is probably just because of the limitations of a blob protagonist. Our backstories are vague, and no past family is with us here. We're from far away, and the details of the backstory blurbs are only detailed enough to explain why you may have certain stat bonuses and skills. We don't even really have a defined country of origin, and players may want to headcanon certain traits and details for their backstory which the writing simply can not account for. If she asks for our history and culture, then what is purposefully vague must suddenly be clearly defined, plus there are ten different backstory options (none of which are detailed enough for them to not be at least somewhat blobby), so it would have to be quite a bit to account for and make differing text to match. And hell, even if it was kept constrained to the history of what you do in game, you may be like me where you grab the amulet and get back in the tavern's bed before the first night is over, having no time to do any adventures before meeting her, in which case your in-game history is a grand total of "a demon came on me" or you could be halfway through Khor'minos and have done all the side content, in which case so much work would need to go in to writing about so many details that just aren't worth it.
The point is, this is a limitation due to this game's nature. The Champion is technically their own character, being canonically pansexual and having their own thoughts and feelings, but they still necessarily need to be a blob which can not truly be defined. In the future, the people working on this may make a player character who is much more truly defined (hell, TiTS itself is a lot more defined in terms of player backstory than CoC2 already), and in such a game, defining aspects of backstory would probably work fine. But here, if a writer attempted to define the Champ's backstory further than a random contextual "Well, I was a noble scion, I do have some understanding of how nobility works" or "as a soldier, I know how to train to fight physically and can help you become a better fighter more efficiently than a mage who has no background or training in martial arts," the end result would be a bunch of players complaining because it breaks established rules.
