Erm... decided to create a blog post cos my explanation is ridiculously long... 

This is an explanation about the mpreg and the male Kyuhyun being called Miss:

I’ll explain the mpreg first. I wasn’t planning to write mpreg, I was going to remove all reference to children and pregnancy, however I thought about several points. The primary function of marriage and was reproduction (obviously), its why homouality was looked down upon for so long – no children could be produced. If menxmen relationships were common in this AU, how did that happen if the main purpose of marriage is to have children? Marriage wouldn’t be common between men if they couldn’t have children (why would Hangeng’s two primary wives be men if they couldn’t give him children, having as many children as possible was a goal of many at that time). And so I decided that in this AU some men are born as hermaphrodites (I know nothing about hermaphrodites, I am making this up as I go along) and they are able to bear children. This leads them to be able to become wives to other men (this is still a paternalistic, Confucian society). It is normally determined when they are a baby whether they are able to bear children or not.

Heechul and ZhouMi are married to a man so therefore are referred to as Mistress, Madam or Lady. This is because they are technically the property of their husband, Hangeng. They gave up most of their rights when they married. Donghae and Kyuhyun are both given female titles for two reasons, one, because they are both men who will most likely marry men, secondly because they are living in the wives section of the house. In that society, men aren’t allowed to live with women, it’s why only eunuchs are employed as servants in the wives/daughter’s quarters. Kyuhyun and Donghae remove the outward signs of their masculinity; they wear women’s clothing, hair, shoes, are given women’s titles. This allows them the freedom to live in with their older brothers. When they were living with their parents they would have been able to do as they pleased or as their parents allowed, they could’ve worn male or female clothing depending on how they felt. In a way they had much more freedom then someone who was strictly male or female.

Did anyone watch Chuno? I think it was Chuno (a long time ago, dodgy subs, never actually finished it), anyway in one historical drama there is a scene where the main guy beats up a not-so-nice older guy. The older guy in an attempt to make himself seem harmless refers to himself as an ‘unni’. He was trying to emasculate himself. Also in some gangster/historical movies/dramas, women who are important get called ‘hyungnim’ or ‘gege’ as a way to ‘boost’ themselves and show their importance.

The point is, I thought it made sense… This is where you tell me I make no sense.