I think a mechanic that would integrate well into STARBOUND would be the player being able to court a humanoid NPC, and then eventually marrying them if they "win" them over. Think how Fable II handled this, where child NPCs were also even eventually born from the pairing. Things such as gifts/flowers/etc. could be given to the NPC significant other in order to woo them. A player would also have to choose a "home" for his new family.
True, but he did suggest it 3 hours after I did... If you read his post, he mentions others have suggested this, i.e. me. He did take the suggestion and run with it though.
My most sincere apologies then sir ^^ I suppose what I mean then would be, there is a similar suggestion topic which has gone more in depth, but yours will forever remain the original c:
Haha, yep yep. If anything, it's a good thing -- devs will see that it's something more than one person wants!