Viera culture and sexuality

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Fenral

Considering the most official artwork we have on male Viera shows four of them on a homosocial roadtrip a la FFXV, complete with Coleman camping stove, I'm going to maybe posit that the Dramaturge has no idea what he's talking about and everything we thought we knew about male Viera was a lie.

"You heading to the village?"

"Yeah. You should come, too. Petra always asks about you, and I think she's stopped buying that our patrol routes never line up."

"Oh, her. *shudders* Here, give her this, then. From me."

"A token of your affection?"

"A memento. Tell her I died."

"Training accident?"

"It's a cold, cruel world we live in."

"Yeah, sure it is..."

---

Tbh the artwork makes me think that the pink haired and white haired guy are a couple, the middle one looks like a child and them two like his fathers. Also I assume the purple hair guy is part of their 'unit'

Personally I like thinking that Vieras have little interest or desire for sexual and/or romantic relationships. They view each other a brothers and sisters and the concept of mother and father are foreign and the closes thing to them would be "The Wood" which I'd their home but also so much more.

Now that's not to say that they can't have those kind of relationship just simply that most don't see a reason to seek them out.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Conundrum

Doesn't almost all of the Viera lore people reference actually come from a different FF game and may or may not have any relevance here whatsoever?

---

Didn't they literally spawn from, and eventually turn in to, the trees of their forest in 12? There was no males or sexual reproduction to speak of, if I recall right.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Fenral

"You heading to the village?"

"Yeah. You should come, too. Petra always asks about you, and I think she's stopped buying that our patrol routes never line up."

"Oh, her. *shudders* Here, give her this, then. From me."

"A token of your affection?"

"A memento. Tell her I died."

"Training accident?"

"It's a cold, cruel world we live in."

"Yeah, sure it is..."

---

XD Headcanon accepted.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by zeylos

Tbh the artwork makes me think that the pink haired and white haired guy are a couple, the middle one looks like a child and them two like his fathers. Also I assume the purple hair guy is part of their 'unit'

---

I just see close knit male friends hanging with the newbie. That younger one probably just got picked up from a village or is still learning the ropes of their lifestyle.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Alleluia

Didn't they literally spawn from, and eventually turn in to, the trees of their forest in 12? There was no males or sexual reproduction to speak of, if I recall right.

---

No, that's just some headcanon that got started on, of all places, TVTropes. The FFXII Ultimania mentions that Viera are so isolationist that men and women live in separate villages.

So I'm surprised nobody has brought up the end of the custom deliveries introduced a patch or two ago, and how thr dialogue in more than one part of the vii village changes drastically if you 're a male Viera. Kinda blows the entire theory of them being primarily ace put of the water

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by shadowclasper

So I'm surprised nobody has brought up the end of the custom deliveries introduced a patch or two ago, and how thr dialogue in more than one part of the vii village changes drastically if you 're a male Viera. Kinda blows the entire theory of them being primarily ace put of the water

---

This was a necro'd thread, everyone except the last couple posts before yours were from 2 years ago.

I am interested in how the dialogue changes if you are male Viera, though? Please explain. I don't have a male viera alt.


Edit: .... Wait. How the heck did I end up necroing a 2 year old thread? I swear that was not on purpose. I must have followed a quote or sig chain to it and did not notice the dates. I don't even typically visit page two of the board unless I'm looking for something specific. Sorry if this has annoyed anyone. XD

You didn't. A post that got deleted did. I thought it was a dumb post but not as offensive to report it. If you are a male Viera and doing the final story for Arden the sister makes a comment that the WoL should also be more careful cause you know...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by SannaR

You didn't. A post that got deleted did. I thought it was a dumb post but not as offensive to report it. If you are a male Viera and doing the final story for Arden the sister makes a comment that the WoL should also be more careful cause you know...

---

I think there's also some dialogue changes around the vii village after you first wrrive when you're new and novel