Ken doll bulge for the win?
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Well... most females in the game do look like schoolgirls trying to play tough. :D It wouldn't change even if they were given male animations.
Anyway. Someone doubted the ferocity and grace of femroes so I had show them wrong. Here's the /sundance in different kinds of clothes so you can see how attire changes the "vibe" of the dance. The first one conveys the most power, the second emphasizes head movement and facial expressions and hides the stiff legs, and the third makes the dance seem cutesy. I must warn you that it's a pretty big gif cause I'm bad at creating videos.
I like the way it looks on my character and I don't think a wide-legged crab crouch would suit her that well. It's based on real life tradition and female characters were given the same animation as female NPCs always had. You can't judge the amount of work that went into it by the scale of the movements alone. Even though the movements are subtle they were still animated frame by frame and looped properly. The dance is fine imo. Some people just like to cry inequality when they don't like the aesthetic of something, as if they represent a greater cause.
They're releasing a new FF game that the lead female cannot do anything but waiting for the men to rescue her. I'm disappointed how SE treated female characters recently. Minfilia cannot fight and need to be rescued as well.
To be fair Alphinaud is useless too. Think of your average 16 year old Football player in your local HighSchool. Guarantee you that kid can bench at least 250 lbs if not more. He can probably throw a decent punch. Now think of Alphinaud. That kid is uuuusssseeeeless. Hell I don't think Urianger fights at all - yet Yda kicks ass. So...it's not a gender thing. It's a character thing.
Also the Bard lady in the opening FFXIV cutscene and the little lalafell Thaumaturge who becomes a white mage are active characters and are clearly implied to be extremely strong. (Video for reference)
https://youtu.be/lDSnzcaLaZg
I Dunno, alphinaud threw some slick heals on me and his pet was a good distraction