Is ff 14. Too feminine?

[Risvertasashi]

Alphinaud I can see but... Cid and Thancred?

TIL.

[Antonio_Xul]

Alphinaud I can see but... Cid and Thancred?

TIL.

Look at Cid's hair! Can you seriously see a manly man wear that hair style?! Thancred looks like a twink! The manliest guy in the game is Raubahn or however you spell it and he wears a skirt!

[SpookyGhost]

but I always thought Final Fantasy in General was effeminate.

They are, FF games are significantly more popular among women in Japan than men.

[Eloah]

...Hell, a hundred years ago, many people considered pink to be the masculine color and blue the feminine color...

Actually, it hasn't even been 100 years, the color dynamic of, pink for boys, blue for girls, shiftered around the 1950s. And the reason for pink for boys is because, and most people forget this, pink is just a light red. And since red was/is viewed as a male color, a lighter red, ie pink, was used to represent young boys.

[h0tNstilettos]

I am not intending this thread to insult people. It is just an issue occurred where my nephews were going to play ff with me noticed the little lady's day event and looked up the outfits in the game. Now they are telling me they are not going to play the game with me because it is too girly. Are we going a bit too far in the aesthetics department of design as of late in this depiction that would cause a lot of male players not to even try this game?

Your nephews are very insecure with their masculinity. The event is a holiday aimed at females. Did you explain to them that it's a holiday? Valentine's Day in real life is also thought of as a feminine holiday. So are they going to not play real life because of optional 'feminine' things such as a feminine event or other? Just show them the bunny girls at Gold Saucer so that their masculinity won't feel so threatened. I'm holding back on the laughs here. Show them this comment. XD

Also, things that are feminine versus masculine have changed over time. It doesn't really matter where man-made things are concerned. Gender is biological. Things that look pretty are not 'female'. They are universal. Your nephews are sadly the victims of a societal construct, basically a brainwashing from a young age.

[KittytheSheGeek]

All I have to say is... *facepalm*

[Catwho]

Look at Cid's hair! Can you seriously see a manly man wear that hair style?! Thancred looks like a twink! The manliest guy in the game is Raubahn or however you spell it and he wears a skirt!

Cid kind of looks like Thor with white hair to me. And no one doubts Chris Hemsworth's masculinity....

[Corfish]

Cid kind of looks like Thor with white hair to me. And no one doubts Chris Hemsworth's masculinity....

Didn't you know? Men who take care of themselves are girly men.

[Risvertasashi]

Look at Cid's hair! Can you seriously see a manly man wear that hair style?! Thancred looks like a twink! The manliest guy in the game is Raubahn or however you spell it and he wears a skirt!

I don't know, I guess I always just chalked it up to "Fantasy" hair styles. yeah IRL we tend to keep our hair very plain for utilitarian reasons, but in a virtual world there's no such thing as upkeep.

I suppose I'm just used to it from the games I've been exposed to...

But Re: Skirts. Historically those were a very manly garment (Seriously. Roman soldiers, togas, and many many others). 'Robe'-esque clothing is still not all that uncommon in a number of desert regions today. So it doesn't seem all that out of place in a fantasy game to me...

[Cirgellon]

I'm still trying to figure out why I can't find any shoes that aren't hooker boots.