Male Au Ra

[Bazi]

It's why I hide my face....ain't nobody got time to see my scowl.

[Ryamatsu]

I'm predicting male Au Ra population being below the female Roe in the long run.

[Samcaesar]

I'm predicting male Au Ra population being below the female Roe in the long run.

Really? They kind of mix and match traits, so I can see them being quite popular. The shapely lower body is pretty unique while still looking pretty b/a upper body wise.

[Snitchie]

Female Au Ra run is about the best in the game, IMO

It's like a mix between the female midlanders princess run and the female miqo'te's normal bland run. Adding a bit of personality without being generic or too over the top.

I changed to Female Au Ra, and oh ye! The running looks good too

[Lillia]

I'd prefer differences be an option and not a forced thing unless if they're going for a motif in line with their culture/environment. Like.. I wanna play a big and tough looking woman and a Xaela Au Ra which isn't something you can do at all.

That's what Roes and Highlanders are around for and what makes them unique!

Yet the two aren't played as much as other races, I wonder why.

I love the races when someone makes one that isn't a carbon copy well though.

In all seriousness though in reply to the female Au Ra height, we're short but not that short.

This is me between two miqo'te of two different heights, the one to the left is in a different pose stance however we're both around the same height and I am max Au Ra female height.

Though our height vs the male height is differed greatly, I think the majority of females we have around looks freakishly small in comparison unless they are Highlander/Roe.

[Samcaesar]

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The why on earth would SE dare dilute the unique-ness of the Miqo'te and midlander! That's what makes them unique you know ; P

I don't know, apparently men Au Ra kneel down to hug the girls, at that point it's way to tall. If it weren't for the fact that Miqo'te (second most popular race) weren't only an inch taller than the Auri girls, then I'm sure you'd feel a lot shorter.

They should've made the massive height split between the Xaela and Raen imho, not the sexes.

[SpiritMuse]

This is exactly why I ended up keeping my femroe, despite how awesome it would be to be a demoness. I don't know why SE insists on these cute little monster girls, but this whole xpac in general is so male-centric as it is I don't think we can ever hope for equal representation at all, much less in our avatars.

You know, my first instinct when I started his game was to create a femroe. And then I realized that I could, with the Elezen, create a male character that is actually handsome, for once, instead of being limited to "badass" which usually just means 47 variants of angry square faces with buzzcuts. So then for a while I was seriously torn - do I "represent" as a woman, or do I make a character that I just love to look at? And then I discovered that you could dress the men as skimpily as the women, and the rest is history... XD

That being said, if the Au Ra women had been tall and fierce like the men instead of small and dainty I would have been one now.

[Lillia]

@Samcaesar; I had a longer reply for you but... this thread isn't about that it's about male Au Ra's! Though I will say that I was formerly a female lalafell at the shortest height so I do know a thing or two about height difference and it's not that big of one compared to every other female for girl Au Ra trust me on this and I think SE made the better choice in making Au Ra unique but not too unique by adding a bunch of exclusive options/features vs every other race, but opinions, opinions.


Anyways, to the topic thread... they don't all really seem angry to me unless they are created towards that look with upset eyebrows and stuff, some just seem capable or really confident. Either way, I wouldn't mind a capable looking guy around me ready to kick some butt in a world with monsters and the like!

[SuddenStorm8]

It does seem like about 90% of the combinations do make a permanently angry Male Au Ra but it is possible to make one without the resting bitch face.

Also I noticed something interesting in the lore of the Raen Au Ra

"Families of the warrior class (and generally the ruling class) are the only people “allowed” surnames in Doma..." From here

which seems to suggest that the Raen are actually matriarchal, and that the idea behind the gender differences between the Au Ra is that the women are the brains while the men are the brawn.

As for the complaints about the womens stature and look then I say the same thing as other posters have, SE is just conforming to what people like prefer. Just look at how common Lalas and Fem Miqo'te are compared to how rare Highlanders and Roe are in general. The fan base favors the small "cutesy" look over the rough "cool" look.

[Raminax]

Rawr!

How'd you get that the Raen are possibly matriarchal from the naming conventions? As far as I understood it, surnames used by the worker class aren't strictly forbidden, though they're also not recognized as actual surnames by the nobility. There's nothing about women somehow being more suited for positions of power in there.

And assuming that the inspiration for the naming conventions (the Edo period) extend to Doman culture as well, Auri women would be the brains behind a family only in unusual circumstances. Of course, that's a huge assumption on my part. Wtb more Doman culture!