Male Au Ra Standing posture is way too "proper", namely his feet

[Samcaesar]

The picture was more for demonstrating the poses, not the outfits. You say their animations (aside from the default standing pose) are masculine and "dudebro"-ish, but it's simply not true. They look like they're always at the end of a catwalk.

I'm not necessarily saying "dudebro"-ish, but they're definitely masculine. Clothing really does affect the feel of those animations really, get you and your friend to put on armor and retake the picture and it's an entirely different feeling. Some of the animations however just feel inherently more "elegant" (As opposed to neutral and up to interpretation) which is really unfitting for what the Xaela at least are.