On topic: I started out as a Roe because I wanted to play a badass female character (instead of a cute or sexy one). My Roe was still pretty (it's really hard to make an ugly character in FFXIV) but I just got bored of playing a Roe. Plus, I'm somewhat of a min-maxer and I wanted to favor STR over VIT (I was playing WAR and DRG the most). I know it really doesn't matter but I wanted a set of stats that were the absolute best fit. So I played a Hyur for a while.

Then I came up with a really fun character name (Sparkle Motion) that seemed just right for a Lalafell BLM, so I switched again. My Lalafell was really cute and I loved the emotes so it was a nice change of pace for a while.

My most recent switch was to a kitty ninja named Purrfect Storm (after a FFXI character I had). I glamoured a pretty neat look and thematically it's nice to shoot lightning bolts (Raiton) and ride the Ramuh pony (it suits the name "Storm" nicely).

So to summarize, it was just time to play a M'qote for a while. I'm not into anime. I don't drool over animated pixels (much lol). And it wasn't even that I don't like the other game races (I have alts that are an Elezen and Au'ra). I just come up with a concept and then try to fit my character to that concept.