Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
What makes a hair logically locked though? I mean it's not like each race has it's own hair texture (I mean texture the feeling, not the computer texture), and while there is some lore/culture all the races are living together so as culture is very naturally shared in people living together.. the lore sort of fits in there too. I get having races look different is nice but is "hair" really what should be making the difference?

Tl;dr of that culture rant: Is there a strong level of exclusion and racism in the Eorzea region (discounting Garlean who we're not), because I don't recall.. and if not I don't think culture is a strong argument. If there is I missed it but then at least we have a strong story on why its separated. At least imo.
I don't think there's any actual limitation on hairstyles, forehead jewelry, or ear clasps, no. But I think it adds to the uniqueness of each race. That's why I think, if it's exclusive to that race, keep it that way. If not, things begin to muddy and I'm sure the insatiable masses will be asking for more (cat ears/tails on all the things, people claiming that it's just "glamour" because that's a super-flexible thing "because magic"). There should be some line.

(I read the rant, but won't comment because it doesn't apply to the ingame world in a lore-sense, which answers your question.)

I'm pretty sure Fernehalwes said, in a discussion about mixed races (Hilda being very rare), that there still is a lot of racial tension there. Everyone is from a different background and are together, but still have their own cultures/agendas.

Finally found it:

http://gamerescape.com/2014/10/22/fa...pher-koji-fox/

"MCKF: I touched on this a little bit today in the live stream and there was a question about relationships between the races and crossbreeding. A lot of it doesn’t happen because while we have all these races living together in Eorzea, there’s this tension between them. That’s there because they have these histories of fighting for a long time and then not really making up, but agreeing to disagree and living together because it’s better than living by our self and being more susceptible to Garlean attacks or whatever. We work together because we have a common enemy type of thing. Most of the races don’t really like each other and it”s gone on through multiple Eras."

Edit: I guess it doesn't have to do with Hilda and I'm mixing things up, maybe that's some other source. @_@