Quote Originally Posted by Lunaxia View Post
It's not fine, and the "hyur aren't people!!" argument is hilarious. Hyur are clearly, blatantly and utterly human rip-offs. They have human features, human naming conventions, human dress and even have distinct human ethnicities, with Anglo-saxon and Japanese having been shown. There are even references to real world religions in this game. There is no reason whatsoever that other races couldn't be included, and insinuating that they shouldn't have, "don't fit" or "don't need" a place in fantasy is both ignorant and racist.
What "references to real world religions" are you meaning exactly? I can't think of any.

As I wrote previously, Hyur are physically the only human-equivalent race in Eorzea but they are not culturally the only race. Of course Hyur are people - but so are Roegadyn and Lalafell and whatever else, all regarded as equally "human" in the world of the game.

Should a fantasy world be required to replicate every real human nationality? What if (as is the case here) certain nationalities are instead being used as a basis for non-human cultures? Do there need to be humans alongside each of those other races to ensure their culture is properly represented?

Questions without an easy answer. But I don't think it's as simple as you're saying it is.