Gender locked race?

[Beckett]

In a recent interview, male viera were hinted for the next fanfest.

In that interview, the question of male viera was side-stepped and the interviewer was told that there will be another fanfest. That doesn't hint at male Viera any more than it hints at a male-only race.

[Nestama]

Yeah. They've been saying "likely the last race" and sidestepping by saying "there's Tokyo FanFest." This could mean male Viera, or it could mean new male race.

[Gwenorai]

Hm, well who knows what they're going to throw out.

Honestly, I think it's the perfect time to show male Viera. They're forest wardens who protect the forest and their people. But Viera are heavily tied into the 'voice of the forest' - they listen to the forest just like Padajj - or whatever it's spelt - are tied into the elementals. I believe they're two of the same? Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

So, these spirits are heavily tied to the mother crystal and balance. If the forest tells a Viera to leave to do their duty, then that Viera will go. It's not such a high stretch to believe that if a Male was told to leave the forest by the spirits that govern their way of life, then he will leave in order to protect the wood and his people. Warrior of Light Viera? Of course. Warrior of Light protects all from death and destruction - obviously, the Viera and the forest are part of that everything.

Second, it would be shameful writing if the WoL happened to just stroll into the Viera demense and not even be attacked by a male Viera or to come into contact with one. They do not like outsiders in their forest - and if I recall correctly the only reason Vaan and co in FF12 weren't set upon by one was due to Fran being in the party. A bunch of strangers in the forest would undoubtedly have them stirring.

Third; the empire has already burned rabanaster and chaos in Ivalice is rampant due to the war machine. The empire will more than likely set to target forest, if not for the war machine - destroying the trees etc. But to remove the Viera or have them under their heel. Viera make excellent summoners/bowmen by nature. Regardless, it would make sense that the Empire would attack the forests - the Viera males would certainly attack and be part of the resistance. Yet again, if the spirits of the forest tell them to come as one and attack - they will.

Add on - especially after the trailer as well where the forest fire with Y'shtola and Urianger being the Viera wood. It was on fire. Obviously, Warden's of the wood - the males, are not going to take lightly to their precious wood being burned to the ground. With that in mind - there is no logical reason why they would remain none existent and not shown. It's their duty to respond to perils such as this. While this could be arguments that then there would certainly be male NPCs, it would make no sense for there to be male Viera NPCs, have the female be playable and then the male not be playable.

All in all, the argument for them being gender-locked is silly. You can't say 'it should be female only due to lore' then run around on your male Miqote or your female Roe. The lore is perfectly bendable to allowing this. A male Viera WoL has more reason to venture out just like any other race that once had that silly race lock. WoL is driven by fate and 'mama crystal'.

Times are changing, and it makes sense for the race to evolve with it - they've never had a reason to until now. Just like it makes sense for there to be a WoL Viera Male.

But just my thoughts on things. I do indeed hope it's going to be a Japanese reveal. Viera is my favourite race, and I honestly hate playing as female toons preferring their male counterparts. After waiting years to see a male Viera finally I'd be vastly disappointed if they just decided not to go with them.

Note; apologies for spelling mistakes etc.; dyslexia sucks.

[Jaywalker]

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Just want to say you made great points with this, thanks for posting them! Interesting read.

[Umeikoai]

White knights are the worst

The only White Knights I like is White Knight Chronicles 1 and 2. People may not of liked the game, but I thought it was pretty fun and had pretty good character creation.

[Kupocoubo]

In that interview, the question of male viera was side-stepped and the interviewer was told that there will be another fanfest. That doesn't hint at male Viera any more than it hints at a male-only race.

Yes, it can mean anything, I don't understand how those people think male vieras were hinted. To me the answer was just "you will see if there is male or not in the last fanfest", nothing else.

[jake200135]

All I want to know is why some folks are so against the idea of male Viera. I mean, it literally hurts no one to add another option for players, because if you don't like male Viera, there is really simple solution to that problem...... Don't play one.

But someone else choosing something you wouldn't choose is not the end of the world. And if Square Enix does end up with a cutesy waifu race for female characters and male characters get stuck with yet another hyper-masculine race then yes, I'm in the camp that they're doing so with some seriously backwards and old fashioned thinking by assuming that all players want the same kind of male characters instead of having some variety. As they say, variety is the spice of life. If all the male characters followed the same tropes that would be really dull and really boring.

[redcurrant18]

This might be a reach, but what if the fat chocobo hoodie he had on today was some sort of reference to big chungus? They are both fat and iconic, and he did already wear a bugs bunny shirt before. Maybe that's the foreshadowing for male Viera at Tokyo?

[Senn]

This might be a reach, but what if the fat chocobo hoodie he had on today was some sort of reference to big chungus? They are both fat and iconic, and he did already wear a bugs bunny shirt before. Maybe that's the foreshadowing for male Viera at Tokyo?

I think you're onto something.

[Fredco191]

A Big Chungus reference seems.. kind of odd. It would lead me to think that the male Vieras are going to be fat....


I wouldn’t mind that, actually.