Quote Originally Posted by frostmagemari View Post
1)The first picture's robots don't fit within the current aesthetic, as no so far, no Garlean or Allagan machine has had that kind of construction.
2)The second picture is a flesh and blood creature (which may have been from another FF)... you're really stretching with trying to use a Paissa as an argument for robots.
3)The third picture is a replica of something found within Omega's pocket dimensions... and Omega and his designs are a far cry away from the Automata robot designs.
4)The Magitek ride armour would not fit within Automata's robots... the design aesthetic is completely different than the monstrosities that the robots create.
5)Yes, the giant robot made out of girders and scaffolding would not fit within the current aesthetic of robots that the garleans employ, which are normally sleek and rounded.
6)This one is Alexander, and shares a completely different aesthetic from every other Automata robot that you listed.

I'm going to ask you something. Do you know what shared aesthetics are, and why the robots you have in automata do not have a shared aesthetic with the Garlean or Allagan or Alexander's creator? Because i'm thinking you're stopping at "this is a robot, and that is a robot.. they're the same thing!"
Allag built drones that are inverted tricycles with saw blades for wheels and have cubes for heads. Garlemald started off Stormblood with multiple instances of research into cyborgs, from Doma Castle to Castrum Abania, and now we know that Varis is bringing back Allagan cloning as a pet project. There's already plenty of weird designs and a lack of design coherence just within the XIV designs, never mind the ones pulled from VI, VII, XIII, and even IX(the Prima Vista).