Quote Originally Posted by Jaywalker View Post
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You're right here. Viera do live really restrictive lives that are actually really sad. The men are forced to live in solitude, to live and die alone - with their only companions being the other wards they take under their wing and whoever they mate with. It's not hard to believe that a female Viera wouldn't want that for her son. The females are guilted into staying and are shunned if they do leave. If females leave, knowing full well what will happen once they do - then why can't the males?

Honestly, the fact we can play as the female shows that maybe just maybe so much has changed in comparison to the FF12/Tactics Ivalice. Gotta think about it honestly, the males and females were all kind of trapped in that strict dogma. The Females just had a matriarch telling them they couldn't go out as well as there fellow sisters. The male has nothing holding him back from leaving other than the teachings of the wood warden and his desire to protect his family and people. This is hardly the first time we've heard such a story; Star Wars and their Jedi have the same issue and some of them still leave the order after being brainwashed as children and forced to follow a strict dogma.

There is nothing in the lore that says that males would be hunted down/killed for leaving. Their only punishment being they are banished. Perhaps they'll expand on that?

It's easy to come up with a back story regarding a Male (And female) Viera WoL in these scenarios:
1) They were born outside of the wood from a Viera mother who left the wood. Halfbreeds exist. It is more than likely that Viera and Hyur are compatible just like Au'ra and Hyur. They would more than likely have the Viera traits. And that's even if they're a halfbreed. A female Viera could have just gotten pregnant and left. Or in recent times, a male Viera takes his interpretation of the 'green word' to leave to protect his lover and unborn child. WoL descended from this.
2) Being a chosen of the mother crystal; the wood - a female spirit is more than likely tied into this; while not the mother crystal per-say, but like the Padajj and the elementals of their wood. Benevolent and serving the mother crystal. WoL are driven by fate and destiny. As I've said before in previous posts it makes perfect sense for a Male to leave by listening to the word of the Wood.

I could honestly come up with so many more!

But dang, there's something extremely sad about being trapped in a jungle/wood all your life and wanting to be free and see so much more. I hope the Viera are given that chance. The female has been given that, now free the males. Shouldn't just end with a sad tale on how they're all just going to end up dying alone.