Gender locked race?

[Hunky]

I can't help but see much of the controversy as willful ignorance on a grand scale... While i'll not repute established facts in game, (indeed, i see it as validation) i do not see how, with what SE has already given us, we can continue to pretend that the impossibility of male Viera leaving/ relocating from the wood en-mass is such a mental leap...

Collection of Wandering Dramaturge Viera lore


Rak'tika Greatwoods on fire.


Rak'tika Greatwoods aftermath


From what has been established thus far: The male Viera are the guardians of the Greatwoods, any attack on them on such a scale would and should prompt a response. Hence their mobilization from their home, to face the threat of the Garlean Empire.

It can both work both ways. It can either make sense of why male Viera would leave the forest and therefore make sense as a playable race. At the same time, it could also explain why male Viera have been wiped out, and therefore not available as a playable race. And if the grand majority of Male Viera are wiped out, it would make even more sense for the females to leave the forest and seek allies to combat whatever is threatening them.

I want to also point out that set of lore quotes is missing the two most important ones.



It's blatantly clear that Matsuno, who the wandering dramaturge is supposed to represent, is warning us to not get our hopes up for male Viera.

"They simply don't exist to us" is pretty much saying they don't exist at all.

Matsuno created the Viera, but he only ever showed females. He doesn't want to show males. For what reason, who knows. And there are many other signs besides the lore that rule out the possibility of playable male Viera: Yoshida's interviews, the way Viera were revealed, the accurate blue leaks, and more.

Again, I desperately hope I'm wrong. I would love to have handsome, tall bunnymen in the game. It would be great that they ended up creating this lore with the intention of breaking it.

But we're probably gonna get a male-only race that nobody really asked for. I just hope if that's the case, we get a male-only race that can be as attractive, elegant, and athletic as the female Viera. Something in between Highlander and Elezen.

I'm not sure who else might agree with me, but when I saw the concept art of those male Viera (the tall, muscular ones), I was ecstatic. That's exactly the kind of build I wanna see. Male Au Ra have amazing bodies (in my opinion), but their facial scales and horns make their faces so "busy-looking." Those male Viera on the other hand were perfect. I know I've posted several messages of hopelessness on here, but trust me, I wanna see those male Viera so bad.

But I'm warning you guys. Don't get your hopes up. Don't ignore the signs.