Gender locked race?

[artyport]

To add remember every piece of gear would have to be adjusted to fit the new male race whatever it is including the bunny suit, summer swimsuit, subligars and undergarments now i don't know about you but if i had to do that for a child like male whose proportions are very similar to a young teen i would be very uncomfortable doing that (if i didn't outright refuse) and if the male devs were uncomfortable doing the bunny suit for grown male characters and an awkward potato i doubt they would add it and go through that uncomfortableness again but worse

Umm have you seen Lalafell?
They are literal babies.

And it’s creepy when people make them naked.

Also miqote women and aura women kinda look like teen girls and they made slutty outfits for them.

People are always more comfortable with sexualizing young women. But that shouldn’t take away of my fantasy of a link like character saving the world.

[Gwenorai]

Umm have you seen Lalafell?
They are literal babies.

And it’s creepy when people make them naked.

Also miqote women and aura women kinda look like teen girls and they made slutty outfits for them.

People are always more comfortable with sexualizing young women. But that shouldn’t take away of my fantasy of a link like character saving the world.

Link to me doesn't look like a child. He looks like a young man - in BotW anyway. If he looks like a child; then yeah - no sexualise. Shudder.

Lala's have no sexual characteristics - they don't enter my mind for anything that is considered 'sexual' they're like toys or minions that are controlled. Anyone who looks at a lala in 'that' kind of manner is someone I'm not going to get along with.

[Nestama]

People are always more comfortable with sexualizing young women. But that shouldn’t take away of my fantasy of a link like character saving the world.

Moving away from the whole sexualisation stuff (which is easily one reason why I feel SE shouldn't make any more playable childlike characters), let's go for something more lore focused. Toon/Young Link isn't an army general/lieutenant, which is something you can kinda become in FFXIV with GC Squadrons. I feel that no one, even NPC's, would like their superior to be a naive/know-it-all/prodigy teenager (I hated when Alphinaud became the leader of the Crystal Braves, but loved it when it exploded in his face).

There are other reasons why I don't want younger than 18 year old's to be playable in this game, but those are personal "I hate children protagonist" feelings... though I'll give Young/Toon Link a pass because at least he doesn't talk.