Quote Originally Posted by Fland View Post
No matter how good the Hrothgar is people will still demand the male Viera, and it won't stop until SE caves in. Especially if there is male Viera NPC in game. And I honestly can't think of any reason we won't be meeting one if we will go to the woods in 5.0 without it being sound forced or ridiculous, like there's fire that's somehow eradicated the entire male even though they survived a Garlean attack before, which surely involved some fire.
Don't forget that if the Viera is genderlocked; then Hrothgar would have simply been added due to the developers - or rather Yoshida and possibly Yasumi - not wanting male Viera seen because of the idea that rabbit men are weird; a backwards viewpoint in this day and age. So, we're going to have a race right off the bat - unlike Viera; where males were considered and we have evidence of this - that was created to be genderlocked straight out of the gate. Any lore they add for Hrothgar is going to have them be with that imagery in mind.

That's what really boils my parsnips - creating a 'limited' race because of one archaic view that needs to bugger off. I'd be less steamed if Hrothgar wasn't genderlocked - least it's less half-arsed and not some sort of repeat of Gelka.