I don't necessarily mind if players voice their concerns over genderlocks. Just as long as it's all consolidated into one or two spaces so we don't have a spam of threads by the same handful of people whining about the same exact thing. It reminds me of the high elfers in the WoW forums.

With that said, the thing that I find most annoying are the accusations of homophobia, sexism, and toxic masculinity as if any of this has to do with male viera at all. Some people around here have been living in their insulated bubbles in regard to male viera and how they think they should look. There seems to be a preconceived notion that male viera are all glamourized, feminine bishies. And therefore the exclusion of them is 'homophobic' (???)

First of all, none of us know how male viera look. For all we know they could look like Bugs Bunny on steroids. We don't know if they look anything like the fan arts and commissions you keep posting. To use your own male viera headcanons as a premise to accuse others of homophobia or perpetuating sexism is simply ridiculous because we don't even know what male viera look like at all.

And if I may add: This game has a plethora of options for guys who want to play feminine males. The implication that we're lacking in that department is, in my opinion, baffling. You can make bishie feminine twinks out of midlanders, miqo'te, and elezen (Ironically, I see many posting in this thread). There's also a plethora of armors and glamours to choose from that can be seen as more feminine than masculine. IMO this game has given this type of aesthetic plenty of shine.

Honestly, if they announced male viera and they looked beastial like Hrothgar, I would guess that the same people would be complaining that they're not bishie enough to their liking, or that they're not children like Alphinaud. The goalposts would be moved from genderlocks to gender presentation.

I do think male viera and female hrothgar have a chance to be added in the future. Probably in an expansion or two.