Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[jake200135]

I actually strongly do not want male Viera brought into the game in any capacity.

I'm someone who was first introduced to the Viera race through FFTA, and then got to be blown away by how much FFXII expanded on them. I'm a major fan of the Ivalice Alliance, and more than anything I would like for its lore to be respected in some basic ways rather than have a race as prominent as Viera be altered unnecessarily just because people want to have a character that looks a certain way.

I'm pretty sure this has been said before but, if we were going to be "lore friendly" about this, female Viera would not be playable and male Viera would. The male Viera live on their borders and have more reason and opportunity to leave the forest and go adventuring. The way they have introduced Viera into the game is already at odds with the lore as it is now.

Edit 1: To expand on this, the female Viera live comfortable lives within their villages in the forest. The male Viera live lives of hardship trying to survive in the wilderness. Most people when they live a hard life tend to try their utmost to somehow transfer themselves into a more enjoyable and comfortable state of living. Following this train of thought, the male Viera survive on their own near the forest borders to protect the forest. Yes, some of the males may feel honor bound to stay put and protect, but you can be damn sure there are some who are more likely to seek a better life else where and never bother returning. So it really makes no sense to exclude male Viera for lore reasons.

Edit 2: I'm pretty sure this has been said as well, but even the males who feel the need to protect could have an easy lore friendly excuse for leaving the forest. The greenword of the Forest told him he needed to go out in the world to become the Warrior of Light in order to protect the world and by proxy, his home land as well.