Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Xebric]

Well, like I said, I don't really care either way, as long as it's for lore reasons.

According to lore we currently have the male Viera tend to stick to the treetops in their woodland homes and are so good at sneaking around / hiding that even female Viera rarely see them. They show up to collect male Viera children to train them in their ways so they can then grow up to defend their homes as well. So they're numerous but not necessarily common enough that people would be tripping over them constantly, which could honestly be accomplished by having few (if any) male Viera NPCs. Canonically there is only one Warrior of Light and s/he always travels with his/her allies or other "adventurers", and there's only a handful of certain class characters (Azure Dragoon, Astrologian's, White Mages, Dark Knights, etc.) but yet if we bring players into it there are thousands of Warriors of Light, thousands of Azure Dragoons, etc.

As far as justifying a male Viera becoming the Warrior of Light... I think it's fully reasonable. If Hydaelyn convinces the male Viera to quest out because the world (including his home) is in danger if he does not aid Hydaelyn, then it's feasible that a male Viera might venture forth to answer this call to put the needs of his home ahead of his own desire to "stay Viera" (A Viera that leaves their home is no longer considered "Viera" in the eyes of their people.) This exiled Vieran male would be ostracized by his people and would not be allowed into his (the Viera's) home because he's "not Viera". It would even be easy to code in since the same interaction would likely happen with all race / gender combinations someone could pick for their Warrior of Light - including female Viera. "Leave! You're not Viera!"

I honestly don't see lore being an issue at all.