Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Theodric]

Again, untrue.
I won't go as far to say "most", but there's a demand for it both on and off the official forums. Enough with this "vocal minority" nonsense. Neither you or I have the statistics.

It's not 'nonsense'. The current distribution of player characters reflects that conventional beauty standards are actively embraced by the FFXIV community. As for the demand, a significant chunk of those posting within this thread have specifically stated that they would prefer the men to be tall, fairly masculine and at least somewhat well-built. The demand for them to be short is very much attributed to a vocal minority.

I've not once brushed off your own contributions as 'nonsense', so I'd appreciate the same courtesy in turn.

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I'll confess, I'm a little confused as to why I'm being singled out. I haven't portrayed my opinion as more valuable. I've simply done what others have also done in regards to reinforcing my own personal preferences. I'd point out that there's likely an element of bias at play since if your issue was that particular act in general, you'd be calling out multiple posters rather than focusing on a single individual. There's no 'aggression' on my end - and I've been perfectly civil. At the end of the day, it's a fictional race in a fictional game - hardly something to get worked up over.

As for the rest of your post, I disagree that Viera men would be 'like the women'. I'd expect them to have something resembling an androgynous or feminine base face, though the rest would very likely be distinctly masculine.

As I've said many times throughout the thread, I consider masculinity to be a broad spectrum ranging from classically handsome to ruggedly handsome. I don't particularly care where on the scale they exist, so long as they can be designed to resemble men.

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Highlander men are firmly in the 'ruggedly handsome' side of the spectrum, not the 'classically handsome' side.

I swear to Azeyma that guy is making me despise the phrase "classically handsome."

Well, I suppose that's something for you to work on, then.