Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Theodric]

Even though I think a buff bunny man would look ridiculous, you don't see me calling your request abhorrent. Let's not throw insults.

You're free to use whatever term you wish. It's hardly a personal attack. I'd go out on a limb and wager that if you went out into the street and asked random people which Viera design they preferred, most would lean towards the one with conventional beauty standards. It's not as if they're overly bulky, either. They're possessed of a lean physique well suited to their role in regards to defending their forest.

[Senn]

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You're more than welcome to request whatever body type you want, but don't put other types down. Calling it abhorrent isn't really civil.

I've been going off interviews and concept art. Even though it should be obvious by now that I prefer slim male viera, I'm not only saying the things I do because of my own preferences or bias. It would be nice to have a reasoned discussion, based off of the facts we have been given, as to why my interpretation would be wrong. Putting aside the fact that "things can change in development", we can make educated guesses with the current information from interviews. However, it seems like none of you really want to talk about it, because the information does not appear to be in your favor.

[Lauront]

You're more than welcome to request whatever body type you want, but don't put other types down. Calling it abhorrent isn't really civil.

I've been going off interviews and concept art. Even though it should be obvious by now that I prefer slim male viera, I'm not only saying the things I do because of my own preferences or bias. It would be nice to have a reasoned discussion, based off of the facts we have been given, as to why my interpretation would be wrong. Putting aside the fact that "things can change in development", we can make educated guesses with the current information from interviews. However, it seems like none of you really want to talk about it, because the information does not appear to be in your favor.

Well it's not that - it's more that the first of those interviews was literally putting forward an idea they had in their minds, as but one possible mode of implementation, and the second (which I agree was a bit firmer) was contrasting them to Hrothgar, who are vastly bulkier than just about any other male in the game besides Roegadyn, so fixing them to male Elezen helps to have people form a picture of what they have in mind, but the point was more to explain why they thought there was a niche that Hrothgar would fill, that Viera men would not. The thing is, it does not mean that it will be an exact replica of Elezen proportions... they could be a bit slimmer, a bit buffer, whatever. Those three figures in the concept art already highlight how you can do that without loss of any specific Elezen-styled aesthetic for the Viera.

If you are referring to the one I'm thinking of they look like Aenar from Star Trek.

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