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[Lauront]

It does have a lot to do with testosterone. Still, a woman stronger than a man is an exception not the norm.

It's exceptional to the point of being extremely rare. I think he might have in mind an unfit guy vs some gym lady, but that's apples to oranges; if we're talking about latent natural potential, even the strongest women will rarely reach the muscle mass of an average male, and the same goes with height bell curve distributions. Sure, there's outliers where this won't occur, but they're called exceptions for that reason.

This doesn't have to manifest in the same way in fantasy races, but I think it's just good writing/world-building to make sure the story behind it is explained in the setting, since it's not like we just arbitrarily evolved this way for no reason... and quite frankly, SE do factor in attractiveness (both in terms of the opposite sex, but also in terms of how the typical guy or girl ideally imagines themselves; in both cases, evolutionary impulses play a role), so it's not like they're going to toss that to the wind when factoring what they put in, so it's not by accident even some of the more "bestial" races exhibit traits that capitalise on this, like muscularity for male orcs. It does limit the range of what is likely to be played most.

True, Square is known for Bishounen characters. I still think they're just going to look like 'Caius Ballard' but with bunny ears.

I like him a lot. Makes me think of this:



Regarding Bishonen, correct me if I'm wrong, but there's nothing that stipulates their physique has to be particularly slender? Hence why you have Sephiroth, with his rather delicate facial features but powerful body, or Zenos, again with a very powerful body but a "pretty" face.