Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Tanama]

That already exists. Why not play Elezen?

Sephiroth doesn't have a dhalmel neck nor does he have the body proportions of Waluigi.

[Amnmaat]

Then ask for expanded character customization for 6.0 for shorter necks? Hijacking an entire race for it is wrong.

[WhiteArchmage]

I mean, no one's actually "hijacking" anything. It's just expressing a preference, much like others have done. In fact, since Yoshi-P already expressed them as "elezen-like" it's not too far off the mark to think an elezen build would be used. It's best to present your preferred builds without putting down others' (even Senn's more youthful-looking drawing don't seem bad at all, if anything, they may look younger because of the animesque face but I can assure you I'm 30 and have a similar build).

@zeylos
It's...unfinished but I can put the rough sketch here, if it lets me, the image is kind of big lol

[Tanama]

Then ask for expanded character customization for 6.0 for shorter necks? Hijacking an entire race for it is wrong.

Who the heck is hijacking a thread here? The original post is asking for an opinion about a Sephiroth body type for Viera guys. You're the one that started with the Elezen topic.

For anyone that didn't see it, this is what I posted last page:

[Amnmaat]

Who the heck is hijacking a thread here? The original post is asking for an opinion about a Sephiroth body type for Viera guys. You're the one that started with the Elezen topic.

For anyone that didn't see it, this is what I posted last page:

And I'm giving my opinion in response, that looks exactly like Estinien sans the long neck.

[Tanama]

And I'm giving my opinion in response, that looks exactly like Estinien sans the long neck.

Sorry, Amnmaat. I misread "Hijacking an entire race" for "Hijacking an entire thread", hence my response. As for editing FF7 Remake Sephiroth with Viera ears, I did it based on Yoshi P's statement on how he imagines Viera guys would look like. I don't have the quote on me now but I'll post it if I find it.


Thank you Tizzy_Tormentor:

The irony here is that during an interview, Yoshi said ""If we did create a male design for the Viera, he would be quite elegant, handsome, and slim. He would look more like the Elezen race, but with bunny ears."

[Theodric]

I was inspired by those drawing art to have a go at it myself. It's not the best, I know, but I think it gives a good idea as to what male viera could look like:



I think they should be tall, well-built and with the option to have claws on their hands and feet. A nice square jaw would be the icing on the cake!

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

That already exists. Why not play Elezen?

The irony here is that during an interview, Yoshi said ""If we did create a male design for the Viera, he would be quite elegant, handsome, and slim. He would look more like the Elezen race, but with bunny ears." hell even the female Viera look very similar to female Elezen, right down to the proportions, its not a stretch to assume male Viera will look very similar to male Elezen.

No one has any solid baseline on what males should look like since they have never appeared in canon, so people are allowed to discuss their own ideas of what they should look like, without anyone being snide about it. Let people have their fun man.

[Maverick_Haas]

Ehhh it wasn't really what I was going for.

May I suggest some reading?
DeathOfTheAuthor

I just posted my vision of male viera to show my support. I personally like my design and would fantasia if they looked like that. I don't think it's child-like at all. It's just my style. and how is a 6-pack child-like, anyway? loool granted, only one of them is toned, but I would personally go for a less toned look.

Kids can definitely have 6 packs. Especially those who train from an early age. Despite this, this style is almost directly associated to teens in Anime. In most anime, adults are not portrayed in this manner whatsoever. Is this art well drawn? Yes. But it's not a very good representation of an adult male viera, and in any anime would be seen and identified as someone who is not over the age of 16. If it was not your intention, again I suggest you do some reading about the Death of the Author.

Just because this character isn't big, bulky, buff, or "classically handsome" doesn't mean it's child-like. Not all men are those things. There are some thin men out there, too. I don't consider myself child like and I'm pretty thin.

Most men do not look like twigs either, and those who would be seen in lore as super assassins, most definitely do not look this way. Had the females looked more to this description, I wouldn't have so much contention against this. However the females are already in the game, and they look way more adult than any other race.

Again, in case I didn't make myself clear, please read about Death of the Author. You don't get to dictate how art is interpreted.

[Duskane]

having it similar to sephiroth would be pretty neat
if male viera got that dancers hair it would be pretty much sephiroth + rabbit ears