Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[SomeRandomHuman]

Then you are wrong with choice of race. It's not the Viera in any world.

Then please provide me an image of a confirmed male Viera in any game. Oh wait, you can't because nothing but rough concept art exists.

So please take your "holier-than-thou" complex and leave since its not welcome here.

[Gwenorai]

It's worth noting that 'slim' covers a very broad range of body types and may very well be meant to be in comparison to Hrothgar and Roegadyn. Next to such bulk, even Xaela/Raen men are considered to be 'slim' but in reality they are in themselves pretty muscular.

Aye, this is true. I'm hoping for such a build. I'd be more than happy with them sporting that muscle~

[Ayuhra]

I honestly did not know that picture was a mod, I thought it was a fan's 3d model which I've seen people do plenty of times for WoW. I am apparently woefully uneducated on what mods can do. Should have looked more closely.

The original post has been edited, not that this helps the quotes.

Anyway, to keep the conversation on topic, if they were to introduce male Viera it could be males just returning to village, especially if we use Fanow as an example. If you do the Serpent of Ronka quests, the Viis of Fanow decide that the best way to go forward is to stop being so insular. Viis who have left will now be welcome back. This mindset could extend to the males coming and going more freely and maybe setting out into the world as world protectors, not just protectors of the wood. Lore wise there still would be very few of them but lore wise there are very few male Moon Keepers so, you know...

Of course this is only referring to the Viis of the First as inspiration. Viera of the Source we haven't seen yet AFAIK (I mean, outside Fran). Lots of opportunity there.

[SturmChurro]

Oh, no, gods, please no! Not the B. Anything but B. It's told many times before - male viera are not your sextoys from boys-band. They are the silent hunters and protectors who literaly live like a community of Rambo-minded people. The one that B wouldn't last for 1 minute in the forest.

Yeah, B isn't even toned, nor are they "smaller" that viera would be like 6 feet tall, and would look quite big compared to the rest of the races. It would just look out of place unless they made the males miqo'te height.

It's worth noting that 'slim' covers a very broad range of body types and may very well be meant to be in comparison to Hrothgar and Roegadyn. Next to such bulk, even Xaela/Raen men are considered to be 'slim' but in reality they are in themselves pretty muscular.

Height slider would make a slim bodytype look big in comparison to other races. They should definitely have tone, I think females actually had like a maxed out slider for midlander.

[Lauront]

Yeah, I usually had Fran out when talking to the roaming Viera. I'll make sure to pay close attention this time. If this is true then we certainly know that the males ain't going to be skinny as heck if they're described as 'stocky' - but then Yoshida describes them as 'slim' so, hmmm. Lean build.

In addition to what Theodric said, they're not constricted by any precedents set in XII, so it makes little practical difference what she said about them in XII.

[Theodric]

So please take your "holier-than-thou" complex and leave since its not welcome here.

I welcome it. I think he has a very valid point!

[official_coconut]

How about let's not attack people for how they want them to look?

[Theodric]

How about let's not attack people for how they want them to look?

Agreed. Telling people that they're not welcome to post here is really abhorrent behaviour. I hope to see less of that in the thread moving forward!

[Komarimono]

Yeah, I usually had Fran out when talking to the roaming Viera. I'll make sure to pay close attention this time. If this is true then we certainly know that the males ain't going to be skinny as heck if they're described as 'stocky' - but then Yoshida describes them as 'slim' so, hmmm. Lean build.

When you are on the part of getting Lente's tear, if you speak to some of the Viera, one speaks of the men as 男らしい Loosely translated masculine, stocky, manly. And of their absence and mad of mind at times.

[Gwenorai]

When you are on the part of getting Lente's tear, if you speak to some of the Viera, one speaks of the men as 男らしい Loosely translated masculine, stocky, manly. And of their absence and mad of mind at times.

Ah, mad of mind. I suppose that refers to the males being aggressive/hostile? Which makes sense since the males are literally written as being cold-blooded and will kill you without question. I'll be sure to remember this when I get there, I had a feeling it would have been in that area.