Child-like characters?

[AkaeiNox]

Lalas aren't children, they're stubby teletubbies. So not really a problem with the sexualization.

[SargentToughie]

-sees thread title-

Well I'm sure there's a lot of nuanced discussion to be-

This reminds me of the time my friend got mad at me and didn't talk to me for a day when I told him I ship Ryne and Thancred together and that they'd make a really cute couple.

Don't you love it when someone out there has to ruin it for everyone else cause they don't know how to make their stuff private?

[Theodric]

Yeah, it's not happening - thankfully. The FFXIV community is unfortunately infested with some pretty creepy individuals and aside from the moral and ethical issues that would arise from adding children as playable characters it'd be terrible PR for Square Enix given what some players would be doing with and to them.

As mentioned earlier on in the thread, someone was banned on Twitter for inappropriate mods involving Ryne. Yet that's only scratching the surface - there's a lot of weird and questionable things tied to the FFXIV tags on Twitter on the part of players with blogs there.

[Caitlinzulu]

Given that Ryne is literally 12-13 and they were making explicit porn of the character using SE's assets...?

Well to me Ryne is like 18, just maybe I can see her age at 16. There is no way I can believe a 12 year old can fight like she does. she may appear younger because she has been imprisoned for most of her life. so she never got a chance to learn or grow

[SenorPatty]

Well to me Ryne is like 18, just maybe I can see her age at 16. There is no way I can believe a 12 year old can fight like she does. she may appear younger because she has been imprisoned for most of her life. so she never got a chance to learn or grow

In animu, age is just a number when wielding supernatural powers. So is weight, combat experience, etc.

[monk-dps]

Whats wrong with his face?

On topic tho.... Just play either a female or hyur... they look young enough. You can mistake most miqos being as young as 17 or so.

[Caitlinzulu]

In animu, age is just a number when wielding supernatural powers. So is weight, combat experience, etc.

True I guess. but that doesn't change the way I think about her. But before anyone's thinks bad, she isn't my waifu. Too immature mentally for my taste

[Enla]

Well to me Ryne is like 18, just maybe I can see her age at 16. There is no way I can believe a 12 year old can fight like she does. she may appear younger because she has been imprisoned for most of her life. so she never got a chance to learn or grow

This is Final Fantasy where age has never been a factor in how well someone can fight. Relm from FFVI being the perfect example given that she's 10 when she joins your party. Gau from the same game is only 13 and that game's resident Blue Mage. Pretty much every Final Fantasy, especially the modern ones, don't see age as a factor for fighting prowess. FF8 in particular has entire paramilitary organizations and wars being run by 17 year olds and lower, who have heaps of combat experience due to being raised in that environment.

You can pretend she's older all you like but she's portrayed as a pre-teen in the story and in form. Likewise SE certainly doesn't ban people for posting explicit modded screenshots of other characters due to issues with child exploitation either. If they did a whole slew of other accounts would be shut down given the prevalence of modded graphic imagery for characters like Lyse, Yshtola, and more.

[Ftail]

Well to me Ryne is like 18, just maybe I can see her age at 16. There is no way I can believe a 12 year old can fight like she does. she may appear younger because she has been imprisoned for most of her life. so she never got a chance to learn or grow

The problem with Ryne isn't that a 12 year old can fight like she does, loads of younger people have been contributing to fighting in all of the FF stories. The problem is with her model, it simply doesn't look like a preteen should. It looks like they took Minfilias model shrunk it down slightly and reduced the breast size and slightly changed the face. The same problem appears with Thancred, but in the opposite direction. Thancred doesn't look as old as he should be, I'm younger then him in real life by a good margin but he looks like he needs to be asked for an ID every time he buys alcohol.

Edit: I think it might have to do with the graphics or something, because the images I linked don't even look like they are taken in the same decade.

[DamianFatale]

SE doesn't feel it would be ethical. (I'm ok with their decision on that, personally...)

After the flack Tera got by the media it will never happen.