Quote Originally Posted by Zanarkand-Ronso View Post
FFXIV is not the game for this. It CAN still happen, but it would just make way more sense for their own games in Ivalice to expand on their own lore and show off Male Viera, instead of it being in an MMO that likely wont give it any real attention outside of...well, they are just here now, people wanted it, why they waited till now to show up...whatever...warrior of light is the exception...blahblah. .
I think you vastly underestimate XIV’s standing in the Final Fantasy franchise. It’s as good a place as any to introduce them. I’d actually argue it’s the best place, since XIV has more established lore for male viera than any of the other games with viera in them, as well as a fanbase that is particularly interested in them. They will likely get more attention here, along with more interest in any quests they happen to be the focus of. Why you think people should wait for a game that takes place in a setting that hasn’t been revisited in almost a decade is beyond me. That game isn’t coming anywhere in the near future.

It doesn’t have to have much more fanfare than the female viera suddenly being a thing. Attached a side NPC to them, give them some side quests and more lore and be done with it. Yeah the lore they have established is that they are even more reclusive than viera. But it’s not a beyond belief notion for players that just like their sisters, male viera can and do say “Actually I don’t feel like living by myself in the woods for the rest of my life. There’s a whole world out there. Bye!”