So, about the Lalafell Breast slider...

[MiaShino]

I am kinda beginning to feel that the people who have issues with petite or small characters are hiding something.. because they sure do allow it to occupy much of their thought processes. When I was making my Lala I remember finding it silly and giggling about how it did nothing so why does it exist

Now I must wonder how many people have a stroke when they are told my height and age. Hmmmm.

[LittleImp]

I am kinda beginning to feel that the people who have issues with petite or small characters are hiding something.. because they sure do allow it to occupy much of their thought processes. When I was making my Lala I remember finding it silly and giggling about how it did nothing so why does it exist

Now I must wonder how many people have a stroke when they are told my height and age. Hmmmm.

Probably makes people double-take because lalafells are described by the games developers as "childlike" and have racial outfits based on kindergartners.

[DragonFlyy]

described by the games developers as "childlike"

Wrong, the description is childlike countenance. Meaning facial features. The developers have described them as adult characters that are short in stature. They are in no way children.

[LittleImp]

Wrong, the description is childlike countenance. Meaning facial features. The developers have described them as adult characters that are short in stature. They are in no way children.

They're not children in the narrative, but they're 100% intentionally child-coded by both the developers and the community.

Why do people constantly get outed for being pedophiles (with receipts) in the lalafell community? Do you think it's a complete coincidence that people with those proclivities are disproportionately drawn to lalafell-related communities or something?
Why do you think so many of the large lalafell community discords have received strikes/warnings for hosting underage content?

[xxmiamorecadenza]

They're not children in the narrative, but they're 100% intentionally child-coded by both the developers and the community.

Why do people constantly get outed for being pedophiles (with receipts) in the lalafell community? Do you think it's a complete coincidence that people with those proclivities are disproportionately drawn to lalafell-related communities or something?
Why do you think so many of the large lalafell community discords have received strikes/warnings for hosting underage content?

I see more Au Ra males being outed than Lalafell. But, overall, we have no idea if your statements are purely factual or heavily opinionated. As someone whose played for two years as a Lalafell, I barely heard any of that nonsense going down. All races have a chance to be played by unsavory individuals.

As for the Discord thing? The creators of Discord view Lalafells as iffy in a visual sense and ban any NSFW pictures of them because of it.

It's mostly because they have a 'chibi aesthetic'. And to a lot of people 'chibi' equals 'childike'.

And as for the developer tid-bit, if memory serves, Yoshi P argued against Lalafells being viewed in that way. Honestly, if you think the developers are pushing some kinda of agenda, I'd recommend against supporting the game.

[LittleImp]

I see more Au Ra males being outed than Lalafell. But, overall, we have no idea if your statements are purely factual or heavily opinionated. As someone whose played for two years as a Lalafell, I barely heard any of that nonsense going down.

All races have a chance to be played by unsavory individuals.

This is actually true, it's less about lalafell players and more about the greater community around them. A lot of people in the lala discords are not necessarily lala players. It's often roegadyns and male Au'ra that prey on lalas in my experience lmao. That said, there are a lot of actual lala players as well that do pretty questionable stuff. One of the largest FCs on Balmung is still operated by a lalafell player who used to openly request people post shotacon in his discord. Having lurked some of those communities for a long time, I can tell you that quite a few of the major lalafell community organizers used to participate in debates about the legitimacy of lolicon and actual underage content, before the discord crackdown came.

As for the Discord thing? The creators of Discord view Lalafells as iffy in a visual sense and ban any NSFW pictures of them because of it.

This is because most unfamiliar with FFXIV assume lalafells are children, which is a pretty strong indication that they readily present as such. Out of the people I've shown this game to IRL, only one person didn't ask me why I was playing as a kid lol.

It's mostly because they have a 'chibi aesthetic'. And to a lot of people 'chibi' equals 'childike'.

And as for the developer tid-bit, if memory serves, Yoshi P argued against Lalafells being viewed in that way. Honestly, if you think the developers are pushing some kinda of agenda, I'd recommend against supporting the game.

The devs writing that a race is "childlike" and have "difficult to determine ages", all the while designing outfits inspired by kindergarten uniforms as their racial wear and then going on to say "yeah they're totally adults" is actually pretty lmao and hard to take seriously. It's more plausible deniability than anything, and I think he said that in response to the creepy community begging for child miqo to be added. Races that skirt the line and cater to a certain.. 'demographic' are not uncommon in eastern mmos, and lalafell are just another example.

I don't care about the developers agenda really. I just think it's hilarious the extent that certain people involved in the lalafell community go to in order to conceal their true nature. Meanwhile in reality we have swathes of the lalafell community getting caught up in private image-board scandals and other nastiness. Some of the people that participated in that board are still active in the largest lala discord lmao.

[Jijifli]

Probably makes people double-take because lalafells are described by the games developers as "childlike" and have racial outfits based on kindergartners.

If I put the lalafell outfit on a 5 year old I 100% promise they would hate it.

Some of those straps legit just look uncomfortable. I'm curious what part of it looks kindergarten to you?