It's so weird to me that some people are bothered by male Viera being playable since that supposedly goes against lore, yet I'm supposed to believe that every single male Viera in the entire universe of Final Fantasy XIV's multiple worlds chooses to comply with this supposedly mandated isolation and has no independent will of their own to try some public adventuring? I think the idea that there wouldn't be a single outlier is far more unbelievable than the idea that a few could be adventurers as well.

What, do they spontaneously combust if they come into contact with someone outside of their species, followed by the people who see them always having an inexplicable memory wipe? Is it literally impossible for them to have a relationship with someone who isn't a Viera either? Because that would be pretty problematic if that's the case.

Same deal goes for the female Hrothgar; how do people think it's unreasonable that an occasional female Hrothgar wouldn't be enthusiastic about the idea of living in isolation for their entire life? It's just ridiculous to me from a commonsense perspective.