Female Hrothgar as a playable race. Show your support!

[xxmiamorecadenza]

I think it's less about some twitter agenda where everything needs to be "fair" to match the males, and simply a like and appreciation for more animalistic female characters. I also can understand the meme to some extent - not because everything has to be about equality... It's more like there are some people who are frustrated that the male characters get "the cool thing", and the females don't get that even though it's something they genuinely wanted. Why create a beast-like race if the females aren't going to be beast-like? And that doesn't mean they have to be exactly as big and buff as the males or ugly. But if they don't have a somewhat big physique or have a face that's too humanoid, then what's the point?

As for the hunch, I don't care either way. Make it an option in cpose or don't.

I genuinely think that the easier it is for a female character to be potentially sexualized or viewed as a partner the more playable it is to a decent chunk of people. Dudes are typically allowed to be ugly while females are naturally expected to be traditionally beautiful . I play what looks genuinely awesome or interesting - not what looks like a viable partner; so my perspective is bound to be different.

If I had to pick between playing a wicked dragon or a petite fairy I’d pick the dragon.

[SturmChurro]

I genuinely think that the easier it is for a female character to be potentially sexualized or viewed as a partner the more playable it is to a decent chunk of people. Dudes are typically allowed to be ugly while females are naturally expected to be traditionally beautiful . I play what looks genuinely awesome or interesting - not what looks like a viable partner; so my perspective is bound to be different.

If I had to pick between playing a wicked dragon or a petite fairy I’d pick the dragon.

I'm the type of person who wants to play a good looking male AND female character. It's not like it's mutually exclusive. Something can look good, or "sexy", and still look cool. A hunched back, for example, doesn't look good or cool in this instance, even thematically! Hrothgar are a proud people, especially females.. they should be standing tall!

[xxmiamorecadenza]

I'm the type of person who wants to play a good looking male AND female character. It's not like it's mutually exclusive. Something can look good, or "sexy", and still look cool. A hunched back, for example, doesn't look good or cool in this instance, even thematically! Hrothgar are a proud people, especially females.. they should be standing tall!

I disagree. Quadrupeds and bipedal designs with unique postures and builds can still look amazing. Female Charr, for example, look positively wicked. But I personally have a lot of respect for creative creature design; especially when it’s outside the norm.

[Senn]

I genuinely think that the easier it is for a female character to be potentially sexualized or viewed as a partner the more playable it is to a decent chunk of people. Dudes are typically allowed to be ugly while females are naturally expected to be traditionally beautiful . I play what looks genuinely awesome or interesting - not what looks like a viable partner; so my perspective is bound to be different.

If I had to pick between playing a wicked dragon or a petite fairy I’d pick the dragon.

Honestly, I don't know too much about races and sexual dimorphism in other video games. From what I understand, generally the females are naturally shorter and smaller. WoW doesn't do too bad of a job for some of their races like the tauren from what I see, but at a glance, I do notice males tend to have more variety in terms of body types.

[Roda]

I genuinely think that the easier it is for a female character to be potentially sexualized or viewed as a partner the more playable it is to a decent chunk of people. Dudes are typically allowed to be ugly while females are naturally expected to be traditionally beautiful . I play what looks genuinely awesome or interesting - not what looks like a viable partner; so my perspective is bound to be different.

If I had to pick between playing a wicked dragon or a petite fairy I’d pick the dragon.

Mmm, third option: Wicked fey dragon. Not the little fairy guys, but like some terrifying amalgam of nature and cosmic power.

But seriously, I'm in the same boat. I use my characters to express myself, not to satisfy my own aesthetic attraction. And since that "queen" concept art basically looks like a bald version of my current character, it wouldn't really offer anything interesting for me, since I don't see the value in a world populated entirely with my own clones...
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