Now that I think about it, if Miqo'te, Au Ra, and even Viera work with "glued-on" ears due to unconventional placing and/or shape, you'd think Hrothgar would also work the same... unless they were supposed to never be given an update, to which case the whole "they'll get exclusive hairstyles over time" was a lie from the get go.

Either way, that's neither here nor there, now that there's an official earless Hroth model, it means there's a possibility that they can work with glued-on ears too.... unless..... they're not actually earless and just have gaping holes in their heads under the wigs due to the ears being 'turned off'!! *cue eerie background music*

Jokes aside, as I said, I don't think the devs or Yoshi are being malicious, but this is how their end of the whole debacle feels like: