Why is there a "children's bed" mount?

[StouterTaru]

My bed mount is also a racing car, is yours?

[Stormpeaks]

Hmm.

I... sort of understand taking issues with it, but more so for the name than anything else. A "children's" bed in a game with a predominantly adult player population is... well, kind of weird. I don't mind a bed with plushies and sparkles as much as the next person, but specifying it as being a kid's bed is a strange choice. It couldn't be "pretty bed" or "quilted bed" or "lovely bed" or something? My mind didn't necessarily immediately make the same inferences other posters are making, but I can see why it would bother some people. Especially given the casual, aesthetic-based, RP-trained approach the game is taking nowadays. Yeah, a bit odd.

Maybe they can just stop being creepy and think of weird things, it's literally just a bed mount in a video game with some plushies or whatever, their weird and deviants thoughts are on them, not the game, and god knows that I am the last one to defend this game, but this is absolutely ridiculous

[Shinkuno]

Maybe they can just stop being creepy and think of weird things, it's literally just a bed mount in a video game with some plushies or whatever, their weird and deviants thoughts are on them, not the game, and god knows that I am the last one to defend this game, but this is absolutely ridiculous

Nobody (well, theres always somebody but you know what i mean) has a problem with the aesthetic of the bed. WHY does it have to be named childrens bed? Lets be honest, there is 0 reason for it to be called like that. A plushy is not an indicator of a child.

[Kaurhz]

Well there is a monumental amount of irony in the name of the bed.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Nobody (well, theres always somebody but you know what i mean) has a problem with the aesthetic of the bed. WHY does it have to be named childrens bed? Lets be honest, there is 0 reason for it to be called like that. A plushy is not an indicator of a child.

So literally, is that the entire Crux here, just the name?
Because I agree with Stormpeaks here, this outrage over a bed mount is absolutely ridiculous. If it just had a different name then nobody here would complain?

[NyameRei]

Its called childrens bed becasue it a bed for a child, it's pretty simple... Move on you weirdo

[Lunaxia]

Maybe they can just stop being creepy and think of weird things, it's literally just a bed mount in a video game with some plushies or whatever, their weird and deviants thoughts are on them, not the game, and god knows that I am the last one to defend this game, but this is absolutely ridiculous

I mean.

In the FFXIV days of yore before it began attracting new crowds and became a hotspot for RP, virtual nightclubs, brothels and 18+ hangouts, and the game was just (mainly, anyway) trying to be an MMO, I may have been more inclined to think "hm, whatever, I suppose."

But given the current context of the game, it feels more like a... choice. I don't know where exactly the line in the sand is between "your mind is going somewhere it doesn't need to" and "a general awareness of the internet", but there are so many other options, and considering there is already an acknowledgement of certain weird areas existing what with "catgirls behaving uncomfortably cutesy" practically being a meme at this point, to me, it feels like a better name was out there.

[ameliaw]

The name's the only thing that is weird. Why specify that it's a children's bed...? That's the creepy part. Plenty of adults have plushies on their bed, I do even as a married woman.
It's not something I'd spend a lot of energy on, but it does give me the ''ick'' considering that this playerbase is full of creeps.

[Kes13a]

The name's the only thing that is weird. Why specify that it's a children's bed...? That's the creepy part. Plenty of adults have plushies on their bed, I do even as a married woman.
It's not something I'd spend a lot of energy on, but it does give me the ''ick'' considering that this playerbase is full of creeps.

the world is full of creeps, I would be surprised beyond belief if SE filtered them all out of 14.

[ValCat]

Have you been looking at the same mount? All this is for me, is a bed that reflects the fantasy of being a child and to be on a fantastic adventure starting in your own bedroom. That is a common motif in children‘s stories. What I see here is super innocuous nostalgia, the celebration of the inner child. As if vilifying something this cute and innocent would do anything about internet creeps. How would it do that?

With the breadth of styles for mounts in this game, some are prone not to match ones’ taste. And that‘s just simply okay. The game serves a wide demographic of players. Some just might like to surround themselves with plushies, sugary cuteness and giggle - well, if that makes you happy, i‘d say go for it. This is along the lines of the pixie tribe quest area for me. Just happy and positive.