Lalafells with Deep Voices

[Kassiekane]

When I'm waiting on que in Mor Dhona, I like to pass the time by finding random Lalafells and /poking them. Occasionally, when one of them turns around with a /surprise emote, I hear not a Lalafell, but instead a very masculine Highlander, and I'm all like "....what the hell was that?"

I asked someone in my FC who used to have a Lalafell with a deep voice as to why he chose it. His response in short was:

"I don't like squeaky voices, Lalafells aren't children."

My response:

"They aren't children but they should sound how they look."

I want to elaborate on this. Lalafells are very small, so they have smaller lungs, smaller mouths, and smaller wind pipes, therefore they should make a high-pitched sound. Allow me to use a couple of examples:

Dogs
Think about dogs of all sizes. Do little, ankle-biting poodles or chihuahuas make a bark anywhere near as deep as the barks of a labrador or a great dane? Nope. Are poodles and chihuahuas eternally puppies? Nope. Neither are lalafells.

Musical Instruments
Now think about someone about to blow into a small, little harmonica. Then a deep ass tuba sound comes out of it. Yeah, that's exactly how ridiculous deep-voiced lalafells are.

I want everyone's opinions on this though.

Edit:

All I'm saying is that it's out of place. I never said that I hated it / want it removed. People should be free to do whatever they want with their characters. I'll agree most of what I said was stupid and ignorant and I deserve nothing less than mutilation for such an ill-minded, vile, offensive, and utterly stupid opinion. My intent was to make a fun thread, but obviously I am severely lacking in the art of xiv smalltalk and will never return to these forums again to the exception of bug reports. Have a great day.

[Eye_Gore]

Maybe they been smoking Camel non-filters or Kool Menthols all their life.

[Sarynth]

I've found /pet or /em punts <t>. to give better results

[Blaon]

Very relevant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HfuxgQJ8sk#t=85

[Kassiekane]

snip

Pretty much this.

[LeeraSorlan]

I've found /pet or /em punts <t>. to give better results

i punted them first fool!!

[Apricoth]

I agree - I find it jarring, disturbing to hear a baritone or bass voice coming out of a small, cute body of a lalafell... It's... dumb. So dumb it does make me lol and say, "wtf?"

[LalaRu]

...I find ...disturbing to hear a baritone or bass voice coming out of a ... lalafell... It's... dumb...

Maybe you forgot you can customize the voice when you create your character, so that lala you found, had the voice it have chosen by its player.

If you don't like it, that does not means it have to be deleted from the game.

[Alukah]

Maybe you forgot you can customize the voice when you create your character, so that lala you found, had the voice it have chosen by its player.

If you don't like it, that does not means it have to be deleted from the game.

And who is asking to delete it from the game? You guys and your extremes.

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Something I'm sure more than one has found annoying is how the voice preview in the character creating page does not reflect at all the combat voice you get when you play a melee, why isn't that added to the character creation?

[Nuinn]

Whenever I find a Lalafell with a deep voice I feel like I've found a pot of gold. It makes me happy.