So, why isn't this a thing yet?

[Chambers]

To be fair, given that Miqo'te and Elezen have longer lifespans compared to Hyurs, she probably is around 17-20 years old. Remember that a longer life means a longer maturation process. Just look Alphinaud.

To be fair, given that we're playing a game, she looks 10 years old. Remember that we're playing a game and creepy people like to creep. Just look at ENTM nude illusion.

[Lewtskie]

Augh, it's those faces... they're freakin' creepy as all hell. If they ever do, I pray to the divines they don't look like that.

[RowanLauron]

Tera is over there.

[Remilia_Nightfall]

I find it funny some people are saying if she was a playable race/character its going to promote pedophilia, no, those people are already screwed up in the head before she came along. The same way those people will look at a lalafell/taru and be one of two people, either A) Shes a short adult type or B) Looks like a kid. Yet we speak of sexualizing a race but yet a majority of people voted for this to be added to the game.

Just my thought on the whole thing.

Precisely.

The amount of hypocrisy in this thread is staggering, to say the least.

[Sessurea]

wtb fantasia asap if this ever happens xd

Also peoples fear of cute things is as humorous as ever...this is an Asian game you know? They don't think "porn" as soon as they see a child, unlike some ppl in this thread....with a strange insecurity that tells maybe quite a lot about them xD

[Samcaesar]

While I'm not one to start talking about making models sexual (tbh I never want Viera in ffxiv), there's a difference between having the option for a sexualized adult character and a the option of having a sexualized child character, hint the term "loli" has huge connections with the sexualization of children.

SE is already getting close to that "looks like a kid BUT DON'T WORRY IT'S NOT" with Lalafell (And I'd say arguably Auri women) let's not push it further. The Viera concept art posted earlier was suppose to be Viera children. Unless if SE planned to limit a whole lot of gear (specifically stuff like the bunny set or any set with unnecessary skin showing) for people playing children characters, which wouldn't happen, you start to get into creepy territory with your children PC models running around in fishnet tights and bikini tops.

[Aphel]

Some joker's gonna run around with that in skimpy clothing and it'll just look so wrong.

For some reason Lalas are fine.

[Alberel]

We need a taru/mithra mixed race.

We already have it. It's the Fat Cat minion.

[Kaze3434]

Because the Japanese society is extremely judgemental of anything that relate to children. When the hentai friends get wind of this and rush to play the game making doujins about these loli'tes, you can be sure Square Enix will be under pressure to stop designing these.

A small company of nobody can afford to do it and stand up straight, claiming gentleman. Square Enix cannot.

yes they are, but thinking adding/having a certain type of anything(whatever that pic is, cant see it) is going to promote people to make doujins is pretty stupid. it hasnt stopped people from making doujins about Mashiro(Mikakunin de Shinkōkei)or Yotsuba(Yotsubato).(off topic, i want more Suwakoto. Suwako as Yotsuba is great.) rule 34 exists for a reason, not a good one but its there. case in point; there are doujins of this game from 2 years ago.
the main reason i see any company not having kids/children do fighting is because it would somehow support violence in children. And everyone knows, you cant have children fight in games.

[Atrayl]

As I remade my character with my free Fantasia, I realized how young every male human (I don't care to remember the game's name for them, no offense) looks due to the sad lack of facial hair options. This on top of the perplexingly babyface face choices that are available as well.

I started to think however, that the "young adventurer" is a fairly popular archetype, even when you don't take into account the littany of bland "young adult" novels that are littering the landscape.

This isn't actually that surprising when you remember that most fantasy stories will follow the Monomyth by design, which is structured in such a way that a young protagonist makes more sense. He or she needs to be untraveled and inexperienced, which is more often the case with young adults than adults.

Even in A Song of Ice and Fire, the most popular, most mature fantasy series right now, most of the heroes are children or young adults.

The fundamental issue with allowing you to make a young adult character in an MMO - to allow you to make a Harry Potter or a Jon Snow, which shouldn't be a shocking desire to anyone - is that many/most countries won't allow games to show violence towards children. I don't know how this works with fantasy violence - there have been Harry Potter games, after all. But FFXIV has swords and axes and hacking and slashing that is probably a far cry from the violence in a Harry Potter game.

The fact that some other players or NPCs that this hypothetical young adult character will be fighting against will be adult characters makes it even worse. Which isn't to say that a graphic Battle Royale/Hunger Games video game would be well received, but it certainly has a better chance than a game where a giant horned demon man fights teenagers with an axe.