Your Character; a projection, a fantasy or something random?

[Haprimac]

I made my seawolf roegadyn something between how I am and how I wish I'd be. She has green eyes like me, but obviously much more brighter coloured, she usually has pink/purple hair and I tend to keep my hair pink irl. She has the palest skin colour available, because I love white skin and have weakness to (pastel-)gothic aesthetics. She's the shortest roegadyn available as I'm slightly on the short side irl. At first I wore pretty much anything on her, not shying away from bikinis or other revealing clothing, but these days I dress her pretty much how I'd dress myself; no unnecessary skin shown (besides maybe a little bit of thigh, 'cause I have a weakness for my roe's legs, pfufu).

As for my male elezen... I just made what I found cute; freckles, puppy eyes and slender long ears. It's no secret that I crush hard on Ser Zephirin, so I gave Étoileaux the same hairstyle as him. It's pretty much the only hairstyle I really like on male elezen. As for his dark grey skin colour... I don't know. I guess I just wanted to make him look a bit more unique. Seen so many duskwight elezens that use lighter shades of grey skin, so I guess I wanted to go the opposite way. Étoileaux doesn't have as many glamours as Haprilona, being alt and all, but he generally wears black or other dark colours like dark blue or dark red. I guess I let my closet goth come forth in him. x')

[Catwho]

While messing with the creator, I found out that Dark Purple Au Ra girls were in fact, the prettiest.

More purple demons please! Guys cmon!

I've got a blue Au Ra gal. She looks sort of like a mermaid.

[Nym-nym]

I first started FFXIV as a female Roe, because I liked the taller, more adult look as opposed to the the teenage, skiny other females... I never play human race in games, since I can design a fantasy character
I tried to go for an "Avatar" style character, so seawolf with blue-grey skin, dark blue hair and golden eyes.
With Heavensward release I changed to Au'ra cause I liked the dragony themed look, but kept the same color scheme from my Roe.
In general I tend to create sort of an "enhanced myself", with general size and face shape close to myself.

[Kazumac]

My characters are based off different reasons, none are a reflection of the real me other than my tastes/appreciations. My characters vary a lot but I started this one as a male cat boy just because I wanted to play one in XI but they didn't exist. Then on a whim to surprise my FC one day, I changed to Fem Roe and it was absolutely a perfect match for me in this game!

I change hairstyles and colors and they all look FABULOUS! Yes I'm gushing about my character but my goodness. The combination of physical aesthetic, the way the armor and gear fits like it was designed for her spectacular frame. And the emotes/animations. Amazing!

I appreciate all the variety of races but I have to say, I have never felt such an affinity for a race in any MMO before.

[Somewarlock84]

I got the fake mustache and now I think I'm just some weird Victorian Catperson. Tho he is a reflection of myself in a weird mindset kinda way.