Quote Originally Posted by Jynx View Post
To be honest being "Magically" brought to life could also be as "Magical" as the Mako Cannon in FFVII they are pretty much machines powered by "Magic" Both Cait Sith and his Moogles are robots of some sort.
Okay, fair enough.

Quote Originally Posted by Jynx View Post
FFXIV is currently rooted in a rather "Serious/fantasy realism" just mounting the monsters as they are seems rather silly and I feel they would have a hard time explaining it away in lore.
A fair point, but I feel like taking everything too seriously will only stifle the game's evolution in the long run. I personally like big serious plots and worlds, but we could use a few "just for fun" additions here and there, too. FFXIV needs to break a few boundaries on "realism" in order to create some new interest.

Here's a potential lore idea that I'll throw out there to justify these mounts, though. Again, just from the top of my head as an example. A possibility could be raising a wild creature from birth or a young age, and thus tempering its feral nature. A whole quest line can even come out of a concept like that. SE is likely coming up with their own lore ideas to work with though, if they plan on doing this at all.