Gaelicatnip and Mi'qote

[Anonymoose]

Someone get Koji Fox and Moose on the line! We need this critical piece of lore clarified immediately! For science!

We could undermine the whole concern by pointing out that Miqo'te are, all other things being equal, spoken, not beastkin, anyway. Or we could point out that whether comparisons to cats are embraced or scorned varies from Miqo'te to Miqo'te.

But you all sound rather philosophical about a deeper concern; to summarize the last few posts: What if the term "five races" is anachronistic jargon from before the dev. team expanded the base game just an arbitrary distinction drawn by some centuries-old Eorzean pomp ignorant of all beyond Sixth Astral Era Aldenard and the most populous races which incidentally called it home at that time? Did the dev. team not use the term "race" to imply a shared "mankind-ness"? And did they not use "five races" even despite the fact that most Eorzeans of the last generation would surely know of the Garleans? Who was this long-forgotten fop to cap the line at five in the first place?

And is it really a text bug that people still say it? Or should we assume that such cases are always referring to the Hyur, Elezen, Lalafell, Miqo'te, and Roegadyn and that it has always been and will always be a junk cultural phrase perpetuated by ignorant NPCs?

Welcome (back) to the wild world of reframing (aka addition retcons). Who knows what's REALLY true when NEW REVELATIONS could strike at any moment?