Gender locked race?

[Nestama]

Furthermore it's just tall Hyur with rabbit ears tacked on. Oh boy oh joy.

Yeah, literally what I said they would be for years :^)
They also have a bad case of Elezen neck and tiny heads.

[MagiusNecros]

If male Ronso become a thing they better be super beastly badass looking and not dumb looking. Thanks.

[Tabbs]

Y'all need to remember we have literally never seen male Viera before. Not in any game. Considering this, seeing them for the first time here would probably be a big deal. It makes sense to divide the reveals. We're getting male Viera, so chill out lol.

[Senn]

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I've still got hope.

[Beckett]

If male Ronso become a thing they better be super beastly badass looking and not dumb looking. Thanks.

Well they can't be too bestial, or they'll break the lore by appearing to be Beastmen. Even if not outright banned from cities, they would at the very least be treated wearily and with suspicion.

On the other hand, Au Ra totally break the lore for new characters (when Yugiri is introduced, no one in Eorzea has ever seen an Au Ra before, even though your character standing right next to them could easily be an Au Ra). So it's not like there's not lore-breaking precedent.

[Senn]

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[ErryK]

I swear if we get this over male bunny I will cry.
"you wanted more beards, we will give you hairy shoulders please be excited."

I'll take hairy shoulders over another twink race.

[Nestama]

Y'all need to remember we have literally never seen male Viera before. Not in any game. Considering this, seeing them for the first time here would probably be a big deal. It makes sense to divide the reveals. We're getting male Viera, so chill out lol.

But we've already seen concept art of male Viera way back before HW's release, so...
Also, it doesn't make sense. SE should know that not showing a male Viera would cause the community to rage (as it tends to over gender-locked glamour). Basically, SE made a very poor decision and if it turns out there is no male Viera after all and it's lion race males... well I know I'll have my popcorn ready.

[Jaywalker]

Just want to point out...lesbian women may/will also fawn over the 'sexy women' Viera, so in this sense SE is not ignoring 'women' - just some women who happen to prefer men.

Important for people to remember. Women attracted to women ≠ sexless and without any interest in beauty or attractiveness. Also, as a woman sometimes I just have fun playing sexy fanservice women. They're pretty and exciting and kick butt while being impossibly feminine. Is it something I could do in real life? Naw. But it's an entertaining fantasy.

But honestly, there are a lot of ways male Viera could turn out too. They could full well end up bara bunny men. The point is that if they aren't there, people who want male fanservice potential are left out.

Also. Having seen some nasty comments against Japanese people in the thread by other people (racism still counts against Asians, maybe if you hate Japanese people so much you shouldn't be exploiting their games while desperately pretending it popped into existence out of thin air) I'd like to point out that Asia is SIGNIFICANTLY better than the West about offering male fanservice. This absolutely includes Square Enix.







And that's not even touching other properties like say, ADEKAN.



When has there been ANYTHING comparable in the West, let alone in videogames? Seriously, Orlando Bloom as Legolas is about as close as I'm getting.

Japan is way more sexually comfortable than the West on this front. Square Enix specifically is also way more comfortable. I'm going to say that given how much they keep putting in male fanservice and pretty guys for their games, they know there's an audience for it.

Someone on another site pointed out the female Viera share the same facial model, which suggests Viera just aren't finished yet. This makes a lot of sense to me. We have half a year before release. Panicking is premature.

[BiddyBatnana]

They are gorgeous tho'
Sorry for those who wanted male breeders :3