I support female hrothgar. I'm a fem roe player myself. I didnt start out that way. But everytime I saw one in game, I just fell in love. Now im a proud Fem Roe player. And I count every fem roe npc that I see. I know it is a little thing but I love seeing them around in the game. And from the conversations with other Fem Roes players they do the same. That's why I understand people's sadness and anger around no Female Hrothgar and Male Viera. There are players who are already in love with those races/gender and just don't know it yet. It is also odd that they are genderlocked since between 1.0 and 2.0 that the community voted and voiced the want for gender parity.

As for the lore reasons of not making them. The lore is already weird with it being an MMO already. I can start a new character as an Au Ra at the beginning of ARR. Playing a race that no one in Eorzea has seen by that point? (At least storywise) It's also messed up in another way because we play dungeons and raids with other players. And its odd to think that "Oh, yea these are just random adventurers who somehow have the same skills as me. Who will just leave after this dungeon? And won't effect the story at all". So the this is weird because lore reasons already doesnt make much sense. But those are my thoughts, I am really excited for Shadowbringers and I wish the Dev Team there best. And thank you all for doing all this wonderful work.