Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Lacan]

Just be glad I don't have that delete button. ;p

same, fem au ra wouldn't know what hit them. :v I'd leave Kan-E-Senna for story importance but her whm npc friends have got to go. One of them even has pigtails and you know nothing gets to a pedo more than a girl in pigtails. Bye bye.

[CoolDad]

They're facts. I can promise you that. Why don't you print out a copy of the art in question and hand them out to random people on the street to see how they react? That'd be a fascinating revelation for some within this thread, I suspect!

Go print out pictures of how female Viera are presented and show it to people on the street. In fact let's show them this official Final Fantasy XIII Playstation 4 theme (Source: The official Final Fantasy twitter account).



How do you think they'd react?

A lot of people aren't at all bothered by exposed skin, so long as it is tied to characters that look to be of legal age. I suspect some of those taking issue with the use of the word 'creepy' to describe such things are irritated that their dog whistling is being called out. MMO's attract some genuinely terrifying individuals after all, who get up to some very sinister things online!

Almost every single piece of fanart you've been picking at looks the same age as the females. A man isn't a child because they aren't ripped with a perfectly square jaw.

[dustyace]

You aren't being civil yourself, though. This is a really rude insult to fling at art that is absolutely not utterly creepy. There are kinder ways to phrase a dislike of something.

Regarding your timely edit, that was a user that is not here frequently, nor do I take the time to read every post in this thread. You on the other hand are consistently here with something snide to say.

Don’t worry about it, he’s always going to hate on something that doesn’t fall in line with his interests. Men who aren’t masculine and handsome are creepy to him after all.

[Lauront]

same, fem au ra wouldn't know what hit them. :v I'd leave Kan-E-Senna for story importance but her whm npc friends have got to go. One of them even has pigtails and you know nothing gets to a pedo more than a girl in pigtails. Bye bye.

Lalafell would come out as FFXII moogles or Nu Mou and female Au Ra would be bumped up to highlander female height. I don't mind the Padjal or children NPCs as such, and it's not like they're playable or scantily clad, anyway, so /eh.

Here's another excellent candidate to serve as inspiration for what the fierce defenders of the forest could look like:



Gladiolus Amicitia from FFXV would look pretty great with some bunny ears! He also has a couple of cool scars and tattoos, both of which have been frequently requested in regards to enhanced character customisation.

He's aching for those bunny ears.

[Chalbee]

I suspect some of those taking issue with the use of the word 'creepy' to describe such things are irritated that their dog whistling is being called out. MMO's attract some genuinely terrifying individuals after all, who get up to some very sinister things online!

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This just in, Men without stubble and concrete block jawlines are "creepy"

Truly, Thou art an immeasurable blessing upon our community. Ceaseless in Thy condescension, serving ever as the font of bad faith opinions presented as incontrovertible facts. We kneel before Thee, and pray our supplication doth magnify Thy glory. Ad Secula Seculorum.

[Kazran]

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This just in, Men without stubble and concrete block jawlines are "creepy"

Truly, Thou art an immeasurable blessing upon our community. Ceaseless in Thy condescension, serving ever as the font of bad faith opinions presented as incontrovertible facts. We kneel before Thee, and pray our supplication doth magnify Thy glory. Ad Secula Seculorum.

There is a big difference between an adult who looks like a fit adult male and an adult (and all the adult things adults do) who looks like a prepubescent child.

It creepy when it's with female characters and its creepy when its Male characters.

Its basically The excuse by those defending their wifus looking like children cus they are 1000 year old dragons or what ever so it's fine if they look like 5 year old girls.

Ffxiv has never shyed from the adult topics in both npc interactions and clothing options for both genders.

If it would be creepy for a little girl to be wearing a sexy bunny outfit its creepy if a little boy wears it too.

[Senn]

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I recall someone here calling the concept art I posted "creepy".
This one in particular


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It's just disrespectful all around - to the people who are requesting it, and to the artist themselves. How about not insulting people? You're free to post what body type you would like male viera to have, but don't accuse people of disgusting things. Just because it's not a body type you want male viera to have doesn't mean you can drag people's reputations through the mud. If you don't like it, simply disagree and don't attack people's character.

[Nestama]

People are allowed to critique. If you don't like it, then don't respond to them. You're not going to change their opinion, especially if they want male Viera to look a certain way.

[Senn]

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It's fine to critique it, but it's another thing entirely to slander people.

[Vahlnir]

It's fine to critique it, but it's another thing entirely to slander people.

It's not slander. lol But perhaps "creepy" isn't the most polite term in some cases. Even still, if someone is referring to another's art as "creepy" that is not slandering. That is giving critique. It happens both to describe something in a positive manner as well as negative.

slan·der
[ˈslandər]

NOUN
law
the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.Compare with libel.
"he is suing the TV network for slander"
VERB
make false and damaging statements about (someone)
"they were accused of slandering the head of state"