Quote Originally Posted by Kaoru_Nagisa View Post
Meanwhile RPers are laughing at people saying "lore says they never leave the Wood!!!"

I've got one bun who left the jungle over 70 years ago, and another that left 20 years ago and has lived in Sharlayan since then.

And guess what? Neither break the lore - if the women can choose to leave despite the Green Word they all live under, so can males. Shocking, I know!
Honestly....did the Lore Ever REALLY say that?
Like, Im one of those "But Muh Lore" types of people, but I dont think there is anything to suggest the Male Viera NEVER leave the Wood.
The whole argument with Male Viera stems from...We have never seen them illustrated until now, and then all we ever had was that Snippet from the...Dramturge I think its called. So those put together paint a picture that the Males Never Leave the wood, and their "rarness" is because of that, without 100% verification.

We dont necessarily NEED it exactly, but this is why I was kinda more in favor that the Male Viera should have Debut in their own ivalice game. Because yeah, there is no reason they couldn't leave the woods like the women, but the fact they never did presumably till now does make alot of questions popup...like is there a Reason?....or is it pure laziness or forgetfulness to ever make & Include the Males? Without this, some people such as myself just kinda draw the conclusion that the Males for whatever reason are more dedicated to the Word or the Woods then the Females. A Hazy, lazy slapped together lorebit can do that.
And it has a greater effect on Viera because they existed Before & outside of XIV. Unlike Hrothgar or the AuRa who can pretty much be written like WhatEv. .