The State of Male Character Creation

[ElezenWoL]

Actually I would argue that Elezen and Miquote aren't all that masculine. And I say this as an Elezen. In fact, without a beard as mine has, he could look pretty androgynous.

I am pretty disappointed that Viera and Hrothgar are gender locked, as I was thinking of doing a fantasia to a male Viera. The Hrothgars do not appeal to me because they actually do look so hyper masculine and too bestial for my tastes.

But I don't think that no male Viera is worth all of the outrage that is going on. Could the devs have handled it better by outright stating at Paris that there will be no male Viera? Yes they could have, but the reason they probably did not is because Hrothgars were not ready to show off then.

I also don't understand how Viera are viewed as sexist when they clearly have an inherently matriarchal society where the women wield all of the power and the males have diminished roles that boil down to breed and protect the forest, and do not live within Viera society properly. Is it sexist towards male Viera? Depends upon your view point. But we also know nothing of the women in Hrothgar society. Maybe the men are merely the wanderers who go forth and become warriors whilst women do other things. We don't know.

There may be male Viera in the future. There may be female Hrothgar in the future. We do not know. There was also nothing to state that male Viera are more feminine looking. They could be hulking beasts for all we know. There are a few outdated stereotypes in here, but calling every male race overly hyper muscular and masculine is disingenuous.

[TaiyoShikasu]

Character creation as a whole is lackluster and needs work, it's not just for male characters.

[Barraind]

This is definitely still a dude who works out. He's maybe not a dedicated gym rat but he probably still lifts regularly. At the very least he's a runner or something.

As a Warrior of Light, by the time we finish Stormblood, we have:

Carried the entirety of our inventory on our backs, which includes multiple sets of armor, rations, consumables, animal droppings and up to millions of coins.

Spent an inordinate amount of time running through cities, running through the desert, running through the forest, running around the plains, running around the beach.

Mastered the art of horsemanship.

Mastered at least one style of Martial, Spiritual or Mental combat. Each of those requiring physical endurance, the ability to take punishment, and the ability to sprint short distances regularly to avoid AE's.

Explored countless ruins, dungeons, outposts and hostile environments, each requiring us to run or sprint through them, dodge traps and environmental effects, and fight monsters, constructs or garleans.

Additionally, we have optionally mastered multiple professions that require mining, woodcutting, farming, or beating rocks into submission with a sledgehammer.


We're all in the top fraction of a fraction of a percent of olympic-level athletes in terms of fitness.

[MPNZ]

Midlander - muscular male
Highlander - extra muscular male
Miqote - short muscular male
Elezen - lanky muscular male
Aura - lanky muscular male
Roe - ridiculously muscular male
Hrothgar - reskinned roe
Lalafell - potato

Wow so many diverse and unique options. Hrothgar really filled a niche that wasn't being satisfied before. There couldn't possibly be another race that would give them a chance to balance out the roster.

midlander- average person MC type. Traditionally fem girl. and, thancred
Highlander- Grinder male. Pro wrestler/ female body builder
Elezen- Guant and lanky male. a tall gazelle-like figure
Roe- Bara bear w/ soft-muscular body. Sigourney Weaver(alien ressurection). The Admiral
Lala- totes adorable little gremlins
Miqo- Pretty boy and def hot bishie body. cute and tomboyish bodies.
Auri- Tall, hot, and kind of dangerous that would fit in a lot of shojo manga. Small, petite, otome/romance manga protagonist
Viera: unknown. voluptuous and tall.
Hrothgar:Same as male roe but furry. Unknown