Every race has it's own set of how various emotes work, from /sit and /kneel to /blush and /dance.
For some that might be all fine or they don't even care at all about emotes, but honestly... imagine a character like everyone's favorite scary Dotharl, Sadu... being all cutesy-moe, like the female Au Ra emotes force us to be if we use them as female Au Ra. Eeeeehhhh.... I think Sadu wouldn't react nicely to that idea
On the other hand, why can't a big Roe guy not use "cutesy" emotes of the type currently restricted to female Au Ra, if it fits the personality?
I think the current system is very limiting (while the vastness of emotes in the game absolutely amazing), and therefore would like to petition to make emotes more customizable.
Remove the "race/gender lock" for them, and let us pick at least one "set" of emotes, so that my female Au Ra can have lets say the emotes currently "attached" to female Elezen, since she is a more elegant lady. Or my Miquote girl the emotes currently attached to male Au Ra, because she is a bit a rough lady.
Of course even more awesome (but I'm aware that might be a nightmare to program) would be that we can pick one type for every single emote: /blush like currently female Elezen, but /sit like currently female Highlanders, and /psyche like currently male Au Ra
Let us be who we really are, and express ourselves accordingly![]()