Quote Originally Posted by Volanesh View Post
The real problem whith many female midlander is that it look like they have no soul at all.
It's a definite problem. The "blank, empty, vapid stare" is a Midlander female staple.

One other issue for Viera and Elezen - since we're talking about all races now - is height. While there are obvious exceptions, the average height for a human female in our world is close to 5'3". Now, you might be into tall girls; you might be a tall girl - but the normal height for women is relatively short, and I think most people tend to gravitate towards body types that fit that mold (whether they are doing so consciously or not). Add to this that a lot of a great final fantasy women (Aerith, Tifa, Terra, Celes, etc.) - as well as most anime protagonists - have been in that ballpark, and it creates additional bias. Plus, Au Ra and Miqo'te tend to average even shorter than that, making taller female forms feel even loftier than they otherwise might be.

In particular, the Elezen also suffer a proportional issue - they're like 8 feet tall, but their heads are still relatively small compared to their giant bodies, and lengthy limbs, leading to this kind of uncanny valley effect where they come out looking like space aliens. Viera aren't quite that bad, but they're definitely plagued by the same general issue: a really tall race in a world otherwise populated by five-foot-nothing cat and dragon girls. I think this height thing actually is the cause of a great deal of the net negativity revolving around both races' overall character designs.