STOP Genderlocking Cosmetics!!

[Duskane]

don't bother with mr.femroe slider not worth the replies

[Senn]

Like someone else mentioned, if you have a request, make a thread for it. Or if a thread already exists, keep it alive. And don't keep making new threads if one already exists.
Going into a thread and trying to invalidate other people's requests isn't going to help your cause - it's counterproductive. I think this is because the ffxiv team is more receptive towards request posts rather than posts rejecting requests.
I'm all for more masculine options, but it doesn't seem like this thread was made for that. It was to remove gender restrictions on gear.

[Lauront]

While I can agree that what Amnmaat said is a bit on the extreme side of things, you have to admit the ideas of "nonconforming" genders and same sex relations is becoming oversaturated in Western media and culture. It's gotten to the point where two people of the same sex cannot have a meaningful relationship outside of being lovers. See Frodo and Sam from Lord of the Rings for that. Even the Tolkien Society is pushing the idea that they were gay. It's one thing to create a piece of fiction with ideas like that in mind. It's another to shoehorn it into every aspect of everything.

Couldn't agree more.

[LisSquid]

There is a lot of weird stuff in LotR. Sam slept on Frodos feet within the first chapter, if I'm remembering correctly. I'm not sure the homoeroticism of Lord of the Rings is the hill you want to die on.

But, like, remove glam locks or wherever this thread was about before we started talking about what is making the frogs gay.

[Joven]

There is a lot of weird stuff in LotR. Sam slept on Frodos feet within the first chapter, if I'm remembering correctly. I'm not sure the homoeroticism of Lord of the Rings is the hill you want to die on.

But, like, remove glam locks or wherever this thread was about before we started talking about what is making the frogs gay.

https://youtu.be/jcWfnx7c2X0

Just gonna leave that there for your consideration.

[LisSquid]

https://youtu.be/jcWfnx7c2X0

Just gonna leave that there for your consideration.

Ma'am, I haven't read or cared about this series since middle school. It was pretty gay.

[Joven]

Ma'am, I haven't read or cared about this series since middle school. It was pretty gay.

That's your (very wrong) interpretation of it, but you're welcome to it.

And FYI, I'm a dude, but W/E.

[Lukha]

That's your (very wrong) interpretation of it, but you're welcome to it.

And FYI, I'm a dude, but W/E.

I dunno, any series can inspire few slash fanfics, but when LotR has literally tens of thousands of them there must be something there that people are seeing.

[Joven]

I dunno, any series can inspire few slash fanfics, but when LotR has literally tens of thousands of them there must be something there that people are seeing.

That speaks of a moral failing somewhere down the line if the concepts of loyalty, brotherhood and brotherly love is percieved as "gay". Seriously, watch the video I linked.

[Iscah]

I dunno, any series can inspire few slash fanfics, but when LotR has literally tens of thousands of them there must be something there that people are seeing.

Not really. It just tells you that it's a very big fandom with a considerable amount of people who want to see that subtext, regardless of whether it's blatant or wishful thinking.

At very least, the question to ask isn't "how many fanfics are there" but "how many are there relative to the overall size of the fandom".