Quote Originally Posted by Hycinthus View Post
We had Hien. I think he was supposed to fill that role for a bit.
Hien is proof that they are capable of designing attractive masculine men, aka "handsome" but I guess whoever made him got sent off to design the male characters in XVI and in their place we got the people who decided that male Viera have to be shorter and girlier than their female counterparts. They've barely designed any masculine characters since, with Hythlodaeus being similarly effeminate and then Vrtra, Zero, etc. The balance is clearly stacked in favor of those types and hardly any of the opposite.

Again though, FFXVI doesn't seem to suffer much from that by giving out something for everyone. You want a pretty boy? There's Dion. You want your classic hero type? There's Clive. You want your strong man? There's Hugo. You want your rugged older types? Cid and Barnabas. Everyone wins. All they'd need to do is produce *1* male character design for a party member that doesn't suffer from whatever is going on with Zero or Vrtra to make the current party we're stuck with less...ridiculous.