Quote Originally Posted by Catapult View Post
"Beast" tribes. It's still bugging me. For people who have the highest level of diplomatic relations with the tribes to be welcome to use such a racist Garlean term, I find it very surprising, cultural slurs or no. It stands in stark contrast to the term "eikon" which supposedly draws much ire from the tribes, yet the term exists in conjunction with the denomination "beast."
Perhaps "beast" shouldn't be thrown in the same pile of insults as "eikon"? The tribes could just be extremely defensive of their primals, as they are in the ifrit dialogue posted earlier when they tell us to speak to the lord of the inferno with respect (or lose our tongues!). My thoughts are that they aren't particularly bothered by being called the beast tribes. It could also refer to the fact that they all seem to have pets... though I doubt this was the interpretation SE was going for.

In relation to that, drakes are sooooo cute. I want my mount. ;-;