FFXIV MEN
Prepare yourself for ranting. You have been forewarned.
Au Ra Males
In general. Dragon men are my favourite. They are perpetually angry with everything (like me),intimidating, really cool eyes with the limbal rings and what not, edgy, I can feel my Asian ancestors agreeing with me, and have great (hourglass) figures. They have edgy poses, funny emotes, and they’re HUGE! Not to mention, their hair is straight out of an anime. Its great.
However,their run is awkward, its like they’re trying to go fast but gravity makes them super heavy, or they’re trying to look like they’re sprinting but at jogging speed its weird. HOWEVER. I HATE. How long coats, trench coats, long skirts, dresses, and anything that falls past the waist look on them.
They’re strangely dorito shaped (even though that cinched waist is oh so delectable), some clothes look really odd on them cause they apparently have the booty of the gods hidden somewhere, and they just turn into Victorian upper class ladies with how poofy their lower halfves look (friggen thunder thighs).
Also, clothes that have tattoos go OVER their scales. W H Y. But at least the scales look kinda like a “shirt” in the sense it covers... something. So, they look great half naked. Miqo’te Male
Cat men. Miqo’te. They’re great, beautiful muscle tone (that tan skin on sun cats), cute emotes, great sitting poses, nice masculine faces with great face markings, and awesome eyes. Extremely good looking those Miqo’te (girls and guys).
There is this one idle stance that I think make them look kinda dumb though, the one where they run a hand over one ear and just hunch.... Thats it though, they just... hunch. It looks like they’re staring at something very intently cause they need glasses. Or, like they’re ready to pounce, in the most uncomfortable way ever.
Also! Their obsession with having their legs spread as far apart as possible. What is up with that? Dominance maybe? Cause they can’t dominate in height so they have to dominate with sex (Miqo’te lore).
Beside that clothes look great on them they fall nicely (although there isn’t a tail hole for a lot of them), they’re very nicely proportioned. IF ONLY THEY WERE TALLER. They’re so cute but the height; it hurts my soul. Honestly, There wasn’t a glamour that I didn’t like on them, it was just awkward when the tail clipped through the clothing sometimes but that can be over looked. Tattoo clothes look like they were made for this form. They also look G R E A T half naked.
Elezen Male
My starting race, so I've learned to love them a lot. Handsome faces, classy hairstyles, piercing eyes. Tall as the trees themselves. Their cheeks are hallowed (unless you go with the baby face model which makes you look like a childs head was ripped off and sewn onto a gangly adult body) which looks really really weird in specific lighting.
With such a handsome face most of the time you don’t want to cover their face but if you zoom in at the wrong time H O R R O R. That aside, their necks are really long. and I mean REALLY LONG there’s like an extra inch of neck, what do they call it swan neck? more like Brachiosaurus neck.
However, clothes look AMAZING on them. everything falls so nicely, legs are long and slender, their poses don’t do stupid things (they just look like snobs, they’re Elezen its genetic), and they have great posture.
As I was saying, clothes look GREAT on them, they don’t have hidden booty, clothes seem to be tailored to their bodies, especially the tailored cloaks, trench coats, and jackets. They look great in pants, long shirts, tights, fish net stockings. Its just pleasant...
That is, until you take their shirt off. Since Elezen are very... sinewy, they don’t have any muscle tone, and for that reason their chest is about the same size as their waist, In this sense, they look HORRIBLE without their shirt on. There’s no muscle tone, just flat. No chest muscles. F L A T. Since they don’t have much muscle tone a lot of minimal shirts and what not look very boring on them.
Asides from that Elezen are great. Of course when Heavensward came out it was like “welcome home, there’s snow and a lot of snobby rich people around but you’re home.” Not to mention a few of my favourite npcs happen to be Elezen.
Tl:DR Dragon men got birthing hips. Cat men are too short. Elezen are thicc.