Vell R'ius of Lich, the Summoner

Vell R'ius on Lich(Home) & Balmung. Florentel Sellecerre on Balmung. European "Novice" Roleplayer - A big nerd.

[vhellius]

My unnamed male Viera, waiting till we get our naming conventions so I can give him a proper name.

But for now, this will have to do.

[vhellius]

He now has a name, Emjl.

[lostbloodlines]

Preview of…The Apprentice dun dun dun~

[vhellius]

[vhellius]

My unnamed male Viera, waiting till we get our naming conventions so I can give him a proper name.

But for now, this will have to do.

[vhellius]

Some more of the unnamed Viera. Name will come the moment naming conventions are known.

[vierafication]

Plenty of the stuff in that keynote was good, cool, sure- but none of it sparked joy for me at all tbh

[vhellius]

My unnamed male Viera, waiting till we get our naming conventions so I can give him a proper name.

But for now, this will have to do.

[chouxie]

Oh great this again… It’s 2019 how disappointing.

[philorot]

Since Square Enix isn’t giving us male vieras or male thighs I will provide them myself >:^/

[sacha-desyreffxiv-deactivated20]

I think they are actually stuck up there rather than actually not wanting to come down. 

[apocalypsegay]

this guy has the right idea

[etani-a]

I’m just so tired of this.. sexy, dainty, lithe female, and brutish monster male trope.

Let it die.

[shofie-ffxiv]

I’m here for monstrous ladies and dainty men

[foxlike-ffxiv]

Preach this

[ainsophaurs]

Why Genderlocked Hrothgar and Viera are absolute bullshit

1. There’s literally no good lore reason for them being genderlocked, if Miqo’te men are playable then there’s no reason for male Viera for being unavailable. And Ronso women appear and actively EXIST in FFX’s universe, and if they really wanna pull the “It isn’t FFX’s, it’s FFXIV’s universe” then it just makes it more ridiculous that Viera men aren’t playable, as they do exist in XII’s universe, so if they try to alter the Ronso lore they have no excuse to not change XII’s. They had the male viera concept already made, so add that to the pile.

2, The fact that Hrothgar are so obviously Big Muscle Male Power Fantasy with a Ronso skin to make it so it isn’t so obvious that they just rehashed Roegadyn men, which have the whole bullshit with their dimorphism, the Viera/Hrothgar are in the same fucking vein. Thin, model like scantily clad women (at least the roegadyn women have muscles and PANTS) and Huge Muscle Men.

It perpetuates the sexist idea of “Men are strong and burly and big and serious” while “women are just sexy and sultry and small”. The fact that they somehow don’t get that nobody wants genderlocking and that by removing it they please lot of people in their paying playerbase. 

3. And the “extra customization” for each race is just them trying to make it seem better than it is and it’s just admitting that they know it’s clearly not what we want, and in the sense of an MMO, a bad idea just shows how stupid this decision is.

tl;dr: there is no good lore reason for this dumb genderlock, they had male viera concept art at the ready, actually had them in the lore while hrothgar are barely or even mentioned at all. It’s just them being cowards and sexist in not allowing us to play as something that dares to slightly fall outside the strict gender binary that they have in their narrow little minds.

[bireyes-moved]

its the genderlocking that sucks. idc which looks better and im glad ppl are happy for hrothgar but its fuckin genderlocking which is dumb

[embersign]

[cielcrd-a]

Can we make it happen again?

Although I wasn’t there for 1.00 FFXIV, I am quite aware they did not have Female Roegadyns and Male Miqo’tes. But thanks to the efforts of the fans expressing their displeasure politely, the devs changed it.

Now, we should also let this beautiful thing happen again & make a change through expressing our displeasure to Yoshida politely. If we do this & make our honest voices heard cordially, he might actually make a change and lift the genderlock!!!

Feel free to reblog this because I feel there is way too little respect for opinions & expressing it. There is really no need to hurt Yoshida & co over a race aside expressing our own opinions you know?

[vhellius]

We are beyond 1.0. Female Ronso exist, Male Viera have artwork. There is zero reason to genderlock these two. Lore be thrown in the bin, because you are telling us that Male Miqo’te basically have no right to exist. While the player count of them is extremely high. There are people playing Female Higherlanders, Female Roegadyn. Yet, here we are. With an outdated business practice. How did none of the people at Square realize this would blow up, in a horrible way? Raise your voice, politely but loudly. No death threats, no harassment, no cursing. Just let your displeasement be known in a good but clear manner. Only then may we win this fight to get both. Neither Viera or Ronso should be locked. Get with the times, Square Enix. Not everyone wants to play a dainty woman, or a burly buff dude. Some want to play those but then in reverse, give them the option and embrace the players that will come or stay.