Sadly, the emotes and animations Square Enix chose to give Lalafell does very little to help stymie the "childlike" image some players have given them. The way they are presented by most NPCs within the story does contradict this, but so long as there are people playing their Lalafell as child-like or using them as a stand-in for actual children in the game, it ain't goin' away any time soon.
The closest analogy I can think of in regards to Lalafell is to the Halfling race - as presented in most D&D settings, and not necessarily Tolkien's original Hobbits. This is for the most part a bit of headcanon on my part. But some of the Plainsfolk background lore in particular seems to support this, and I could easily see my own Hibito fitting neatly into Forgotten Realms as a somewhat eccentric Lightfoot halfling. He's.. not very childlike.
For Yvelont's part, despite hailing from the relatively Lalafell-free Ishgard, he's had enough contact with Lalafell to treat them the same way he would a Hyur.
The closest analogy I can think of in regards to Lalafell is to the Halfling race - as presented in most D&D settings, and not necessarily Tolkien's original Hobbits. This is for the most part a bit of headcanon on my part. But some of the Plainsfolk background lore in particular seems to support this, and I could easily see my own Hibito fitting neatly into Forgotten Realms as a somewhat eccentric Lightfoot halfling. He's.. not very childlike.
For Yvelont's part, despite hailing from the relatively Lalafell-free Ishgard, he's had enough contact with Lalafell to treat them the same way he would a Hyur.
Yvelont Navarre
Parn Paparn
IC Blog for Yvelont: http://never-your-pawn.tumblr.com
OOC Blog: http://navarre-again.tumblr.com
Parn Paparn
IC Blog for Yvelont: http://never-your-pawn.tumblr.com
OOC Blog: http://navarre-again.tumblr.com
