
I'm amused by the idea that dancers would by necessity also be prostitutes in any era other than the modern one. I'm more amused by the idea that other professions wouldn't be...
Nat came up with the idea of gladiators also being prostitutes a while ago. The idea makes total sense to me. Some muscular, skilled fighter in a light steel subligar in the fighting pits, body sheened with sweat and blood? They'd attract attention.
In our own history, actors have frequently been associated with prostitution. Why not in Eorzea, too?
Likewise musicians.
Likewise witches and sorceresses. Now there's an interesting idea. "There, sir. I've washed your wounds and aetherically healed them. Would you like a happy ending with that?"
Nat came up with the idea of gladiators also being prostitutes a while ago. The idea makes total sense to me. Some muscular, skilled fighter in a light steel subligar in the fighting pits, body sheened with sweat and blood? They'd attract attention.
In our own history, actors have frequently been associated with prostitution. Why not in Eorzea, too?
Likewise musicians.
Likewise witches and sorceresses. Now there's an interesting idea. "There, sir. I've washed your wounds and aetherically healed them. Would you like a happy ending with that?"