(03-08-2016, 09:24 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: It's yet one more circumstance of the game showing one thing and the official commentary being contradictory to both what we're shown and in this case, directly what we're told.
So, cross-breeds can happen, but it is exceedingly rare. Tolerance is the norm, but everyone's racist. Same-sex is okay, but cross-race is not. And then there's the static NPC cross-race relationships we're shown (specifically the miqo'te arguing with her hyur lover over eating oysters so they can bang) not to mention Alphinaud being hot for teacher.
There's also, when you finish the 3.2 MSQ, the hyur woman in the Rising Stones who appears to rather enjoy the company of roegadyn men, possibly two at the same time. Her sister, conversely, seems rather disturbed by the idea -- though given earlier dialogue between those two, there seems to be more going on there than just simple racism.
The read I have on it is that cross-race is looked down upon for a variety of reasons, and it varies based on where, exactly, you are. Limsa, Gridania, and Ul'dah are relatively liberal, with the social consequences of a cross-race relationship being akin to the dev comment ("An elezen? Why, I never! Why couldn't you have found a nice hyuran girl?"). Out in the outlying villages, though, the racism is likely more severe, producing situations like the one in the WP HM prelude quest (and yes, you could argue that's about homosexuality, but we've never once heard NPCs complain about that, whereas racist NPC chatter does appear now and then). Adventurers are likely to be extremely open-minded sorts by virtue of what they do, so they're more likely to be accepting than the average individual. Those who interact with adventurers regularly may have a similar perspective.
One point I'd make is that MCKF has pointed out in interviews that the lore team intentionally makes things ambiguous. This is just a fact of life in the XIV lore.
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