
There is no official lore on why they've appeared in numbers after the calamity, though they've said in the past there there will be quests in-game explaining why the new genders are around now.
Suffice it to say, I think most people are choosing to go with the "These genders were around ICly during 1.0, even if we didn't see them in-game" route. Simply because it makes more sense for them to have been around, than for them to have suddenly just appeared out of thin air. An entire gender of a species off in some distant land could be canonical if SE chooses to go that route, but it seems highly unlikely. If they were around in Eorzea, there's bound to be some that went against the grain.
So, as it stands, most people I know at least are going with the idea that they were around.
That being said, canonically, male Miqo'te are supposed to be far, far more reclusive than their female counterparts. One of the reasons given for their lack of appearance in 1.0 is that they don't mesh well with Eorzean society, and instead chose to remain with their tribes and/or by themselves. It's likely the calamity brought them out of the woodworks.
In my own personal opinion, I feel as though they were around, but just not as much as the other races. You might have seen one around every now and again, but it wouldn't have been like "Oh my god what is that mystical creature over there?"
Again, personal preference. I'm sure others will feel differently on the subject, but that's my two gil.
Suffice it to say, I think most people are choosing to go with the "These genders were around ICly during 1.0, even if we didn't see them in-game" route. Simply because it makes more sense for them to have been around, than for them to have suddenly just appeared out of thin air. An entire gender of a species off in some distant land could be canonical if SE chooses to go that route, but it seems highly unlikely. If they were around in Eorzea, there's bound to be some that went against the grain.
So, as it stands, most people I know at least are going with the idea that they were around.
That being said, canonically, male Miqo'te are supposed to be far, far more reclusive than their female counterparts. One of the reasons given for their lack of appearance in 1.0 is that they don't mesh well with Eorzean society, and instead chose to remain with their tribes and/or by themselves. It's likely the calamity brought them out of the woodworks.
In my own personal opinion, I feel as though they were around, but just not as much as the other races. You might have seen one around every now and again, but it wouldn't have been like "Oh my god what is that mystical creature over there?"
Again, personal preference. I'm sure others will feel differently on the subject, but that's my two gil.