Category A:
1. Are there any any races you particularly love the opposite (or same) gender of? The models, the history, the lore, anything.Â
- There's usually a handful of playable races that I'm fond of in pretty much every MMO that I've played, bar a few exceptions. I tend to rely more upon the official concept art when envisioning a particular race as it tends to allow for much more variety than the playable models do. I was very fond of male blood elves and male night elves back in WoW for this very reason. I wasn't too keen on the character models themselves, though. Their stances and animations always felt a little off and the charm of the original portrayal of the race was lost in the transition from Warcraft 3 to WoW itself. Still, I loved the lore surrounding both races - at least before they were dragged into the orc/human circle-jerk that drove my partner and I away from the game - and had a lot of fun role-playing one. Typically I'm fond of elves that are both handsome and gritty. It's a large reason as to why I'm looking forward to TESO (The Elder Scrolls Online) as it'll be providing that rather well!
In terms of FFXIV I'm rather fond of miqo'te males that use the same face that my avatar displays and the 'nicer' two hyur highlander male faces. The midlander men are...alright, I suppose - if a tad too bland for my liking. I'm a lot pickier when it comes to women, since I'd love to see more 'Nigella Lawson' and less 'Paris Hilton' where character models are concerned.
 2. How do you view interracial couples in -game-? Specifically, let's not get into a debate about whether or not it's 'gross' to you as a person or if there are too many people doing it.
- Honestly? I see them as rather overdone. Both in terms of the canon lore and player characters. It seems like I'm more likely to stumble across interracial couples in MMO's than same-race pairings. Even in regards to races that are meant to be xenophobic and very  keen on tradition. WoW was notorious for this - often pairing female high elves with human men (despite humans being responsible for almost obliterating their race) and FFXIV seems to show more miqo'te females with the other races rather than other miqo'te. I'm also not fond of pairing bestial races with non-bestial races in sexual relationships. I don't care how people try to twist it, it's still touching dangerously close on bestiality for my liking.
As a rule of thumb, though? I don't tend to bother with role-players who blatantly make excessive sex and romance the driving force behind their character. It tends to get old pretty fast and usually comes with the unwanted baggage of break-up drama. I've seen entire guilds fall apart due to this, so that's certainly contributed towards my view.
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 3. Do your OOC feelings towards a particular race make you more open or affect what your character is looking for when they're either flirting around, pursuing romance, or just, in general, acting differently towards those individuals.
- Partially, though I try to avoid it. I don't tend to develop my character around what would get me hard, so as much as I'd find it hot to pair a male blood elf with a male night elf or two male miqo'te with each other I'm...not likely to do that. I also very rarely make characters that are flirty, since it often sends out the wrong message in a role-playing community. The amount of times my rogue back in WoW got asked for ERP when flirting with other characters in an attempt to get them to drop their guard so he could rob them was ridiculous.
 Category B: Your character
 1. Does your character seek friends or partners based predominantly on race?
- In some cases, yes. My current character is more likely to open up to a traditional miqo'te than anything else. He'll still open up to other characters, it'll just take a bit longer. I don't view role-play as an activity that involves befriending anything and everything that stumbles across my character's path. A bit of conflict and rivalry can make it much more interesting.
 2. How does your character view interracial pairings and are their feelings different from your own?
- He isn't too bothered provided it isn't flaunted. He sees romance and lust as a very private thing and dislikes it when it's paraded around. He also isn't fond of...incompatible anatomy, so if a lalafell was getting it on with hyur highlander he'd be disgusted. I suppose I'm similar in many ways, which is ironic given that I'm happily in a loving relationship.
1. Are there any any races you particularly love the opposite (or same) gender of? The models, the history, the lore, anything.Â
- There's usually a handful of playable races that I'm fond of in pretty much every MMO that I've played, bar a few exceptions. I tend to rely more upon the official concept art when envisioning a particular race as it tends to allow for much more variety than the playable models do. I was very fond of male blood elves and male night elves back in WoW for this very reason. I wasn't too keen on the character models themselves, though. Their stances and animations always felt a little off and the charm of the original portrayal of the race was lost in the transition from Warcraft 3 to WoW itself. Still, I loved the lore surrounding both races - at least before they were dragged into the orc/human circle-jerk that drove my partner and I away from the game - and had a lot of fun role-playing one. Typically I'm fond of elves that are both handsome and gritty. It's a large reason as to why I'm looking forward to TESO (The Elder Scrolls Online) as it'll be providing that rather well!
In terms of FFXIV I'm rather fond of miqo'te males that use the same face that my avatar displays and the 'nicer' two hyur highlander male faces. The midlander men are...alright, I suppose - if a tad too bland for my liking. I'm a lot pickier when it comes to women, since I'd love to see more 'Nigella Lawson' and less 'Paris Hilton' where character models are concerned.
 2. How do you view interracial couples in -game-? Specifically, let's not get into a debate about whether or not it's 'gross' to you as a person or if there are too many people doing it.
- Honestly? I see them as rather overdone. Both in terms of the canon lore and player characters. It seems like I'm more likely to stumble across interracial couples in MMO's than same-race pairings. Even in regards to races that are meant to be xenophobic and very  keen on tradition. WoW was notorious for this - often pairing female high elves with human men (despite humans being responsible for almost obliterating their race) and FFXIV seems to show more miqo'te females with the other races rather than other miqo'te. I'm also not fond of pairing bestial races with non-bestial races in sexual relationships. I don't care how people try to twist it, it's still touching dangerously close on bestiality for my liking.
As a rule of thumb, though? I don't tend to bother with role-players who blatantly make excessive sex and romance the driving force behind their character. It tends to get old pretty fast and usually comes with the unwanted baggage of break-up drama. I've seen entire guilds fall apart due to this, so that's certainly contributed towards my view.
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 3. Do your OOC feelings towards a particular race make you more open or affect what your character is looking for when they're either flirting around, pursuing romance, or just, in general, acting differently towards those individuals.
- Partially, though I try to avoid it. I don't tend to develop my character around what would get me hard, so as much as I'd find it hot to pair a male blood elf with a male night elf or two male miqo'te with each other I'm...not likely to do that. I also very rarely make characters that are flirty, since it often sends out the wrong message in a role-playing community. The amount of times my rogue back in WoW got asked for ERP when flirting with other characters in an attempt to get them to drop their guard so he could rob them was ridiculous.
 Category B: Your character
 1. Does your character seek friends or partners based predominantly on race?
- In some cases, yes. My current character is more likely to open up to a traditional miqo'te than anything else. He'll still open up to other characters, it'll just take a bit longer. I don't view role-play as an activity that involves befriending anything and everything that stumbles across my character's path. A bit of conflict and rivalry can make it much more interesting.
 2. How does your character view interracial pairings and are their feelings different from your own?
- He isn't too bothered provided it isn't flaunted. He sees romance and lust as a very private thing and dislikes it when it's paraded around. He also isn't fond of...incompatible anatomy, so if a lalafell was getting it on with hyur highlander he'd be disgusted. I suppose I'm similar in many ways, which is ironic given that I'm happily in a loving relationship.
