If I recall correctly (don't know if its been mentioned earlier, skimmed a bunch of the posts), Midlanders are somewhat considered different from the other races in the shape of their ears, which makes sense, because to the eyes of Elezen, Lalafell, and Miqo'te, Hyur are actually in the minority for ear size. People just often tend to forget about that, but I believe in the original 1.0 race description they pointed it out.
Anyways, there is something to be said about being 'one among many,' and being a Midlander as being 'baseline.' Yeah, the lore surrounding them is pretty blank and they are just the 'dime a dozen' race, but that in and of itself is something unique. You don't really stick out. But maybe that works for your character, in order to slip by unnoticed, not draw attention to yourself. I can see some roleplayers approaching it from that angle.
Personally, I've always had my main character be a Hume/Hyur in FFXI/FFXIV. It sort of requires you to go that extra mile to make them unique, but I also think it gives you a cool vantage point ICly to learn about the lore of the other races from player characters, without really having strict lore for your character to adhere to yourself. Midlander thus, for me, seems more free to do what you want with it.
Anyways, there is something to be said about being 'one among many,' and being a Midlander as being 'baseline.' Yeah, the lore surrounding them is pretty blank and they are just the 'dime a dozen' race, but that in and of itself is something unique. You don't really stick out. But maybe that works for your character, in order to slip by unnoticed, not draw attention to yourself. I can see some roleplayers approaching it from that angle.
Personally, I've always had my main character be a Hume/Hyur in FFXI/FFXIV. It sort of requires you to go that extra mile to make them unique, but I also think it gives you a cool vantage point ICly to learn about the lore of the other races from player characters, without really having strict lore for your character to adhere to yourself. Midlander thus, for me, seems more free to do what you want with it.
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