(07-24-2014, 05:31 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: I kinda see the Garleans as having just as much aether as any other hyur, but that they lack the ability to consciously use it. That's why in terms of abilities, they shy away from magic (one could say they have no aether reserves), but they certainly are physically weak. It just so happens that their magitek gadgets make up for the difference in their combat styles.Â
I'd have expected Garleans to have slightly more defined gender roles in this sense. If we judge based off of the regular enemies, and named characters, we really only have a single Garlean female with power, with higher/equal ranking men. And all of the "regular" Garlean soldiers have always appeared to be male models and have male voices. But then, maybe they're just sending a male-only army to Eorzea. We don't have enough lore on them.
This is a really interesting point, and it ties into what Zyrusticae said. Why are all the garleans but one male? I can't think we can just blame developer laziness, since every other fighting organization in Eorzea has a good mix of men and women. It seems likely it's a conscious choice then. If so, then Merc might be right, if a society had no ability to channel aether, odds are they would develop in a patriarchical, men in charge way. That is the way the vast majority of civilizations have developed in our own world. Now that Garlemald has expanded, they might have adopted the gender roles they've traditionally used for their empire. So except in rare cases, they only send men to fight in wars.
In Eorzea, if we assume Aether can allow one to make up for certain physical aspects, like males generally being taller and having more muscle mass, Not to mention that a thaumaturge or conjurer would be extremely powerful regardgless of gender. We can see how an egalitarian society might form.
If the developers really did go that far in their lore and world building it would be pretty cool.
