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It certainly isn't the case that the male Au Ra are meant to be unattractive, and the females attractive, I don't think that anyone was suggesting that! It boils down to "beastly" being a potentially positive trait for male attractiveness, while its (beyond a tiny touch) generally considered unattractive on females. So, they design a somewhat beastly male, and a female with a tail and tiny horns slapped on. Its not quite as ridiculous as Amani from TERA, but its in the same vein.
That isn't to say that I blame hte developers for it, they are just giving people what they want, in the end, but I was reflecting on the comment before mine, and really that kind of dimorphism doesn't just not score points with me, it makes me roll my eyes. Now, I know, Aya eye-rolls are kind of the end of the world and all, but I don't think its that big of a deal :-]
Aaaand, just to comment on the reptile dimorphism thing. Reptiles do tend to have some amount of size dimorphism (or quite large in, say, crocodiles), they are almost impossible to tell apart via appearance as there are no secondary sexual characteristics. For that matter, there are no primary sexual characteristics since the sexes share the same external genitals.Â
But, of course, the Au Ra aren't reptilian, the females have breasts! They're as much dragon-people, as Miqo'te are cat-people, which is not to say much at all, just enough to suggest the idea, but no more.
I'm also just going to add that I like my Dragons as classical monsters. That, is, as representations of the evil and darkness that exists out there in the world. Not mindless (in fact, their intelligence and craftiness is part of the terror they generate), but as intractably opposed to the well being of people. FF XIV has certainly represented Dragons in this vein, and that's one of the things I like about the world. Au Ra, I suspect, will change that. Oh well
That isn't to say that I blame hte developers for it, they are just giving people what they want, in the end, but I was reflecting on the comment before mine, and really that kind of dimorphism doesn't just not score points with me, it makes me roll my eyes. Now, I know, Aya eye-rolls are kind of the end of the world and all, but I don't think its that big of a deal :-]
Aaaand, just to comment on the reptile dimorphism thing. Reptiles do tend to have some amount of size dimorphism (or quite large in, say, crocodiles), they are almost impossible to tell apart via appearance as there are no secondary sexual characteristics. For that matter, there are no primary sexual characteristics since the sexes share the same external genitals.Â
But, of course, the Au Ra aren't reptilian, the females have breasts! They're as much dragon-people, as Miqo'te are cat-people, which is not to say much at all, just enough to suggest the idea, but no more.
I'm also just going to add that I like my Dragons as classical monsters. That, is, as representations of the evil and darkness that exists out there in the world. Not mindless (in fact, their intelligence and craftiness is part of the terror they generate), but as intractably opposed to the well being of people. FF XIV has certainly represented Dragons in this vein, and that's one of the things I like about the world. Au Ra, I suspect, will change that. Oh well
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