(03-27-2015, 10:47 AM)allgivenover Wrote: This thread is for if your AuRa is going to be a new character or an old one. Not for discussion about the merits or flaws of the race's design.
But since we're here why not address some points?
(03-27-2015, 07:13 AM)Meena Wrote: What really irritates me about them the most is the unnatural height difference between the females and the males. The males - according to my observation in videos are around Male Highlander size while the females are probably around Miqo'te size.Â
Oh yes, very unnatural for sexual dimorphism to exist in a fantasy race.
The dimorphism thing is getting stupid. It happens in nature:
Examples of extreme height difference in humans:
(03-27-2015, 07:13 AM)Meena Wrote: Now this makes my head spin, The height on top of the smaller features and forced innocence on a race based on awesome dragons makes me think they are trying to sexualise adolescence. Which, is most likely not the case.Â
Better stay away from Miqo'te then as it's difficult to make one that doesn't look like an adolescent, and hoo boy are they sexualized!
It's cultural differences. In Japan youth == beauty in a way that makes the dynamic here in the west look meek.
(03-27-2015, 07:13 AM)Meena Wrote: I know that most people will play what is more appealing to them - but.. For me? I don't see the appeal of such a forcibly young character being attacked by monsters, other people and the like - same reason I can't play a lalafell.Â
So don't play one. Not everyone has reservations about what a character can be involved with because their apparent age doesn't at least match some arbitrary real world standard.
Its great you linked a bunch of pictures and still completely missed my point.
My point was that the height difference is not within a normal difference. I am well aware sexual dimorphism occurs in reality. I just think that the sheer difference compared to the other races of Eorzea is very un-natural.
I did make it clear that this was my personal opinion, i'm not attacking anyone. I am well aware of the fact that japan objectify youth like many other Asian countries do - heck, I lived there a while. I don't know, I was hoping for something that would scale up with the male counter-part realistically like the other races.
