(03-31-2015, 11:23 PM)Aya Wrote:(03-31-2015, 06:42 PM)Boo the Hamster Wrote:A fair point, I suppose, though I've seen far more regional antagonism (i.e. against outsiders generally) than against different races in particular, but I may just not have noticed. She just looks incredibly human to me. Just like I didn't realize that the Padjal were non-human until I read that they were.(03-31-2015, 03:21 PM)Aya Wrote: The Au Ra roll out seems ridiculously anti-climactic. She's a midlander with horns, not so different than a Padjal. If she just told us that some Hyur from Doma looked that way no one would have blinked—why the mask?Honestly, most of Eorzea's inhabitants are racist as all hell. This is seen in countless examples throughout the game through Fates, random npc dialogue, and other means.  I'm pretty sure some of the more local people would /not/ have liked the look of Yugiri, or may have tried to kill her by the horns alone.
In fact, I'm honestly more surprised Haurchefant wasn't in shock with Yugiri, but he's such a bro in the English dialogue.
Well....Padjal are a special case. They aren't born that way. They're primarily Hyur (although there's an Elezen one too!) that are selected by the Elementals.
On topic though, I didn't really care for Yugiri's reveal. Something about the coloring of her horns felt weird. ...lthey didn't really resemble what we've been shown in other Au Ra scenes, but perhaps that's just a sign of how customizable they are.
