Sure, I'll bite on this. 
The Category B answers are for L'yhta.
Category A: You, OOCLY
1. Are there any any races you particularly love the opposite (or same) gender of? The models, the history, the lore, anything.
Personally, I think all of the character models look good. XIV is actually one of the few MMOs where the male character models don't look like misshapen bodybuilders. I rather enjoy the miqo'te and duskwight elezen lore, though I wish other races would get the same level of lore treatment.
2. How do you view interracial couples in -game-? Specifically, let's not get into a debate about whether or not it's 'gross' to you as a person or if there are too many people doing it.
I don't care so long as the relationship is established and maintained through narrative. I do think that most races would perhaps see others outside of their race as less attractive due to varying physical characteristics -- fetishizations of certain races aside -- but that's something I just assume the players have accounted for.
3. Do your OOC feelings towards a particular race make you more open or affect what your character is looking for when they're either flirting around, pursuing romance, or just, in general, acting differently towards those individuals.
Not really. The character is the character is the character, and IC != OOC. I don't think male lalafell are especially attractive models, but if L'yhta were to fall for one, then that happens.
Category B: Your character
1. Does your character seek friends or partners based predominantly on race?
Yes and no. Yes, in that certain behaviors of some female miqo'te greatly annoy her, and as such, she tends to not have friends who fall into the "sexy cat" aesthetic or that are devoted to the tribal lifestyle. Additionally, she prefers the company of other miqo'te who don't fall into either of those categories to that of other races, though it's not a particularly strong preference. No, in that she prefers the company of others in general and isn't too picky about with whom (the above anti-other miqo'te sentiments notwithstanding).
2. How does your character view interracial pairings and are their feelings different from your own?
L'yhta's provincial and tribal past has her viewing miqo'te who pair outside their race as strange; why would you not try to continue the tradition of miqo'te striving towards excellence? This point of view isn't one she's particularly open about, but it's one that sticks with her largely due to her commitment to "miqo'te pride" and persists despite her dislike of tribal Seeker culture. When it comes down to it, she's racist in that she feels miqo'te are the superior race and that they should stick to their own to continue that tradition.
This covert racism is rather different from me, the player, as I feel that people have the inherent human right to love whoever they wish. As I've said before, L'yhta can be judgmental ass for all her overt happy-go-lucky behavior.
The Category B answers are for L'yhta.Category A: You, OOCLY
1. Are there any any races you particularly love the opposite (or same) gender of? The models, the history, the lore, anything.
Personally, I think all of the character models look good.
XIV is actually one of the few MMOs where the male character models don't look like misshapen bodybuilders. I rather enjoy the miqo'te and duskwight elezen lore, though I wish other races would get the same level of lore treatment.2. How do you view interracial couples in -game-? Specifically, let's not get into a debate about whether or not it's 'gross' to you as a person or if there are too many people doing it.
I don't care so long as the relationship is established and maintained through narrative. I do think that most races would perhaps see others outside of their race as less attractive due to varying physical characteristics -- fetishizations of certain races aside -- but that's something I just assume the players have accounted for.
3. Do your OOC feelings towards a particular race make you more open or affect what your character is looking for when they're either flirting around, pursuing romance, or just, in general, acting differently towards those individuals.
Not really. The character is the character is the character, and IC != OOC. I don't think male lalafell are especially attractive models, but if L'yhta were to fall for one, then that happens.
Category B: Your character
1. Does your character seek friends or partners based predominantly on race?
Yes and no. Yes, in that certain behaviors of some female miqo'te greatly annoy her, and as such, she tends to not have friends who fall into the "sexy cat" aesthetic or that are devoted to the tribal lifestyle. Additionally, she prefers the company of other miqo'te who don't fall into either of those categories to that of other races, though it's not a particularly strong preference. No, in that she prefers the company of others in general and isn't too picky about with whom (the above anti-other miqo'te sentiments notwithstanding).
2. How does your character view interracial pairings and are their feelings different from your own?
L'yhta's provincial and tribal past has her viewing miqo'te who pair outside their race as strange; why would you not try to continue the tradition of miqo'te striving towards excellence? This point of view isn't one she's particularly open about, but it's one that sticks with her largely due to her commitment to "miqo'te pride" and persists despite her dislike of tribal Seeker culture. When it comes down to it, she's racist in that she feels miqo'te are the superior race and that they should stick to their own to continue that tradition.
This covert racism is rather different from me, the player, as I feel that people have the inherent human right to love whoever they wish.
As I've said before, L'yhta can be judgmental ass for all her overt happy-go-lucky behavior.
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