Thoughts on the Au Ra?

[Berrod Armstrong]

If the Au Ra are credited with being the descendants of Shiva and dragons, their existing is going to make things... interesting come 3.0.

 

Can't wait for the first Au Ra Dragoon to exist.

*long tears* "I'M SO SORRY UNCLE CHUDO!"

[TheLastCandle]

I mean, in the myriad pantheons of gods and goddesses I've read, I know that these beings do all sorts of things out of what would appear boredom...but even with that in mind, one has to wonder what would make Shiva look at a dragon and go "Hay bby haaaay".

 

Could be, though. Seems no more or less reasonable an origin story than anything else.

 

My guess is going to be a dragon who took mortal form. Fantasy literature is rife with stories like that. Most notably (to my mind) the story of Huma and the silver dragon Gwyneth from Dragonlance.

[Naunet]

Their offspring/the new race, thus forward consisted of petite and pretty females with mostly hyuran features, while the males were taller, broader and more rough looking. 

 

But that's not how genetics works. Extreme dimorphism is usually a result of sexual selection.

 

I have trouble swallowing "an entire race came from one couple", too, but my suspension of disbelief can only go so far.

[Warren Castille]

Magical ice woman and dragons have children. Umbrage is with them not following biology.

[Berrod Armstrong]

Their offspring/the new race, thus forward consisted of petite and pretty females with mostly hyuran features, while the males were taller, broader and more rough looking. 

 

But that's not how genetics works. Extreme dimorphism is usually a result of sexual selection.

 

I have trouble swallowing "an entire race came from one couple", too, but my suspension of disbelief can only go so far.

The limitation of one's suspension of disbelief hardly has anything to do with what is possible in a world where a lady can fuck a dragon. That's your limitation, not theirs!

 

I wonder if Shiva had trouble swallowing. OH GOD I'M SO SORRY THAT JUST WENT THROUGH MY MIND AND NOW I'M BROKEN.

 

 

Anyway, it may not be how genetics works here on good ol' RL earth, but we know nothing about how it works on stinky little Hydaelyn!

 

 

Besides, speculation requires one to hang up one's hang-ups sometimes. It's what I did when I started on that thought train. 

[Kage]

Or the fact that Shiva wasn't the only one getting warm with them Dravanian hordes.

 

I mean.

 

What.

[Gegenji]

Or the fact that Shiva wasn't the only one getting warm with them Dravanian hordes.

 

So others found out she had done it and thought it was... pretty cool? :dodgy:

[Naunet]

Meh. I'm not really willing to jump through logic hoops to try and justify yet another "strong, muscular male/dainty, fragile female" race trope in video games. It is what it is, but I'm not gonna go giving SE encouragement.

[Kage]

Or the fact that Shiva wasn't the only one getting warm with them Dravanian hordes.

 

So others found out she had done it and thought it was... pretty cool? :dodgy:

Well, she's the only one Eorzeans and Ishgardians know of! I'm sure there were probably others.

 

I mean...

 

Maybe the sex is kinky. >.>;

 

Maybe some Hyur somewhere else got their socks warm too.

[Crisiet]

I dunno how I feel about them. I'd have to see more about their lore and see how SE go about it in-game.

 

I don't like the design on the females. They really do look like midlanders with some dragon features slapped on.

[Warren Castille]

We don't even know if the Au Ra come from this alleged union so it's just thought exercise since SE decided to give us all pictures and no words.

 

I beat the "realism" drum around here a lot and will continue to do so, but once things clearly become magical it's a lot easier to let go of the argument.

 

...do you think she laid eggs, though?

[Dat Oni]

...do you think she laid eggs, though?

 

[Oli!]

Can't wait for the first Au Ra Dragoon to exist.

 

 

I'm expecting this class combo to be a solid 90% of their entire population, honestly.

[Berrod Armstrong]

We don't even know if the Au Ra come from this alleged union so it's just thought exercise since SE decided to give us all pictures and no words.

 

I beat the "realism" drum around here a lot and will continue to do so, but once things clearly become magical it's a lot easier to let go of the argument.

 

...do you think she laid eggs, though?

I HAD AN EXTREMELY VIVID AND MIND-BREAKING MENTAL PICTURE OF THAT -- and then I realized human women squeeze out kids. Suddenly an egg don't seem so bad...

[Steel Wolf]

We don't even know if the Au Ra come from this alleged union so it's just thought exercise since SE decided to give us all pictures and no words.

 

I beat the "realism" drum around here a lot and will continue to do so, but once things clearly become magical it's a lot easier to let go of the argument.

 

...do you think she laid eggs, though?

I HAD AN EXTREMELY VIVID AND MIND-BREAKING MENTAL PICTURE OF THAT -- and then I realized human women squeeze out kids. Suddenly an egg don't seem so bad...

 

Except, y'know...maybe it was a clutch of eggs.... O_O

 

...oh gods, why am I doing this to my brains?

[Warren Castille]

Japan.

[Aaron]

My question was ignored :cry:

[Berrod Armstrong]

How much is the expansion? Do you buy it off Mog Station? 

 

I swear for some reason I never heard that part of anything regarding the expansion.

It's not for sale yet, I think!

[Steel Wolf]

My question was ignored :cry:

 

Sorry, we were all distracted by Shiva x Dragon naughty grindy times.

 

How much is the expansion? Do you buy it off Mog Station? 

 

I swear for some reason I never heard that part of anything regarding the expansion.

 

No prices have been announced yet. Matter of fact, purchasing hasn't really been elaborated upon more beyond the fact that there'll be a special edition and that it all releases Spring 2015.

[Aaron]

Ok! Thanks

[Zyrusticae]

We don't even know if the Au Ra come from this alleged union so it's just thought exercise since SE decided to give us all pictures and no words.

 

I beat the "realism" drum around here a lot and will continue to do so, but once things clearly become magical it's a lot easier to let go of the argument.

 

...do you think she laid eggs, though?

I HAD AN EXTREMELY VIVID AND MIND-BREAKING MENTAL PICTURE OF THAT -- and then I realized human women squeeze out kids. Suddenly an egg don't seem so bad...

At the risk of breaking your brain more, realize that oviposition is an actual fetish that is more popular than you would think.

 

(I personally don't see the appeal, but I also don't see the appeal in fetishizing pregnancy so what do I know?)

[Seriphyn]

Given that FFXIV leans more towards "scientific world with fantastical elements" rather than "fantastical world" straightup, I would hope that Au Ra have been naturally evolved like all of the other five Eorzean races.

 

Otherwise, here we go, special snowflake race...

[Berrod Armstrong]

We don't even know if the Au Ra come from this alleged union so it's just thought exercise since SE decided to give us all pictures and no words.

 

I beat the "realism" drum around here a lot and will continue to do so, but once things clearly become magical it's a lot easier to let go of the argument.

 

...do you think she laid eggs, though?

I HAD AN EXTREMELY VIVID AND MIND-BREAKING MENTAL PICTURE OF THAT -- and then I realized human women squeeze out kids. Suddenly an egg don't seem so bad...

At the risk of breaking your brain more, realize that oviposition is an actual fetish that is more popular than you would think.

 

(I personally don't see the appeal, but I also don't see the appeal in fetishizing pregnancy so what do I know?)

Sadly, my mind has already been wrecked by that particular discovery. I remember asking oh so innocently 'isn't oviposition something bugs do...?'. Guild chat went silent. Then someone shakily spoke up and explained. I was never the same.

 

To each their own I guess!

 

Oh! The Au Ra racial outfits! They're so cool looking! Like rags, except awesome. That scaly shoulder-strap thing appeals to me for reasons I can't even explain.

 

The bare stomach appeals to me in reasons I can explain very well.

[Gegenji]

Otherwise, here we go, special snowflake race...

 

Well, we ARE talking about a race that may or may not be the children of Shiva.

[Oli!]

You guys are getting pretty Naulty with all these ice puns and reproduction talks.