Your entire race should not fill me with FEMINIST RAGE.

[fuyu]

So I got to Eruyt Village, and we're about to go looking for Mjrn.

I'm sorry. I still don't like the viera.

If there was some - variation, I don't know, if they weren't all basically the same nubile, lovely rabbitgirl with exotic dark skin! and silver hair!, and if they didn't all friggin' wear stiletto heels to keep their balance (hint to designer: if you have designed a race where individuals cannot support their own body weight without artificial aids, you did it wrong), maybe I wouldn't hate them so much. As it was, I was going through Eruyt and thinking "What a beautiful village, and such interesting concepts, so utterly wasted on a village full of thinly-veiled sex objects!"

I possibly found the "ew, humes" attitude even more annoying because of this than I might otherwise have. You're some guy's bunnygirl fantasy, where do you get off sticking your nose up at humes? At least I don't need shoes to stand up, bitch.

Honestly, I - I can't really look at any aspect of the viera and think of them as anything other than some guy in Squenix getting off on bunnygirls. Their feet somehow evolved against all possible logic into forms where they need high heels for balance, sexy! They're a secluded race that live in and with the forest, but they have exquisitely manufacted clothes with metal and stuff, sexy! They're aloof and unattainable, it's even against their laws for you to be here, but oh, they won't kick you out; just feel free to wander around their village and admire the view, big boy, even if you are a dirty hume, teehee. Sexy!

I can't even get behind Fran, even now. Oh, so you're the rogue from the xenophobic race who protests This Need Not Be The Only Way, and now you're sad because your race hates you. Yeah, um. Sorry, I think I've seen this plot before, and it was a lot more interesting when it wasn't acted out by bunnygirl fetishes. And she still doesn't seem to me to have a personality outside of "I'm a viera!" ... actually, come to think of it, I feel like I could say that about every viera in that village...

I just. Nnnnngh. Ivalice is such a deeply interesting, well-built world, with fascinating politics and creatures and everything. And then there's the viera.

Comments

[vanilleon.livejournal.com]

Heh, wow. I haven't played FFXII yet, but now I know to brace myself for annoyance when I meet the viera. The rest of the game sounds great, though.

Oh, and hi! I don't know if you'd remember me, but this is Aja from NSA -- I was there for part of Ye Olde Freshman Year. We were in this group that would have lunch in the left hallway, draw Pokémon fan art, talk about ElfQuest, and that sort of fun thing. Anyway, I had the urge to look up some old friends a while ago, and found my way over here.

**waves**

How do?

[fuyu]

The rest of the game IS great. :D It's part of what makes the viera so disappointing, because Squenix has proven they can do so much better. XD

AJA! Holy crap, I do remember you! :D Yeah, I remember all of that! OMG, hi. :DDD How're you these days? Wow, it's been so long...

[vanilleon.livejournal.com]

Woo! I'm remembered! Yeah, it's been ages. I remember visiting with you guys over e-mail for a little while, but then my communication procrastination set in, and everything trailed off. Sorry about that. >_<

But hey! It's good to talk to you again. I started browsing around your dA gallery, and your art is looking great. :D

I've been doing pretty well. How about you?

[fuyu]

Yeah, I've got a pretty good memory. ♥ Hey, it's all right. :D

It is! I'm sort of impressed you found me. :3 Oooh, and thank you.

I've been doin' all right. Beating my head against college, and a little bit against the job market, but I'm good~

[vanilleon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm kinda surprised myself. XD It was like, "Sure, I'll just look on Google. THAT'll work. ...Hey, what?"

Glad to hear you're doing all right. I haven't had any first-hand college experience, but I can agree that the job market is not exactly a super-special-awesome place to navigate. Managing both at once sounds daunting, but I'm sure it can be done. :D

I'll certainly wish you luck! And hey, maybe I'll actually keep track of my contact list this time... ^^;

[fuyu]

XD! What were you Googling with?

My college isn't too hard, it's just... I've been doing it since I graduated high school, I'm getting tired of it XD And man, the job market scares the crap out of me. I'm thinking I'll have to hit up my college for an internship before anyone in my field will even hire me...

Thank you! And yay. :3

[vanilleon.livejournal.com]

Four or five friend names I remembered from junior high and high school. ^^ Alas, most people use only first names or aliases online. (I do the same, though, so I can't complain.)

If it makes you feel any better, I've found that jobs are not so different from school, and that most employers are more eager to hire people than they try to let on. Though I suppose that varies with the type of work. Which field are you studying for?

Also, hooray for the viera developing personalities after all!

I'm really looking forward to playing that game and seeing more of Ivalice. FFT is one of my Favorite Things Ever. :)