He quirked an eyebrow at that. "Truth be told, I wasn't certain what you preferred, and simply chose the option I felt was least likely to give offense, expecting that I'd be corrected if I was wrong," he said. "So you could say that it was simply a lucky guess in your case. It was much the same with Chara, and there's far less of an obvious distinction with children in any case. Nonetheless, you're welcome."
"Your genders never struck me as any great issue; tis not an especially common thing in my homeland, but neither is it unheard of. Eorzea is a land of many divisions and troubles, but one's gender or sex or that of one's chosen partners is seldom a source of contention. If I were to guess, that may be a consequence of there simply being so many Spoken races, whose societies, values, and sometimes physiologies are vastly different. To give just a few examples, Miqo'te Keepers of the Moon are traditionally a highly matriarchal society, while among Seekers of the Sun, each tribe is led by a male chief called a Nunh. And in Viera, a child's sex doesn't even become apparent until they reach puberty."
"And then there are beast tribes, such as the Sylphs. Sylhphs use no pronouns of any sort, for either themselves or others. Instead, everyone is 'this one' or 'that one', sometimes with a descriptor, sometimes not. And while there do seem to be two or more distinct types, given that they're Seedkin- that is, plant creatures-, gods know whether those types can truly be compared to ideas of 'male' or 'female'- or even sex or gender at all- as we might understand them. Faced with such a hodge-podge, I suspect our ancestors simply threw up their hands at some point and decided they had more pressing matters to worry about."
And while he opted not to ask what a music 'anchor' might be... "Regarding the lute, however, it did actually come with a small book of sheet music. I haven't looked at it in any great detail yet, but I could go and retrieve it, if you'd be interested."
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Date: 2025-05-30 09:29 pm (UTC)From:"Your genders never struck me as any great issue; tis not an especially common thing in my homeland, but neither is it unheard of. Eorzea is a land of many divisions and troubles, but one's gender or sex or that of one's chosen partners is seldom a source of contention. If I were to guess, that may be a consequence of there simply being so many Spoken races, whose societies, values, and sometimes physiologies are vastly different. To give just a few examples, Miqo'te Keepers of the Moon are traditionally a highly matriarchal society, while among Seekers of the Sun, each tribe is led by a male chief called a Nunh. And in Viera, a child's sex doesn't even become apparent until they reach puberty."
"And then there are beast tribes, such as the Sylphs. Sylhphs use no pronouns of any sort, for either themselves or others. Instead, everyone is 'this one' or 'that one', sometimes with a descriptor, sometimes not. And while there do seem to be two or more distinct types, given that they're Seedkin- that is, plant creatures-, gods know whether those types can truly be compared to ideas of 'male' or 'female'- or even sex or gender at all- as we might understand them. Faced with such a hodge-podge, I suspect our ancestors simply threw up their hands at some point and decided they had more pressing matters to worry about."
And while he opted not to ask what a music 'anchor' might be... "Regarding the lute, however, it did actually come with a small book of sheet music. I haven't looked at it in any great detail yet, but I could go and retrieve it, if you'd be interested."