I would like to add to this post because I’m seeing a lot of rude people. There is a side quest in Reunion called “Stranger Danger” in which you are tasked in finding lost children and pointing them in the direction of what I assume is a care giver of the area.
Two of these children are a twin pair of the Himaa. This is the sister, as you can see, she is on the male model, the darker sclera being a very clear indication/giveaway. Her brother is 100% alike to her.
Given that there are multiple occurrences, not to mention a whole tribe of genderfluid, or at the very least, a tribe that is very accepting of gender fluidity via reincarnation (hello Dotharl), I don’t think this is a mistake or typo. I feel that xaela have other things to worry about other than who is using “the correct” pronouns.
Can we stop trying to police what others do with their own characters yet? Because all you’re doing when you tell someone they cannot play a certain thing while screaming ‘it’s lore bending!’ is making people feel invalidated (especially those of us players who are trans/genderqueer playing trans/genderqueer characters). Tiergan’s reasonings are also pretty on point, there can be a lot of reasons as to why someone would be smaller than what is considered “the normal.”
If you want to play a male character on a female model (or vice versa!) absolutely do it. Be it because you want to play a trans or genderqueer/fluid character, or whether or not you’re just sick of the obnoxious sexual dimorphism in mainstream MMO’s, or just want to play a smaller/larger framed character, do it. Don’t let someone try to police your reasonings for doing so, those aren’t the kind of people you’d have fun roleplaying with anyway.
For every jackwad out there telling you you’re wrong for doing what you’re doing, there is another who is eager and more than happy to roleplay with your character, me included.