Will Final Fantasy XV's Cid be a Lady?

[Aulayna]

It's frustrating to not really get my head around this, honestly I'm trying. Don't think my arguments are because I think you're terrible and wrong or anything, I'm legit trying to understand where you're coming from but the logic in my head doesn't really get it at the moment, and these linked sites are just so generalised that I find myself agreeing because Dead or Alive etc. are blatant sexualisation. But for Final Fantasy, I'm not seeing it the same way. I'm not rejecting your opinions, I'm just saying that I can only say what I think and/or agree with and so far the logic rollin' around in my head isn't piecing things together the same way you girls are. Maybe in time, I dunno, I'm just really confused and a little frustrated and not really seeing the same thing you ladies seem to be seeing, or not interpreting intention and/or results of said intention the same way.

If Cidney starts rubbing her boobs and moaning, or spends her entire time talking about sex, or something like that, then I will hold my hands in the air and say "You guys are right" but she hasn't done that.

...yet.

Well let's remove all the concept and theory and put this out into face-value terms shall we?

What was that one phrase from most of the Versus XIII trailers right up until the rebranding to Final Fantasy XV?

This is a fantasy based on reality.

Now tell me, how many mechanics have you seen dressed like that in real life?

At least the clothes the guys are wearing are more believable as practical (if slightly exaggerated high-market) everyday fashion. (same with the likes of Luna and Stella)

But a mechanic dressed like that, really? You can't see why some people might feel it's a bit ludicrous? Might as well change her name to Cidney "The Mechanic" from Page 3 of The Sun.

Let me put a re-emphasis on that one point with a screenshot:



Now then, imagine that Final Fantasy games had always had female protagonists and all the major characters were always female with males filling in for support characters and non-major NPCs. Cid in all the previous games was female too.

Then this new game comes along and goes "hey guys look Cid is male this time" and all he's wearing is a Borat G-string to show off his bulge, some goggles and has a few splashes of oil on his face to warrant being called a mechanic. Pretty unbelievable right?

This is the issue here, Cidney is the first time Cid has been female and she is a) not wearing attire remotely suitable for an actual mechanic (this would potentially be a minor point, but this is a game that's supposed to be more grounded in reality after all - and the other females we've seen like Luna and Stella are modestly dressed... one could even go so far as using the word "normally" dressed) and b) has huge boobs that are gratuitiously held out in what could only be described as a gravity defying push-up bra and c) has her midriff on display, wearing hotpants AND high heeled knee-high boots. So yay, Cid is female for a change - but also had to be overly sexualised as a result. Because just putting her into mechanics overalls (ala Kaylee from FireFly) would be far too unrealistic. Right?