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What is the point of Elden Ring’s body options? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As far as I can tell you can’t mix and match pronouns, body types and voices.

So what is the point of calling it Body Type A if it just gives you the male body, the male voice and the male pronouns regardless?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think it may be related to the lore

Humans in this setting are said to be born of the Erdtree itself (at least for as long as Marika has been a god) and the lore implies that sex isn't even something any of the people in the Lands Between do for fun anymore

So within this setting, gender itself could be seen as a vestigial tail of sorts that cannot be fully shed by humanity because evolution has been halted which is just part of the larger themes of stagnation and imperial decline

Or I could be high and maybe it has nothing to do with the lore