I finally got far enough in the main story quests to be introduced to a certain NPC …

Oh.  Oh. Ser Aymeric!

After being suitably impressed by his impeccable coif, sharp eyes, and elegant wardrobe, I abruptly remembered that Elezen are big elitist jerks who only listen to other Elezen (who are also not heretics).  I impulsively decided to use a Fantasia to turn myself from a kittygirl into an Elezen so that I would be taken more seriously/I would look appropriately SRS in cutscenes with the fab Ser Aymeric!

I am now trying to decide whether or not I’ve made a huge mistake.

Firstly, I am huge.  Kittypeople and Au-ra (dragonpeople) are by far [one of] the two most popular races in the game (why be normal when you can have a tail?), and the females of these races are generally short.  You can make them taller, but it seems few people do.  So when I load into a dungeon, I tower over my entire party like a skyscraper next to a bunch of two-story apartment buildings.  I half expect myself to start swaying in the wind.

Secondly, when I loom over my party in such a manner, it calls attention to my itty-bitty head.  True, my hair is pretty smashing and I’m no butterface, as they say, but … the proportions, man, they’re weird.

Thirdly, can somebody explain to me WHY I now ride sidesaddle on a unicorn that has no saddle and when I’m wearing pants, meaning I have absolutely zero reason to go sidesaddle in the first place?  I can’t ride my unicorn anymore because I just keep picturing myself tumbling right off the side the moment I really get going.

Fourthly, I just don’t sound like an Elezen.  I don’t feel like an Elezen.  The way I talk in-game is full of capslock, exclamation marks and derpy humor.  I dance at inopportune moments, facepull frequently and jump off cliffs by accident.  Elezen are too elegant, too restrained, too cultured.

On another note, I managed to queue without myself yesterday and didn’t notice for about an hour:

And on another “another note,” I achieved my first level 60: