* Pyra, the Tradwife
As I’ve gone over before, Pyra really IS the perfect Waifu, you don’t require memes or wishful thinking to arrive at that conclusion, it’s all there in the source material. Let me reiterate: Pyra is unfailingly polite, considerate, sweet and pleasant, a submissive people pleaser that’s quick to apologize for any real or perceived wrong she commits. She’s about as far from the Modern Feminist Woman as she can possibly be. Of course, Pyra *does* have a backbone, indeed, she has ferocious willpower and WILL stand up to injustices committed against others, but tooting her own horn or putting others down to make herself feel better is completely foreign to her nature.
Here’s also a girl who’s not only an excellent cook, but who’s happy to wash the dishes afterwards, indeed, she explicitly says that she *likes* to help out around the house, because it’s satisfying for her to prove herself useful outside of battle. She’s actively looking for ways to make herself more appealing and attractive to her man (that’s what the notorious Blushy Crushy heart-to-heart was all about), and obviously chill enough that she has no problem sharing Rex with two other women (hell, one Xenoblade 2 intro screen shows her actively inviting Nia to join her, Rex and Mythra).
At the same time, there are reasons to think that Pyra’s not quite as innocent as she makes herself out to be. For starters, she’s Mythra’s other self, sharing Mythra’s extensive knowledge about the world, which would naturally include an understanding of the male mind (which Mythra considers quite perverted) and the meaning behind terms like “one-eyed monster”….so when you see Pyra repeatedly shoving her tits in Rex’s face, I’m tempted to pull a Marco Rubio and say that she knows exactly what she’s doing. She also jumps to the assumption that Rex is a Sadist remarkably quickly after he accidentally rubs some medicine a bit too hard on a flesh wound of hers, which would also seem to hint at Pyra having some “interesting” ideas about the male mind.
Basically, while Pyra really IS in possession of all the ideal female virtues, there’s no reason to assume she’s this über-sheltered womanchild whose first response to seeing a penis would be to scream and cry (and that’s even without considering how Rex has probably not even hit 20 by the time he makes her a mother). If anything, Pyra has a distinct “Lady in the streets, Lover in the sheets” energy to her, and within the lewder spaces of the Xenoblade 2 fandom there seems to be a widespread belief that she’s sexually a lot more confident and assertive than Mythra, who’s viewed as surprisingly meek and submissive when truly rendered exposed and vulnerable. While certainly not the kind of “dommy mommy” that Fagmenco seeks (although, if you asked her to dom you, she'd probably give it a shot), Pyra is at the very least perceived as more adventurous and daring, while still very much committed to pleasing her man (who she’s also happy to share).
Moreover, despite her status as a Sword Girl, Pyra is 100% capable of successfully breeding with a human male. Indeed, she is canonically a Mother, and her daughter Glimmer is one of the playable party characters in Xenoblade 3’s Future Redeemed DLC adventure (which is unironically my 2023 GOTY). No need to speculate about what kind of kids Pyra would produce, we already have our answer, and it’s quite spectacular.
And all this doesn't even touch on how being married to Pyra turned Rex into a GigaChad in just a few years…
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