Is Excellus male or female?

[Knusperkeks]

Yeah excellis does have some confusing grunts and mumbles in Japanese.

That's not unique to this character, most japanese like to grunt often to express their opinion. It's a cultural habit.

[The Geek]

I could tell Libra was a dudebro by the fact that he was wearing pants.

True story.

For me, it was his freaking huge shoulders that tipped me off.

[Chloe Neo]

The lips and painted fingernails makes it hard to also know his gender at first.

[PikaSamus]

If I can't tell, I usually assume male.

[Melissa]

Maybe Excellus is an "it"

[Doctor Robert]

The first time I saw Excellus, I thought, "Gee, I wish we can stick that pompous Ursula-clone's head on a pike!" That is, the Ursula from Little Mermaid bizarrely reminded me of her and thus I though, "girl." But, then Aversa attacked Chrom and let slip the little eunuch's true nature and I was like, "Oooooh... okay." Funny story indeed.

For Libra, I had the advantage of playing FE7 a hundred times prior and so I recognized the trope of "womanly-man" in a second. I originally thought Lucius was a dude in FE7 when I first played (when I had only the in-game portrait to look at) and then I wondered about his gender afterwards before people referred to him as a dude in-game. It wasn't until later when I saw the artwork and fan-art that I found out how allegedly feminine he is... XD

I think Libra's more manly than Lucius. In my mind, when the two are asked if they're a girl, Libra would go, "Pfft. I'm a man, loser," and then fight urges to axe the person whist Lucius would go cry in the corner or something... I think Libra has (still) an advantage of not having 10 years of fanfiction supporting girliness...

Meh, I got off topic! Bad me! Excellus is a dude, a very girly-eunuch-dude. Basically, a new spin on an old FE trope. :3

Edited December 17, 2014 by Doctor Robert

[Magical Glace]

I thought he was male when I saw his portrait *shrug*

Though tbh I thought Libra and Lucius were female.