If I remember correctly, Square designed the character like that to attract more females to their Final Fantasy line. That is the way girls like their men in Japan. They call them bishounens (beautiful males) or some****.
Because the English language likes to brake its own rules.
Hey, why are we talking about these games in the next-gen thread? You should have sarted a topic for that game. Oh well, this forum doesn't have to be perfectly organized. A general game discussion thread might help.
Go to tools internet options and look for something along the lines of "accept all cookies" and click on it. That should fix your red x image prob too.