They´re clearly trying to make up for all the bara games with atrocious beef mountains and beer guts, where even eyelids have mutated into fists under the nefarious roids' action.
About masculinity... well, you can be lean and/or short and still appear manly. It´s all about attitude. Alain and Tharek are leaders among their men, not delicate sissies. The runt part has to do with the character´s background, how un-orcish he is, which is the reason why he is an outcast.
Please, don´t import the "mascxmasc and everything else is unacceptable and not gay enough" dynamics from the worst Grindr accounts.
It´s not a conspiracy, love.
Anyway, I don´t think Devs´ would be very worried about losing the vague promise of hypothetical future money if they don´t comply with every freeloader's demands lol
Relax and remember that old saying about choosing beggars.