The stand-out part to me was the idea of treating “the focus of a people on past glory versus future greatness” as an axis of analysis that can be applied to any group or person
The in-universe stuff is interesting in its own right, the idea of “the monomyth reflected differently in vastly different cultures” is quite intriguing, and reminiscent of the real world notions of the monomyth and Jungian/Campbellian Archetypal Hero. The Warp in the West and other dragonbreaks making multiple truths true is another interesting idea which ties into it.
I know it’s a bit of a weird ask to present the community with an hour long video about obscure lore from a series most here probably don’t have much hope for in the future, but I think there are a bunch of interesting nuggets in there that even people who don’t really know much about TES can get out of it. I’ve never even played the first three but admittedly I’m the kind of person to enjoy reading some wiki articles from a game even if I’ll never play it.
Man, you're missing out. It's rough in parts and takes a little to get used to, but once you realize that the game is basically begging you to break it in half, it becomes quite the trip.
Plus, you have the added hilarity of so many Elder Scrolls tourists trying to play up the poor, poor downtrodden Dunmer in Skyrim makes it very fucking clear they know nothing about the series.
Anyone who has any sympathy for pretty much any of the mer is in on the conspiracy. What do you call it when you drop napalm on a hundred acres of Bosmer villages?
That's because they're too damn weak to cause any problems for anyone else. They're small, they're scrawny, they refuse to eat plant matter which severely limits any civilizational development, and makes them more inclined to dine on their neighbors once fresh game can't be found.
The stand-out part to me was the idea of treating “the focus of a people on past glory versus future greatness” as an axis of analysis that can be applied to any group or person
The in-universe stuff is interesting in its own right, the idea of “the monomyth reflected differently in vastly different cultures” is quite intriguing, and reminiscent of the real world notions of the monomyth and Jungian/Campbellian Archetypal Hero. The Warp in the West and other dragonbreaks making multiple truths true is another interesting idea which ties into it.
I know it’s a bit of a weird ask to present the community with an hour long video about obscure lore from a series most here probably don’t have much hope for in the future, but I think there are a bunch of interesting nuggets in there that even people who don’t really know much about TES can get out of it. I’ve never even played the first three but admittedly I’m the kind of person to enjoy reading some wiki articles from a game even if I’ll never play it.
You haven't even played Morrowind?
Man, you're missing out. It's rough in parts and takes a little to get used to, but once you realize that the game is basically begging you to break it in half, it becomes quite the trip.
Plus, you have the added hilarity of so many Elder Scrolls tourists trying to play up the poor, poor downtrodden Dunmer in Skyrim makes it very fucking clear they know nothing about the series.
Anyone who has any sympathy for pretty much any of the mer is in on the conspiracy. What do you call it when you drop napalm on a hundred acres of Bosmer villages?
A good start.
Bosmer are probably one of the only types of Mer that aren't preoccupied with fucking with other races, generally.
They do sometimes have a tendency of going along with the "high elf" program though, to some varying degree.
That's because they're too damn weak to cause any problems for anyone else. They're small, they're scrawny, they refuse to eat plant matter which severely limits any civilizational development, and makes them more inclined to dine on their neighbors once fresh game can't be found.