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.
To be fair, the Dunmer are as much an enemy of the gold rods as all the races of Men. The Argonian invasion of Morrowind was in large part another scheme hatched by the Aldmeri Dominion to further splinter the Empire.
Not to mention I don't buy the idea that the Dunmer regularly conducted raids on Black Marsh to capture slaves. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to move an army through disease-ridden, bug-infested swampland inhabited by lizard people that know the terrain better, have better immunities, AND can breathe under the water without magical assistance? No, Morrowind wasn't the only country practicing slavery on Tamriel. Those lizards were selling their own people willingly while playing victim to the rest of the continent.
Funny enough, the slave trade routes and markets tended to be owned by the Altmer. It's why they were always closed on Loredas, since that's their holy day.
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.
To be fair, the Dunmer are as much an enemy of the gold rods as all the races of Men. The Argonian invasion of Morrowind was in large part another scheme hatched by the Aldmeri Dominion to further splinter the Empire.
Not to mention I don't buy the idea that the Dunmer regularly conducted raids on Black Marsh to capture slaves. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to move an army through disease-ridden, bug-infested swampland inhabited by lizard people that know the terrain better, have better immunities, AND can breathe under the water without magical assistance? No, Morrowind wasn't the only country practicing slavery on Tamriel. Those lizards were selling their own people willingly while playing victim to the rest of the continent.
wait a second...
I feel like i've heard that one before....
...you know, that is a very good point.
Funny enough, the slave trade routes and markets tended to be owned by the Altmer. It's why they were always closed on Loredas, since that's their holy day.