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nirn's best anime girl

"This adorable and slightly blasphemous depiction of Sotha Sil was once a pillow that now has mechanical bits stitched into it."

--Description of a Stuffed Seht Effigy

Strict but Fair Arbiter of Inner Luminance

also fuck azura boethia and mephala who helped to imprison her 😭😭😭 honestly they deserved to be replaced by almsivi

Ithelia did nothing wrong.

Fuck Hermaeus Mora.

i use the American Gods mental gymnastics "gods are thought-forms created by the collective belief & different versions of religions literally create different gods" which may actually be the case. or maybe not Don’t forget that gods can be shaped by the mythopoeic forces of the mantlers– so Tosh Raka could be an Akaviri avatar of Akatosh with a grudge against his mirror-brother in Cyrodiil. Just like Akatosh-as-we-usually-know-him could time-scheme against his mirror-brother of the Nords, Alduin, to keep the present kalpa– perhaps his favorite– from being eaten. Notice all the coulds.

the nords from early on in established lore are mortals who have wrapped up their identity in opposing elves and the elven gods. they value shor, the god who made this world, and curse auri-el who took his ripped out heart and fired it across the globe. it is ironic, then, they would see the creatures made by the god of time, dragons, and worship them. i understand they are a culture who is animistic and worships what the animals represent, (the games calls them “totems” but this doesn’t correlate to actual totemism as we know it irl but this is probably just some good old fashioned racism at work) but also wouldn’t the dragons know? how do they handle the nords cursing their father and creator? how do they handle his scorned name? do the nords even know alduin is the crown of all of the elven god’s blood stained creation?

or do they believe the nords are right, in some way? that their father is too weak, so it is their right to rule? or do they know something about the creation mortals don’t, like the good daedra who lead the chimer and exposed the ‘lies’ of trinimac?

this is never really explored. which is very unfortunate. we have actual dragons in the flesh we can talk to and speak to about this, but we are never given the chance. paarthurnax seems to honor the god of time and treats him with respect, but also was lead by kyne, widow of shor. i don’t understand it and i wish i did.

my girl lyris titanborn has the best lines "That's the real test of character. Anyone can face adversity, but give them power and you'll see their true colors. Power over others is the way of cowards. Seize the power to choose your own path. To control your own life. That takes real courage. " "You know they're ugly when an axe in the face is an improvement." "Bloody business, war. There was a time I loved my axe for its sharpness and my armor for its sheen, but no more. Today, I love what they defend. Don't lose sight of what's behind you in the hatred of what's before you."

Tell me your favorite piece of dialogue in ESO