User blog:JoshofBlades/My Opinion of Michael Kirkbride's Writings.

Hey everyone! JoshofBlades here again! It's been a long time since I posted.

Anyway, as you saw by the title this is my OPINION on MK's writings. I will put a small disclaimer here before the hardcore MK fans get mad and trolls come to start a flame war.

DISCLAIMER

First off, I am not new to the series, I have been playing Elder Scrolls regularly for over 10yrs. I also, am a huge fan of Michael Kirkbride and all the hard work he has put into and continues to put into the series. That being said, as much as I like his work (and I absolutely LOVE and enjoy all of it), that doesn't mean I always find it to be the best direction for the world of Elder Scrolls.

"BUT JOSH! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING AND DON'T WORK AT BETHESDA F*CKIN N00B H8R F@G!!111!!"-Disembodied TES Lore Elitist.

Secondly, I've seen canon discussions on MK's works before but there is never really sensible debate. Just people saying that it isn't and others vigorously protesting that it is and then the flame war starts.... So on and so forth. I just want to share my own opinions on some of his work and why I don't think it's the best direction for the series, and I would like to hear all of yours as well, even if you don't agree with me. The only thing I want out of this post is to get other opinions and have a real discussion that doesn't end with everyone on the thread becoming a moron or having their fanship (is that a word?) questioned.

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I want to talk a little bit about c0da and C0DA, I might side track and get a bit distracted but try to stay with me here. The world of the Elder Scrolls has always had a bit of a sciencey undertone, anyone who has played Morrowind and to an extent, Skyrim can see that, the Dwemer and their steam-powered automatons are a perfect example. Though, this 5th Era and 9th Era stuff that is in MK's writings in a sense takes the fantastical shine out of the world for me a bit. Especially with the Elves moving to the Moons Masser or Secunda (or both possibly, I can't quite recall and I have a lot of tabs open to write this).

I also want to mention a bit about the Eye of Magnus, in Skyrim the Eye of Magnus was something really fantastic to me. It was a large and mysterious orb of pure magical energy that nobody really seemed to understand, I also think that the Psijic Order didn't fully understand what it was. Now I could be wrong here but I am fairly certain that the Eye of Magnus was actually KINMUNE or Kinetically-Interlinked Nirnian Multi-User Exoform, which from what I gather is essentially a robot for mining in space. She was defeated in a hard battle by King Ysgramor and the champions of Atmora and locked under Saarthal.

I promise that these examples are going somewhere and I apologize if I fumble some facts. One more thing I wanted to talk about is MK saying with 100% certainty that Pelinal Whitestrake is some kind of time-traveling robot/cyborg thing. That was another one that bothered me, it's clever, but not what I have in mind when I think Elder Scrolls.

"Well Josh, if you don't like it then don't read it or go play Call of Duty."-Same Disembodied Lore Elitist from earlier.

My opinion is that when I think of Elder Scrolls I think epic fantasy, high fantasy. Not time traveling space robots going throughout the world and "fixing" the future. Maybe I'm alone in feeling this way, but as brilliant as MK is and as much as I enjoy his work, that doesn't mean I find it to be the best direction for the World. It to me seems a little bit too much when you start including c0da and then when you consider what he has said about Pelinal and KINMUNE. I personally prefer my Elder Scrolls to be magical and full of mystery. Not having things explained by time traveling future robots shaping events in timeline. It really takes the shine and wonder out of the world for me.

Anyway, give me your opinions and let me know how you feel about it. I just want a genuine discussion about everyone's ideas and feelings on the work and if you feel it fits the TES World. JoshofBlades (talk) 16:48, August 15, 2016 (UTC)JoshofBlades