User blog:VaughanTES/A Major Fault With Skyrim.

To begin with...
Okay, before you read this blog, i want you to know this isn't purely about Cicero. But it seemed apt for a title. What im trying to achieve from this blog is for Bethesda to (Hopefully) see it. The blog on the whole is about the marriage mechanic, and the major mistake Bethesda made.

Marriage Mechanic
The marriage mechanic, lets face it, was disgraceful. The marriage candidate selection was terrible. Their were few good spouses.

Lets begin with the good spouses. See where this is all coming from? FACTION QUESTS!
 * Aela The Huntress
 * Farkas
 * Vilkas
 * Muiri
 * Brelyna Maryon
 * Onmund

Factions
Factions would be a heck of a lot more rewarding to have spouses, instead of stupid side quests that, lets face it, nobody wants to do.

This would've been a much better list:

Females Males
 * Delphine - Breton - Upon completion of Paarthunax.
 * Legate Rikke - Nord - Upon completion of Battle For Windhelm.
 * Aela The Huntress - Nord - Glory Of The Dead
 * Ria - Imperial - Glory Of The Dead
 * Faralda - Altmer - Destruction Ritual Spell
 * Brelyna Maryon - Dunmer - Staff Of Magnus
 * Muiri - Breton - Mourning Never Comes
 * Vex - Imperial - Blindsighted
 * Tonilia - Redguard - Blindsighted
 * Eola - Breton - Taste Of Death
 * Beleval - Bosmer - Dawnguard Questline
 * Serana - Nord - Dawnguard/Vampire Questline
 * Pantea Ateia - Imperial - Bards College
 * Kaye - Breton - No one escapes cidhna mine
 * Nimphaneth - Dunmer - Taste Of Death
 * Vori - Nord - Dawnguard questline
 * Colette Marence - Breton - Restoration Ritual Spell
 * Jarl Elisif The Fair - Thane Of Solitude, Battle For Windhelm, Dragonslayer
 * Dark Brotherhood Initiates - ?? - Where You hang Your enemies head
 * Cicero - Imperial - Where you hang your enemies head (didnt kill Cicero)
 * Viarmo - Altmer - Bards college quests
 * Phinis Gestor - Breton - Conjuration Ritual Spell
 * Agmaer - Nord - Dawnguard Questline
 * Vilkas - Nord - Glory Of The Dead
 * Farkas - Nord - Glory of The Dead
 * Nazir - Redguard - Where You hang Your Enemies Head
 * Delvin Mallory - Breton - Blindsighted
 * Niruin - Bosmer - Blindsighted
 * Rune - Imperial - Blindsighted
 * Ravyn Imyan - Dunmer - Blindsighted
 * Drevis Neloren - Dunmer - Illusion Ritual Spell
 * J'zargo - Khajiit - J'zargo's Experiment
 * Isran - Redguard - Dawnguard questline
 * Esbern - Nord - Paarthunax
 * Galmar Stone-Fist - Nord - Battle For Solitude
 * Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak - Nord - Thane Of Windhelm, Battle For Solitude, Dragonslayer
 * Vingalmo - Altmer - Volkihar Vampires
 * Arngeir - Nord - Paarthunax (Sided with greybeards)

Benefits
The benefits of having factions are mainly that your spouse suits your play style, that you can have an assassin wife as you are an assassin! Bethesda got it right when they did the companion spouses, but some of them need serious tweaking.

Suggestions
If you have any suggestions for this list feel free to comment below. Thank you for reading.