Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-31479849-20170309060007/@comment-25073873-20180823061847

Sothas wrote: GamerSophie wrote: Personally, I would pretty much ignore Kirkbride's lore after he left Bethesda. Then you would have to ignore Oblivion, Skyrim, and ESO. Basically, you can see it in this way:

1. Whatever Kirkbride wrote when he wrote Morrowind's story and whatever else he wrote as officially part of Bethesda is canon, as they are part of the game you play. Sure, there can be inconsistencies, but you can blame them on different writers and all the changes. These are factors out of the game and its world you can't control

2. Whatever Kirkbride wrote after he left Bethesda is basically Fanfic. You can like or hate fanfic. You can agree or disagree that fanfic is better than the real plot. It can be AU. It may or may not predict correctly the actual canon depending on the accuracy of the writer's guesses. There can be overlaps. But it is still "fanfiction" no matter how you phrase it.

If I am not wrong, the actual intent of C0DA and some of Kirkbride's writing ISN'T to be taken at face value. He is reminding the player that the power of lore is within their hands, just as he has the wiggle room to write his wild theory/fanfic. Basically, he is telling people to go write their own story on TES, no? Encouraging people to play with ideas, as earlier mentioned on this thread.

Yes, I know I am beating a dead horse. And no, Gamer Sophie is free to ignore Kirkbride's lore, just as how you are free to accept it. One cannot argue whatever Michael Kirkbride wrote as definitive canon or non canon, as it lies outside of the scope of the games and what is presented in them.