User blog comment:Is that so. Well.../Why I support the Dominion/@comment-17114085-20140311033752

I would like to start off by saying I have no problem with the First Aldmeri Dominion from ESO, but the Third AD is being built by Bethesda as the next main antagonist. It doesn't matter of you like it or not, they are the bad guys. Now that I've got that out of the way lets start the debate.

1)"Every Dominion/Thalmor soldier is so snobbish and annoying, they think they are superior to everyone else."

This is natural Altmer behavior, especial for the Thalmor. This is because in their religion, history and culture it states that they are the direct descendants of the Aedra. To them that means that they are the Superior race. Though the Thalmor take this belief to the extreme. They aren't just xenophobic or nationalistic like the Nords. They are 100% racists. Just look that what the Thalmor did in Alinor, they outlawed the entry of any non-Altmer into the province. That is racist.

2)"The Thalmor lied to the Khajiit, they claimed they brought back the moons !"

There is one big mistake you made in this point. You say that the Thalmor are the most skilled mages in Tamriel and that if anyone brought back the moons it would have been them. Though that is far from the truth. The most skilled mages in Tamriel are the Psijic Order. The Order disagrees with what the Thalmor are doing and as such have exiled themselves from the Summerset Isles. A more probable explanation is that the Order restored the Moons and the Thalmor just took the credit, as it would fit their MO(since they took the credit for stopping the Oblivion Crisis when it was Martin that did it.)

3)"The Empire beat the Dominion before, surely they can do it again." "The Dominion lost everything in the Great War, had the Empire kept on fighting, they would have won."

I do agree with some points you made in these two sections. The Empire did surrender to the Dominion, so if anything they "lost" the war. Also I doo agree the Dominion still had forces left. Now lets get to the parts I didn't agree with. First off I must point out that Lord Naafirin's army was the largest army every made in Altmer history. So the Dominion lost most its troops in Cyrodiil, not to mention the heavy casualties they suffered in Hammerfell. So the Dominion was in no better shape than the Empire, neither of them could afford to continue the war. Though had the war continued it probably would have ended in Dominion victory. Since after the Battle of the Red Ring the Empire would have had to go on the offensive and invaded the Dominion's Provinces, which would have ended badly for them. Titus could have negotiated better instead of surrendering though, since the Dominion didn't have the troops to launch another invasion. As evidence by the fact the Redguards were able to stand up to the might of the remaining Dominion forces.

4)"High Elves reproduce slower than humans, they probably haven't recovered yet."

I do agree that the logical thing for the Altmer to do is to encourage reproduction. But there is much about Elven reproduction that we don't yet know. For instance is the slower reproduction just a cultural thing or is slower reproduction a biological thing. For example we don't know it the elven pregnancy is 9 months like humans or if its longer, proportional to their slower aging, like a 1 year or 2. It maybe be physically impossible for them to reproduce faster. Another thing to consider is Elven Childhood. We don't know how long it takes for a baby elf to become a full grown adult. In humans its 18-21 years. The only thing we know is that 28 is considered an adult, as the Queen of Alinor in ESO is that age, though she is considered extremely young for an altmer. So I think that 28 is like our 18. In that case elves probably mature at the age range of about 28-31. Meaning that any elf born immediately after the Great War would still be a teenager, since only 25 years have passed.