User blog comment:Galadriel2606/Skyrim Civil War/@comment-5709731-20121202182857

Imperial, because of the racial equality and the likelyhood of winning a war against the Thalmor. I dislike the Stormcloaks, because I do not think they could defeat the Dominion. If Skyrim and the Empire, along with the Dragonborn, stood together, they might be able to snatch victory from the thalmor. Besides, the Stormcloaks see nords as the rightful ruling race, and that everyone not a nord, elves especially, are below the nords. Basically, Ulfric thinks the nords (Perhaps also the other human races) should rule, and the Thalmor thinks the elves should rule. Basically, I see the Stormcloaks no better than the thalmor. The Empire, however, favors equality, free trade and religion (The Talos ban was forced. If the Empire had it their way, they'd never have done it), and a unified, strong Tamriel. Sure, there are corrupt officers, brutal guards, et cetera. But every faction has that. The Empire, in general, are a positive thing. I personally think the Stormcloaks are stubborn, unforgiving, and foolish. Stubborn, because they do not see that the only way to defeat the dominion, would be for both sides to stand against the elves. The Empire cannot afford to lose another ally, and Skyrim cannot win the war alone. Unforgiving, because they appaerently think that the Emperor was a coward when he surrendered. The Empire would have lost the battle anyway. Only thing the Emperors surrender did was to spare innocent aldmeri and human lives. They blame their loss of Talos on the Emperor, even though the war would have been won by the Thalmor nonetheless. Foolish, because they see nords as a superior race, and see the Thalmor and the Empire as oppresors. Yet they themselves are oppressors aswell. The Dunmer and Argonians get poor pay, poor living, and poor treatment. Their racism isn't a but better than that of the elves, who they loathe so much. And for some reason, they seem to think the Empire likes the Thalmor hunting Talos worshippers and dictating imperial law.