Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.77.73.35-20140326142841/@comment-71.61.177.24-20140327153838

99.105.83.169 wrote: Because they dont live as long and have less of an understanding. think about it, whos going to be more reasonable and intelligent, a person who dies at 70 or so or someone who can live to be 700 with centuries of experiance and knowledge? not to mention, idk if its the same in this fantasy universe, but elves generally view humans as rash people because they dont live as long and try to make their marks in ( what they percieve) as such a short amount of time and could cause greater harm then good in the end -Thalmor voice-

A most estimable viewpoint and speech! It is clear that you understand how foolish and hasty men are! This is precisely why we are superior, my friend. -broad grin-

-end Thalmor voice-

Seriously?

Do you even live in the real world?

Humans are perfectly capable of becoming sensible and rational, even once they reach thirty. Just because you have more life experience doesn't mean that you're more mature, or that you're more logical, or that you're more anything except experienced and long-lived. Take Thor as an example - Marvel Cinematic Universe, recent movies Thor. He is at least a thousand and fifty (probably older than that; Loki is one thousand and forty-eight, and I'm pretty sure Thor is more than two years older than him). He is, when we first meet him in his first movie, a spoiled, violent brat.

Yes, as an adult. As a person older than one thousand and fifty.

One thousand and fifty.

This is because his life experience consists mostly of bad parenting and extreme priveledge, for all he's had so many years of it. It doesn't matter how long your life is, it matters what happens in it.

The name of this thread is absurd, too. Nords and Redguards aren't ignorant of what magic can do. They know quite well. This is why they are wary of it. They know that magic can meddle with the brain and the soul and the laws of the universe. If something like that was introduced into our society - and we knew that it did that, as they do - then I would bet my every possession that most every government on Earth and the vast majority of individuals would completely panic. There are spells to trap a disembodied person in a gem, sending them to a plane of dismal existence. There are spells to control people's minds. This is stuff that conspiracy theorists mutter about in their bunkers and fanatical religious zealots mutter about in their churches. This is scary. You can't call them ignorant for that, stupid or foolish. Magic is a useful tool, true, but it's a tool that does some questionable things that has historically been used by many questionable people.

Furthermore, I have no idea why orcs are a topic on this thread. They never show any attitudes against magic that I can recall. Each Stronghold has its own mage/alchemist. Just because they favor the warrior path doesn't mean they're stupid brutes who hate magic because they are so stupid and superstitious. Really now. I'm thinking of removing that as a topic, to be honest.

- WorshipsMeridia