User blog comment:Madman97/You know what really grinds my Wabbajack's? S2E2: Completely Useless Stuff./@comment-26474238-20130928044053

Junk items are in games for one simple reason: Immersion. An RPG is about getting lost in the experience, and absorbing the environment and personality of the people within it. Without those junk items, the world just feels bland and empty.

I do agree with you on your linen point. They even had a perfect opportunity for one to use it, when smithing the Ancient Nord Hero Armour. I also agree that crafting should have been taken further, as to take advantage of all the junk items left about.