User blog comment:Master Green Cat/The Elder Scrolls 6/@comment-173.66.242.81-20130528034456/@comment-86.40.26.144-20130730095829

Well, I hate the Stormcloaks, so HAH.

Anyway, the Empire is of Akaviri origin, and so are the Nords. They'd be shooting their own history in both feet.

The Blades were originally Dragonslayers, sworn to protect the Dragonborn, which makes them guarding the Septim line actually make sense.

The Main Character is not meant to have a Throne. If they were, we would have been made Lord of Kvatch in Oblivion.

And anyway, its Vvardenfell. Why do most people use an N instead of the R it's supposed to have? Oh, and actually play Skyrim. The landmass of Vvardenfell exploded when Red Mountain did. All that's left now of the Morrowind provence is what's attached to Tamriel. Not much left there to explore.

Even if you hate the Empire, present a viable alternative to "play the game my way or not all", which is what you did. Well-thought out opinions and options are better than "It should be this, and only this." Ulfric has the second most awesome voice in the game, but that doesn't make him any less the xenophobic, racist, genocidal raving lunatic he is.


 * He has a thing against Dunmer, Altmer, Bosmer, Khajiit and Argonians in particular.  If this isn't bigoted xenophobia, I don't know what is.  Kind of like the Dominion in that respect.


 * General Tullius isn't enamored of the war.  He's actually quite removed from it.  Doesn't even want it to happen.  Listen to how he says "For The Empire." and the unenthused manner he administers the Oath.


 * Conversely, Ulfric wants the war.  Doesn't matter to him how many thousands of his countrymen and women die so long as he gets Solitude.  He attempts to justify it as the banning of Talos worship (effectively making it a Jihad), but it was the last straw, whereas the Stormcloaks are only fighting for the right have Talos worship back.  Not for Skyrim, not their home, not to thrash the Empire or Thalmor, but for their religion.  He even strikes when the Empire is weakened.  Wuss.


 * By the way, the Civil War Questline is dull, monotonous and frankly a waste of time.  We should have had the option to let it resolve itself.  Even when you're given the colours of your chosen side, you can choose to not wear it during the Civil War.  That's stupid.  You enlist, you're a soldier.  Wear the damn uniform.


 * Finally, this Stormcloak rebels are kind of stupid in their dialogue.  The Greybeards formally confer the title of Ysmir on you during your initiation as Dovahkiin ("Meys Vu Ysmir" -- You are Ysmir) and yet, they say "By Ysmir, you will pay for that!"... Um, what? By me, I'll pay for that?  This makes as little sense as possible.


 * I don't actually like the way the Empire is portayed in Skyrim either.

Play the game however you want. That's the essence of the open-ended RPG TES has become.