Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150928140042/@comment-26896471-20151006165055

College Mage: Ferris wrote: So I'm curious, and this has been on my mind for a couple of days now. Some people view the Empire with such hatred, its almost astounding. So, what if... say... in TES:VI they have the protagonist working directly for the Empire, or even directly under the new Emperor or the Elder council? Do you guys who *actually* hate the empire just not play? or maybe get half way through and quit? Would that be the moment you quit the series? I want to be clear here this isnt a flame bait, or trolling, I sincerly want to know.

I don't agree with a lot of what the Stormcloaks do, but I still respect them, theres no hatred, and even if official canon states they won the civil war, and all my fighting in Skyrim was for naught, I would most likely shrug and say "well, good for them". Some stormcloak supporters I could see not really having an issue with working for the Empire in a new setting, possibly fighting the Dominion, but others... others speak with such rage I can't fathom how they would be able to get through the main quest if it involved working for the Empire in any capacity. I haven't seen many people hating the Empire... S'dalaar and I certainly don't. Reading the comments above I've definitely seen people hating the Stormcloaks, and then trying to pass that off as rational argument (not you, Ferris). e.g Deleted Content: "Let's all talk about how much of a **** Ulfric is" and "Ulfric really is a shmuck though...". The comments on this thread have, so far, been desperately weaker than the walls of text and argument from the last one.