Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13417807-20130726023954/@comment-13199219-20130726060648

People hate the Altmer because they are very open about how they look at themselves as the 'most superior race'. Look at it this way: let's say you're smarter than someone and you know it. It's rude to go telling them that. People don't like the Altmer (Primarily the Thalmor) because they are RUDE about it. Get Bethesda to put some nicer high elves that don't want to impose their beliefs on others into the game, and then people will start liking them more.

Also, you can say all you want about how Talos was a bad man yadda yadda yadda, but the fact is he became a god due to the activation of the Numidium and his tampering with the Heart of Lorkhan. And if the Altmer don't want to worship Talos, that's fine. But they can't go telling the nords, whose patron god is Talos, that they can no longer worship him. What if the roles were reversed? Would the elves like it if the nords said 'Nope, we beat you in this war, we're better than you, and by the way you can't worship Auriel/Akatosh anymore." I'm pretty sure you'd be hating them a lot for that.