User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-1840877-20120711092741

Okay, I just realised something: I think that Bethesda may have subliminally been encouraging players to join the Stormcloaks. I deduced this by looking at the descriptions for the three trophies related to the Civil War.

The first one, "Taking Sides", reads "Join the Stormcloaks or the Imperial Legion". Notice they said "join the Stormcloaks" first.

The second one, "War Hero", reads "Capture Fort Sungard or Fort Greenwall". They list Fort Sungard first, which you capture if you side with the Stormcloaks.

Finally, the "Hero of Skyrim" trophy reads "Capture Solitude or Windhelm". They list Solitude first, which you take if you join... yep, the Stormcloaks.

Notice how the Stormcloak objectives are always put before the Imperial ones? Maybe Bethesda were playing with our minds all along...