Does it really surprise anyone that a story by Emil Pagliarulo has poorly written factions?
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theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Yep the stromcloaks are an extremely flawed anti-colonial movement. Still worth supporting.
rtxn@lemmy.world 3 days ago
blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I am surprised that anyone would consider the Oblivion Dark Brotherhood faction and plot to be poorly written.
Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Lmao they’re literally a colour revolution propped up by the Altmeri Dominion and want to continue Skyrim’s occupation of the Reach.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Actually, this part of the Skyrim world is the one that I hate the least. Sounds like every proxy conflict ever. The parallels to many real-world conflicts from Vietnam to Ukraine are obvious.
And it is a nice dilemma: do you support the clearly colonial empire, which however seems to be half ok at running things, when they are not on an oppressive execution spree? Or support the self-determination of the people, who are propped up by a rival empire that is even worse, and half of them are horribly racist? It is pretty well balanced and not quite as black and white as the usual video game lore, it has layers, and makes you think. I like it.
Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
And on top of all of that, this takes place in a world where gods are real. A core part of why the Stormcloaks are rebelling is the worship of Talos being outlawed. (Ulfric is totally rascist tho)