Random Thought: I Notice My Reality Now Drives My Decision Making In My RPG Adventures
- Blrd
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I started a new game of Skyrim today and it made me think about my RPG decision-making. I realized, when I first started playing Skyrim, way back on PS3, I always sided with the Stormcloaks even though they were prejudice against non-Nords; because at the end of the day, I felt some kind of way about the Empire telling them what Gods they could and couldn't worship. Freedom of Religion is something I strongly stand by. So I said Fuck The Imperials.
However, after a reality TV Actor was appointed to the Presidency in 2016, I started siding with the Imperials, because the Stormcloaks started to remind me of his supporters and Ulfric started to remind me of the newly appointed president. I can disagree with a person's politics up until that person's politics requires my life and the quality of it be diminished in any capacity. So then I said Fuck The Stormcloaks.
But now, here I am, a year removed from my most recent playthrough, and I'm back to siding with the Stormcloaks, again.
Racist as they may be, the Imperials are forcing the people to accept another group's criteria of what a god is or isn't as normal. All because this other group, the Thalmor, are up in their feelings about who should and shouldn't be considered a Divine. Y'know like how these perverts today, are trying to tell other people what the criteria of Woman and Man are, and letting these people have access to women's restrooms, and sports, and accepting drag shows as "family functions". Meanwhile the government allows it, because they're too afraid to fight back. So again I return to Fuck The Imperials.
Now clearly neither group is good. And really neither group should be supported in real life, but this is a video game and not real life and in that context, I find it a bit interesting that at any given moment, BOTH sides at different points in my life with different events transpiring managed to win the "Lesser of Two Evils" argument for me. For what it's worth, that's....weirdly, pretty neat and oddly impressive given how old this game is. In addition to my many hang-ups with Bethesda, I give them credit for, haphazardly, creating that kind of dichotomy.
Alrighty, that's my thought to ponder for today. Everybody enjoy the rest of your Sunday and Have a great upcoming week this week.
However, after a reality TV Actor was appointed to the Presidency in 2016, I started siding with the Imperials, because the Stormcloaks started to remind me of his supporters and Ulfric started to remind me of the newly appointed president. I can disagree with a person's politics up until that person's politics requires my life and the quality of it be diminished in any capacity. So then I said Fuck The Stormcloaks.
But now, here I am, a year removed from my most recent playthrough, and I'm back to siding with the Stormcloaks, again.
Racist as they may be, the Imperials are forcing the people to accept another group's criteria of what a god is or isn't as normal. All because this other group, the Thalmor, are up in their feelings about who should and shouldn't be considered a Divine. Y'know like how these perverts today, are trying to tell other people what the criteria of Woman and Man are, and letting these people have access to women's restrooms, and sports, and accepting drag shows as "family functions". Meanwhile the government allows it, because they're too afraid to fight back. So again I return to Fuck The Imperials.
Now clearly neither group is good. And really neither group should be supported in real life, but this is a video game and not real life and in that context, I find it a bit interesting that at any given moment, BOTH sides at different points in my life with different events transpiring managed to win the "Lesser of Two Evils" argument for me. For what it's worth, that's....weirdly, pretty neat and oddly impressive given how old this game is. In addition to my many hang-ups with Bethesda, I give them credit for, haphazardly, creating that kind of dichotomy.
Alrighty, that's my thought to ponder for today. Everybody enjoy the rest of your Sunday and Have a great upcoming week this week.
