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if i lived in a fantasy world i really would be such a necromancy apologist like that's just BONES they're just LYING THERE there is NO LIFE IN THOSE why not put those things to use ??
you call it an "abhorrent mockery of life and playing at being a god" i call it solving a labor shortage
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daniel vavra revisionism is crazy cause just last year the dude was dogpiling on dragon age the veilguard for its "wokeness" and complained about hello kitty island adventure of all games cause it was doing better than kcd1 at the time, plus everyone forgot about him participating in gamergate but, oh- kcd2 was actually really good and ! he made hansry real so all is forgiven i guess ? #ok
Rightwingers got mad at that Indian guy saying "see you on Valhalla my friend" but that brings back a point I said before: Something about how Christianity probably wasn't invented by white people (Hence one of the reasons why people believed Jesus looked like a typical Middle Eastern person with brown skin), since a lot of these old religions have their roots in Middle Eastern places. Meanwhile, Norse mythology is actually made by white people in Europe and even Romans, who wanted to kill Jesus and fuck Cleopatra, could be white since it's Italy now (Unless THIS is why rightwingers say that Italians are not really white). (Also going back to Norse stuff, what if they ignore it because it's now associated with Marvel and Funko Pops? "Your god was nailed, my god carries a hammer" "YOUR GOD IS A FUCKING REDDIT MANCHILD NERD MASCOT, GO BACK AND DRINK YOUR SOY") Hating Jewish people but being Christian always felt weird to me because those might as well be spin-offs of each other. It's like hating Super Sentai but loving Power Rangers. "The Jews wrote the bible" and where else would you learn about Jesus, dude? It's also weird in general that America even has a huge rightwing/nationalist culture considering the USA's origins. Like anytime you go "RETVRN TO TRADITION" you're posting cultural works from Europeans. Unless Americans hate Euros BECAUSE Euros lost their way and the ideal America is what Europe should be? By that logic, shouldn't American Groypers be mad any time a Leftwing Dril/SomethingAwful guy makes one of those safe edgy "lol Italian/Franch/Bri'ish" jokes? Is the real America a diet Europe in denial?
every single time i see people refer to morrowind (game, but also yes as a setting) as weird and alien and Other and weird and different and WEIRD and did i mention WEIRD i cannot help but feel a little bothered. i mean other than the obvious orientalism going on it does feel like an insult to many of the real world inspirations to it. obviously giant mushroom cities and bug megafauna aren't real and are fantastical, but a lot of Morrowind both its culture and its religious writings are based off of Real Fucking People And Cultures and it always feels like an indirect insult to that. the mushrooms and bugs and reptile beasts of burden are weird, yes, but are you talking about that or are you talking about the peoples and cultures and gods?
other than indirect orientalism it is also part of the larger problem of people playing morrowind and licking and sucking and fucking the ground mk walks on because they 1) believe he's the Indie Solo Dev of morrowind 2) everything he wrote (which includes the whole game of course!) is completely original and borne of His Mind Alone and it is not, in fact, him carrying on the legacy of the things HE grew up and loved, like dune and glorantha and conan the barbarian, and of course world religion. i don't mean to say that MK is a fraud or plagiarist, he's still written and contributed original work! but people?? forget that it did not begin and end with him.
this video is an excellent video showcasing morrowinds inspirations, from what has been confirmed in interviews to speculation, but i think it shows how morrowind is just continuing a legacy of weird fiction, both all its achievements and shortcomings
other than me hating kirkbride i think it's important to mention this because if you love something it's nice to find more of it, and see different versions of it, see it explored in different ways. this is a way to find that.
quick what do you think is the worst universe from media to live in
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I love elder scrolls but I'm sad about how orientalist it can be
I didn't specialize in it, but The College and department I went to specialized in South East Asian studies. So for a long time I've been acutely aware of the obvious artistic and creative influences on various TES societies, art styles, motifs, etc.
Orientalism has a bizarre mix of pandering assumptive stereotypes, romanticism, and at its worst, pure racism. Orientalism originated via dangerous and racist western attitudes of past centuries which were used to simplify and insultingly coddle and ostracize non-western cultures while also allowing westerners to access said cultures via a smug sense of superiority and curiosity.
There are a lot of East Asian, South Asian, North African, Middle Eastern influences in the various societies and cultures of TES.
I cannot speak for how people of those backgrounds may feel about how the various artistic styles and inspirations have influenced the art and lore of TES.
All I can say is there is a lot of IRL cultural influence in TES. Creating a vast fantasy world and *not* taking IRL cultural inspiration is hard. IMO it's practically unavoidable unless you want to get REAL WEIRD with the lore and art in the way Michael Kirkbride does (he can create genuinely alien cultures).
I am of the personal opinion that cultural artistic inspiration is fine as long as it is done with *deep* respect, care, and dignity towards the civilization it is taking inspiration from.
I personally feel TES does more than enough to go beyond simple cultural artistic inspirations and creates something that is both very familiar and also entirely new.
For example, let's look at how Argonian art and culture is depicted in TES.
Besides the Kukri knives which are of South Asian origin, were largely looking at a fictitious culture that has extreme aesthetic similarities to indigenous cultures of Central and South America.
I myself am descended from such people IRL.
I have direct family connections to specific tribes in Northern and central Mexico. Am I bothered seeing a fictional series taking direct artistic inspiration from the ancient cultures of my ancestors? And that our culture is applied to a bunch of weird lizard people no less?
Yes, it does bother me a little. However, when I think about it I also realize there is nothing ignoble about the Argonian people or how they are represented in game or art. I mean look at them. What is there to be ashamed of when you look at them, talk to them, *see* the Argonians and how they live?
The Argonians are quite frankly, super fucking cool badasses. They have a complicated, dark, heroic, and fascinating history. Just like my ancestors. Why would I shy away from seeing the culture of my ancestors inspiring a proud fictional civilization?
There's nothing to be ashamed of when I see my culture represented or taken inspiration from as long as it is not being used in a demeaning or insulting manner.
I don't feel Bethesda is acting with racist or ill intentions when they take artistic inspirations from real cultures. I want to give them credit. A lot of very intelligent and learned people work for Bethesda. Many of their creatives come from all over the world and from many different cultural backgrounds.
For example! Many of the artists who worked on the western inspired civilizations of Cyrodiil and Skyrim were of East Asian, South Asian, and African descent. They took it upon themselves to learn the artistic cultural stylings they wanted to take inspiration from and to represent them in an authentic but still creative and unique way. This is what any good fantasy series should be able to do.
They know the world is huge and every culture is endlessly diverse. There should be no shame in depicting or taking inspiration from a culture or their artistic style as long as such inspiration and depiction is done diligently, honestly, and with respect.
I feel that the art and artists of TES have faced up to this challenge and expectation and have (largely) met it. There are some examples that do make me roll my eyes, but even these are largely just cases of lazy artistic expression or generic inspiration.
All in all, artists and creatives absolutely can and should do more to ensure their inspirations from non-western cultures are done with tact and respect. I personally feel the creative behind TES have been meeting expectations in this regard and have done a fair job of taking inspiration without being insulting.
The one thing that bothers me about it is Khajiit and the strong influence that skooma has over them :/// Like, giving other peoples a stereotypical racist belief about Khajiit and then showing it to be true? Yikes
The thing about Khajiit is actually story of self-prophetizing nature of racism itself. Almost everyone, everyone, could sells skooma on the street of any provinces in Tamriel, but the Bravil bussiness or Khajiit caravan in Skyrim is actually a dig upon the effect of opressive nature of how racism and prejudice has self-prophizing nature to people affected with it. It is something that happens in real life also. You should dig deeper into a theme than just 'THEY MAKE KHAJIIT SELL SKOOMA'
Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.
Yoo, what?
As someone working their Notary apprentinceship, thats... fucked. Acts and legal papers are legally protected as private documents, and this is... man i'm wordless.
Now i'm curious of the repercussion from this clause, especially since alot of legal amd notary heavily depends on PDF as digital backup.
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› OCs: Charles Newmark & Lara Hardin.
"wuh wuh dont put politics in my elder scrolls!" are we playing the same games. just how fuckin willfully ignorant are you. jesus christ.
"Har har, this is my manly man's absolutely realistic medieval simulator #45615, no Politics (tm) (i.e. topics i don't like) allowed XDDD"
-Some chuds.
The Caius Cosades consensus? Does you Nerevarine get along with him or are they antagonistic? Mine see's him as a parole officer so they rarely get along but I wanna know what everyone else is running with?
Mine can feel his pain all the way throught, they're bong buddies, and hit those good stuff soo hard, she ended up somewhere in the mainland.
She now still tying to find his stupid ass all over the province.
HELLO??? WHY ARE YOU HERE GRAM
#FFXIV #WOLpromptAday
November 21, 2024
Celebrate your WOL! How did you name them? What inspires you? What’s your favorite head cannon? What song reminds you of them? Are they your 1st OC or an alt that stepped up? What are your favorites about them? What drives you crazy?
Sabriscia Martiste is named from, believe it or not, Elder Scroll's Imperial name generator. Its bcs she originally a Morrowind character lol. But she became her own thing now.
-Tbh, she's not the first FF14 OC i have, but she's the first that have propper story.
-My headcannon is that, related to her current plot, [Spoiler]
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not all Meteias meld into Ensinger. Some, out there, might still exist in one form of another, having their own adventures, rejected the call of despair or disconnected from their sisters alltogether due to various reasons. Sab, aka. Meteion #155, is one of them. Sensing great disturbance and possible horror on the network, instead of fallen, she steel herself to return to Etherys post-haste to warn the Ancients. But, it wasn't going as smoothly as she hoped for. She ended up woken up somewhere in Landis, stripped from all memories, seen as no different as any street urchins there.
-This reason why everytime Footfalls play, ot always reminds me of her lol.
#FFXIV #WOLpromptAday
November 10, 2024
Imagine your WOL is reading their story but they’re not in it. Instead it’s Meteor and they’ve put themselves in the story in his place much like G’raha or many other admirers might. What happens if they meet Meteor. Are they as keen to admire him? Jealous? Envious? Obsessive? Tell the story!
Sabriscia wasn't meant to be written as WoL of sort (that thing come far later), so for her, her prespective is already on the 3rd party.
First time she 'met' WoL, it was in Bozja, at the time of her momentary return from Sharlayan and her studies. At the time, she was preparing for the planned 'Great Push' by the Resistance council, eyeing WoL from the shadow behind the camp. Despite its supposed boon for the effort, as an ex-Legionare, the sight makes her quite anxious, hammered with knowledge only gained from Empire's propaganda she heard in the surviving laytowns she infiltrate in, contradicting hearsays from her peers, and Sharlayans general disdain for the 'glorified violence'. So, she mostly kept herself out of the hero's radar.
Overtime thought, her opinion on them warms a bit. It is obvious how instrumental they are to the cause, and she do poke around their camp from time to time out of curiousity. For her (since this is *the* Meteor we talking about), they're very compassionate person who forced to do something they not proud of from time to time.
Happy Halloween 2024!
Here's to many more years celebrating this day in FFXIV and enjoying those beautiful screens you publish every day! Happy Halloween and ... Enjoy it as mch you can!
