chairmantau [none/use name]
The way elder scrolls handles race is very bad imo. A lot of the races are based on actual cultures and have real racial stereotyping in them.
Redguards are literally the Black race, in earlier games they had bonuses to stealth and lockpick which is kind of racist to make the Black people race oriented to the thief playstyle. It’s been toned down since Skyrim and now they are the pirate race.
Dark Elves, they had a Black voice actor in morrowind, they became British in Skyrim. They went from the black elf race to more of a blueish color. They were also evil in that they owned slaves and did necromancy but they toned it down and now the high elves are the evil elf race.
Khajit are just Arab cats, they steal things, that’s their entire identity.
Orcs are just orcs, the non evil variety which is okay I guess.
Bretons are literally British people, they also are part elf for some reason. I hate Bretons.
Nords are Scandinavian, now they can be kind of olive skinned but having a Viking race is probably why Skyrim was popular with chuds. And you know, they were racist and not the villains which deserves a :jesse-wtf:
Imperials are Italians, I’m sorry romans, who gives a shit.
Argonians are interesting, they have boobs but reptiles do not lactate
High elves are your typical fantasy elves with a bit of fanatic racism thrown in with the aldmari dominion.
Wood elves are probably the most elf out of all the elves considering they live in trees and love animals and shit.
Can I say that race in the elder scrolls is stupid? Elder scrolls 6 should just abolish the concept entirely. Skin, facial, and hair differences should be purely cosmetic.
About racial mixing, it doesn’t exist in the elder scrolls, children are always the race of the mother, the father can be of any race. This is a problem because there is (multiple) white race(s) and a (single) black race. There are actual physical differences between a nord which is literally a fucking aryan, and a redguard which is the token black race. Honestly I think the whole series should just fucking die, Bethesda is a shitty company and it was founded by white men who should not have a voice in the video game industry anymore, bye bye Todd Howard, fucking get!
Me, a gonzolo-pol pot-dengist.
Communism is when boil babies who wear glasses and open up your economy to the free market.
Whenever something contradicts my beliefs I just ignore it, having a crisis of belief is something I cannot mentally cope with right now. Porn is good and so is China’s stance on it, don’t fucking at me.
