If Bosmer Are Still Annoying, Little Pip-Squeaks, I will... : V - Skyrim

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:58 am

I wish they'll change them as it makes it seem that Valenwood is a place full of candy, and where the grass is sprinkled with sugar and the rivers are jam, and lets just say that type of place would just make anyone from it as annoying as the wood elves in recent TES games.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:20 pm

Let's wipe the Dunmers too.

You're waaaay late on that, man.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:18 pm

Cutter was great. Because she was an essential NPC and would always get up.

Emo chicks are hot. :flamed:

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:40 am

http://www.pictures-of-kittens-and-cats.com/images/cute-kitten-pictures-002.jpg

I agree entirely though - I get the impression that for Skyrim, the TES setting is being taken a little more seriously, which will hopefully result in less cringe-worthy Bosmer.

Ideally, they'd be fey and subtle, with a sinister elfy nature aspect. Then again, when someone says "wood elf" I tend to picture something like http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/wfrp/warhammer-fantasy-roleplay-misfortune-fortune-preview/WoodElf.png, so I might not have realistic expectations.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:44 am

...roundhouse kick a kitten in the face.

In all seriousness though, I'm sick of Bosmer being portrayed as the http://images.wikia.com/wowwiki/images/d/d9/GnomeMale.jpg of TES. Why can't they be bad ass like the Nords too? I mean, I don't see anything in their lore that says they must be annoying, little people. I don't understand the connection between Woodland Elves and "Annoying, just shut-the-hell-up" kind of Elves, the latter being prevalent in Oblivion.

kick the kitten? .. =(

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:52 pm

...roundhouse kick a kitten in the face.

In all seriousness though, I'm sick of Bosmer being portrayed as the http://images.wikia.com/wowwiki/images/d/d9/GnomeMale.jpg of TES. Why can't they be bad ass like the Nords too? I mean, I don't see anything in their
lore that says they must be annoying, little people. I don't understand the connection between Woodland Elves and "Annoying, just shut-the-hell-up" kind of Elves, the latter being prevalent in Oblivion.

Yes I know, Todd says that the Races in Skyrim will all look disctintively different from each other, but does that mean the Bosmer will still be annoying? Will they finally be the true bad-asses that they really are? Or do I still have to put up with their general annoying, little people demeanor? What's the direction Bethesda is taking with my favorite race of TES? Obviously, you don't have these answers, I'm just hoping the Bethesda doesn't make them as a joke anymore. :shakehead:

Thoughts/Opinions? Discuss! :user:

I agree with this for sure. Many Bosmer in Oblivion were annoying and were presented as comic relief, and while I would accept some stereotypically annoying and childish Bosmer like the Annoying Fan, having all Bosmer playing that role is excessive. I'd like to see more Bosmer and Altmer that shy away from the stereotyped caricatures we saw in many of the Oblivion mer and aren't all haughty or naive sounding. I really can't wait to see the new designs for the races, they should look alot more realistic and badass looking. I wonder if they might use the lore that says Bosmer have razor sharp teeth for their carnivorous pact.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:26 pm

but bosmer are pathetic little pipsqueaks, thats why the khajiit always creams them. of course if the bosmer were stronger the khajiit would still cream them.
Khajiit = :toughninja: :mohawk: :rock: :gun:
Bosmer = :shakehead: :facepalm: :down:

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:06 pm

Lol this video is sick... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_YX8tp4DOQ

But I guess it demonstrates the strange (kind of annoying imo) voice Bosmer had in Morrowind?

But at the same time, Bosmer were kind of cool in Morrowind, appearence-wise.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:42 am

You may think them harmless so and so's when you bump into certain individuals in big city's, but when you stumble across a Small community of wood elf in skyrim's deepest darkest forest, and they are eying up what pot your torso would fit best into they may not seem so cute and cuddly. :drool:

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:22 am

Start a forest fire to flush them out into the line of archers... bye, bye creepy tree monkeys!

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:42 pm

Heh they talked about this years ago but no one ever seems to pick up on it.

The stories of bosmer being nasty people eaters was just that stories.. complete lies to sell books.

Just as books telling of altmer infanticide were also lies.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:20 am

Heh they talked about this years ago but no one ever seems to pick up on it.

The stories of bosmer being nasty people eaters was just that stories.. complete lies to sell books.

Just as books telling of altmer infanticide were also lies.

I don't know... pretty sure altmer tend to be mean enough to eat other races' babies just to spite them.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:54 pm

Elf's are just weird in general in my opinion. Dark elves have red eyes, high elves are abnormally tall and wood elves eat people. they are all a bit strange if you ask me.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:23 pm

"If Bosmer Are Still Annoying, Little Pip-Squeaks, I will... "

Cheer, is exactly what I'll do. Sorry, but if they were reworked into what lore says their cousins in their native lands are (self-focused neurotic cannibals) that would just take "creepy" to a whole new level. Seriously. :ahhh:

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:24 am

The stories of bosmer being nasty people eaters was just that stories.. complete lies to sell books.

No its not, its part of the Green Pact and the Meat Mandate.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:38 pm

They certainly did get hit with the ugly stick in Morrowind and Oblivion.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:24 am

i never play as an elf unless there's a DARK ELF/dunmer! they're just really lame IMO.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:24 pm

i think bosmer should be like foxes agile and quick of wit and body not some little guy who for all intents and purposes is doing the conversation version of poking you with a stick

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:23 am

that how they are. it like saying orcs should not be green.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:36 pm

that how they are. it like saying orcs should not be green.

Yup.

I love the Bosmer, they're my favourite race. And I especially like how much loathing they seem to inspire. Don't change a thing.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:14 am

I rather my Abyss black-eyed don't F with me, amorous semi horny tree playing able to become monsterous beasts, non nasily sounding gnome reject that the lore makes them out to be........

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:37 am

How badass can the Bosmer really be though? A lot of you are acting like they'd put Nords to shame. Sure, they practice cannibalism, they can turn into an animal. What's stopping them from still being a little eccentric and odd? It's not like if you practice cannibalism you have to be some brutal moral-less hardcoe being. The mer of Valenwood are definitely going to be rather different from the typical Bosmer we've seen outside of Valenwood, but it's not going to be that big of a difference.

I'm all for building on some of the more interesting aspects of Bosmer, but I don't see how one could call them their favorite race but not like how they were presented in Morrowind or Oblivion, where character development was really taking place. You'd have to like the idea more than the race itself.

As badass as Nords is never going to happen, because you're just asking for a race that is fundamentally not the Bosmer.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:44 pm

Is that some kind of racism?
I agree, Let's wipe the Dunmers too.

But then we would have wiped out the best race... And tes would slowly crumble. Maybe Beth should just take out all races BUT dunmer.

Clearly I'm kidding. I like all races, just prefer ma dunmer

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:13 am

Other then Glarthir and TAF. I don't remember any annoying Bosmer.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:22 pm

Why because there were like 2-3 annoying ones in Oblivion?

It's the same with all races. You get a stupid Orc, drunk barbaric Nords, ect, but you get all of the others that go completely against these stereotypes.

Which male bosmer went against the grain? Obviously, it's easier to remember the annoying ones, but I can't think of a single male bosmer that wasn't lame.