I've seen a lot of polls asking for your favorite TES race... but not too many on your least favorite race!

Which race do you dislike the most? It could be based off of their stats, their lore, or just because you don't like them! And if you want, explain why.

Wimperials.

I think people dislike Altmer generally due to the Thalmor.

I pick Bosmer. They're cannibals, seem like tree huggers (nothing wrong with that) and they just look...creepy.

Khajiit. Forever.

I just cannot wrap my mind around cat people. Seriously, it is CATS the musical. I know they're wildly popular, but for the life of me, I will never get it.

Then there is a Khajiit that becomes a werewolf. So we have a cat-dog?

Please... God...

The nords. For they have devolved much from the once honored and cultured race they were in ye olde days of the benevolent cult. Nowadays, I'd sooner find some goblin or riekling that show more levels of deep thought and rationale.

I'm torn between a few candidates.

Argonians - They just seem lame by and large. I'm cool with Khajiit since they have funny voice but Argonians don't have even that. They just come off so sub-human to me that... I don't dislike them, it's even worse - I don't care about them. I find them wholly uninteresting.

Bosmer - Closest thing TES has to stock elves, which is enough reason to dislike them. Tree hugging, bow-wielding elves are way overdone in fantasy. Dark and High Elves are nice change from that - while both are tropes present in most fantasy, in TES they are done differently from their usual adaptations that they come off as sufficiently different. Bosmer just feel half-assed compared to their more prestigious cousins.

Nord - I despise Vikings, I despise Hollywood Vikings. I despise the fact that when (usually American) companies want to incorporate something from pre-Christian Europe, they always go for the damn vikings. And with so little change! Before Skyrim the Nords were as stereotypically boring as they could get and in Skyrim it's only their sweet ass backstory that makes them interesting. Beards, axes and ale, that trio is so way overdone. It makes me throw chairs when I see Hollywood vikings. When I started recently playing Mount & Blade, I immediately decided that I would not stop until every Nord (yes they are called Nords in that game too) city is a ruin.

Of these... Hard choice. Argonians are so dull that I won't even bother voting for them, Bosmer too, and Nords at least have some redeeming qualities in their backstory. Heck, I'll go with the Nord. I wish the Vikings would just vanish from history and no one would ever discuss them again.

Atleast the modern Nords aren't like old Otar.

but aren't you a Nord yourself

At least they're mammals. Lizard people make even less sense to me. Especially when they, too, can become werewolves.

Perhaps so. But within all his insane nonsense, Otar was still a True Nord at heart.

No, heavens no. We Finns have nothing to do with the Scandinavians (and just as little with the Slavs, mind you). Not in genetic, linguistic, pagan religious, any sense.

I find both Argonians and Khajiit to be lacking because for a beast race they're not very "beastly"....I can make an Orc look more beastly then either and that says alot.

As for Bosmer, I have to agree for the most part although the one difference between them and the typical tree huggers from other stories is that they're cannibals so that gives them 1 up over Legolas and the like in my book.

I also agree about Hollywood Vikings being overdone and lame but Vikings in general are badass...I find very little wrong with beards, axes and ale

Aren't you German? If so then how can you hate on your ancestors as the old Norse culture is part of the old Germanic tribes iirc.

For me it's a tie between Argonian and Khajiit as they're much too tame to take seriously.

Indeed.
Morokei is far from being true Nord though.

Come on man, I've been here longer than you have and all the time my Location has said that I'm Finnish.

P.S. Now that you brought up Orcs, I gotta say that I like them because of the way they were subverted after Daggerfall. They were well transformed from the typical D&D stock orcs to an actual culture, and elven culture no less. It raises their rep a lot for me.

Ohhh... cause I swore I heard that Finland was a Nordic country just not Scandinavian like the Norwegians, Danish or Swedes.

Imperials. Dont like them,Even if i would play as one

And i dont think i ever played as an orc,Going to give it a try soon

Yes, Nordic =/= Scandinavian. Finns are a part of their own genetic group, distinct from the Indo-Europeans that most of the western world belong to.

And to keep my post on topic, I would add that I find Imperials dull yet acceptable at the same time. They come off as a balanced people, if highly uninteresting. Bretons are the same. They got this one feature that makes them stand out and that's it. Elves of TES were done far better than the men IMO.

I'm also a fan of the Imperials' appearance. I'm partial to Mediterranean people.

haha I see what your location says but I thought you recently said in another thread that you're a German. Our current location and our heritage aren't one and the same

I agree, Orcs not only get better in appearance with each game but also a bit sweeter in other ways...the Orc tribes with their own laws was a nice touch in Skyrim.

EDIT:

I'd like to leave this here as it's somewhat relevant and mildly entertaining how the narrator obviously doesn't have much knowledge of TES lore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0htJrKQRAI

Why so much hate for Imperials? I think Imperials went down hill since Morrowind when they made them more like knights in heavy armor. For me a heavy armored knight fall better under Nordic lore.
I prefer my Imperials as light armored warrior spellcasters.

I never liked Redguards as they were too much like Nords in their stats. I really like them since Skyrim as a desert warrior with archery & alteration.

I also used to not like Orcs until I saw the Dothraki in Game if Thrones which inspired me to like Orcs based on barbarian hordes like them.

Now I can't vote as all the races look great. Especially the new look Bosmer & new look Khajiit.

But what about the lore? If you look at the lore, which one you find least interesting?

Argonians aren't even technically reptilian by human generalization. They're amphibians.

Salamander people.

And yes, when a salamander person becomes a werewolf, it's bizarre.

However, still when a cat gets crossed with a dog (all dogs are descended from wolves) that just destroys the immersion for me, and just makes me feel befuddled.

I can't imagine being a cat-dog, and justifying it in any possible way.

I would feel incredibly stupid in such a situation and ask myself what the hell is wrong with myself. Lol. I have never been in that situation before, because I don't like CATS! The musical, or becoming a cat-dog.

Yh. I'd probably go Imperial on account of the games. They could have been better represented.

I like the Moth Priests and I like characters like Cicero. Cyrodiil would have been better inspired by Constantinople and Alexander's Greek Empire (but with more fantasy) than the way the Imperials were displayed in Oblivion. Too much of Cyrodiil looked too much like parts of Skyrim & High Rock. The very south of Cyrodiil should have been jungle.

Argonians, Khajit and Bosmer. I have never played as any of them in Skyrim. The sad thing is aesthetically they have improved alot from previous versions.

Imperials?! They're the coolest human race..

But my least favorite race is Altmer.

I said Bosmer. I like everything about them, but find their looks distractingly bad.