A recent example, I was getting married to Sylgja, my character is a Stormcloak but had only taken Whiterun and Ingrod Ravencrone came to congratulate me. She's happy for both of us but eventually the army I am part of will see her exiled.

Another time, on my way to join the Dawnguard, this character hadn't fought any vampires, none for the companions and just headed straight to the fort when the guards started talking about it, no random attacks. First thing I get asked as I enter Dayspring Canyon "You've probably killed lot's of vampires haven't you." I always try to get Laid to Rest completed early now so that that assumption will be true.

Then theres the classic Cidnha Mine moment everyone gets, "Here's your Shiv, promise you won't ever use it on me..." A few minutes later, "Go take care of Grisvar the Unlucky then we can leave this mine for good."

What awkward in game moments can you remember?

trying to Play the game when my brother is at my house.

Every time Gormlaith talks.

This, and the entirety of Sovngarde.

Dawnguard questline dialogue that assumes you murder vampires indiscriminately in spite of past dialogue options that say so otherwise.
"You kill us like we were animals!"
"I've only killed three in self-defense!"

The Companions' cheesy dialogue.

Player dialogue options that make your character seem like a complete moron with a short attention span.

More dialogue that I can't recall at the moment....

It may have been an improvement over Oblivion's odd conversations but there's still plenty of cheesy and awkward lines all over the place.

Ick! Ugly block of text!

This so much. Especially when I play a scholar and a wizard, and the only option I get to say sounds like something a drunk and mildly [censored] Orc would say. It's even worse when the only option (or all of them) are completely out of character for the guy I'm playing with. Example being the 2 choices you get when getting the item from almost every Daedric quest. One reply is usually over the top for a neutral character, usually in the lines of "I'll wield this %artifact in your name" and other is usually totally disrespectful, in the lines of "I did you a favor just to get the artifact, so I don't care about you anymore". This one is so silly that I was actually happy when I got to say only "Thank you." to one of the lords.

EDIT: lol why is the R word for a slow person censored, it's an official word for the disorder. Might as well censor idiot, homosixual and heaps of others.

- When my Altmer dragonborn finds out his/her true nature, and Irileth doubts it, and guards say "you wouldn't understand housecarl, you ain't a Nord."

- When Greybeards call my Altmer Dragonborn "Ysmir Stormcrown".

- Visiting Sovngarde as anything else than a Nord.

- My character is a stupid ass oaf who might as well have been born just before being captured by the impuhruls.

- Being anything else than a Nord when doing the main quest.

This.

Also...

This was an awkward moment...

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/541835583571057551/4ECDC41B708F16813EA0940AC62C7F275D8A04BF/

For the Nord...

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/577864844201885444/50C4B5DBFB13F5D3D5367AB56191F9426BA954B6/

Just about every conversation with a non Mer or Argonian/Khajiit well playing as a Falmer.

Generic Nord 1: Elves this elves that.

Generic Nord 2: Skyrim belongs to the nords!

Me: ......

Checkout the screenshot thread over at Cheats and spoilers... You might like what I posted, pg 2.

It's the same when playing an Altmer. It starts from the very beginning, when me the Altmer or you the Falmer prisoner is on a cart with Stormboys and then Ralof (and later on a lot of Nords) starts talking about "damn elves" in reference to the Thalmor. Kinda insulting. It's like being in a history lesson about Japanese war crimes and someone says "damn Asians!"

But I do think it's very tragic that your Falmer have to listen to Nords talk about how Skyrim is THEIR land and has always been and how they are going to rid Skyrim of invading foreigners

Irony, Nords can't quite grasp it.

I'm hopeful that between Skyrim and TES:VI half of Skyrim is over run by Falmer taking advantage of the civil war. They did go out of their way to make a loading screen and book hinting at their increased activity being the prelude to an invasion. Oh the Nords reaction to such an event would be hilarious. I'm sure the Thalmor would die from laughter as well. I'd like to see the Nords win this time around without their Dragon priests and Dragons to do it for them. Even if they beat them in the open field good luck attacking their Dwemer ruins oh you chased them back to one of them? Oh well half of your villages just got burned down by Falmer coming out of another Ruin.

Playing as a Khajiit and being openly allowed in cities. It doesn't bother me all that much but still it makes no sense.

Same here, that would be hilarious, and somewhat likely as you said.

Pretty sure it's only the caravan Khajiit that aren't allowed in cities.

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You can also add people--followers--berating mages when you yourself are a mage and have saved their lives with magic countless times. Okay, Eric, next time you take an axe to the face I'm sticking to Close Wounds instead of Grand Healing. Maybe you'll learn not to say hurtful things, you ass.

Guards with their upholding of the law and what-not. Saying :

"I need to ask you stop. That... shouting... is making people nervous."

And going on about how I should:

"Put that down!"

And then questioning my motives:

"What are you doing that for?"

Then whistling at my hammer:

*whistles* "That is one... big hammer."

"Iron sword, huh? What are you killing, butterflies?"

When I am actually using the sword for butterfly-collecting.

And then when you do quests, come back three months later, and everything is the same! Boy chasing the same dog, minstrel singing the same song, rumors that have become common-knowledge if not local hard-bound lore. What do they do in all that time?

When your follower is stuck in a rock mesh, you tell them to wait there. When you return from slaying the bandit camp by your own self, you return to them playing with a portal gun, constantly flying down through the rock mesh and falling from the sky. ( can't talk to them, they are having too much fun without me.)

When Lydia kills your husband/wife with a single swipe.

When you aim for an eagle with an arrow, let go of the string too early, and hit your new fiancee, setting them on fire.

When you are in that alchemical shop in Whiterun, and the shop-keeper refers to you as a Nord, constantly saying you have ataxia, when you are not a Nord, in fact an Altmer ( or any other race for that matter), and you are very dark-skinned (with no disease- above all). She just called you a super nord-saltine. double-the-bleach. The audacity.

It's only official in mid 20th century America, it's widely regarded by the rest of the world to be derogatory, and those groups which are associated with the condition (such as Special Olympics) are slowly changing the terminology so t hat it is not derogatory.

*Bosmer, not Falmer.

On topic: Serana's dialogue about breathing!

Yes, we have finally driven out the empire now we can rest... (They just see a white blur out of the corner of their eye well lounging around the fire getting drunk on mead) and what the hell was that? *Takes a dozen arrows to the face*

King Ulfric we've lost contact with our forces out at the camps!

Being a Nord and having some people assume that all Nords are racist to elves. Don't like it one bit. Not all Nords are ignorant about these types of things; my Nord is one such exception. I helped out everyone in the game, including elves. Hell, if the Thalmor were any race besides Altmer, I'd still kill them because of their oppressive practices and laws. I feel like my Nord and myself are in the minority that views all races and ethnic groups as equals. I guess there's a lack of humility and humbleness in Skyrim.

This. Seriously. Nord is my least favorite race to play, mostly because I'm typically a mage.

Ulfric can't respond at the moment I'm afraid...

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/578991472936842224/E5BDA05B21F36B3F7F98971CAC1196B74285E848/

I am unable to comprehend how people with Nord characters could rationalize helping Madanach escape from Cidna Mine.

Why is it awkward to use an Imperial or Breton Dragonborn? That doesn't make any sense. We already have precedence for that occurring.

Two words: Sympathy and Empathy. Those are two powerful things my friend.

Im of the same opinion as this, there are nords throughout the game (though rare) that defend rather than discriminate against the elven populance, Brunwulf Free-Winter for example

Talking to Delphine in thalmor robes.

When you're being welcomed into the Companions by the Circle, listen to the whole merry story about how they'd defend you, fight with you, drink to your name...

But then realise that Vilkas is missing...

Meaning that when they all collectively agree to accept you, they all just stand there waiting for Vilkas to accept you too... forever.

Awkward.

After a reload, I found that he was asleep.

Lazy bastard!