Tiny Alduin : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:14 pm

Unless we have all been mistaken and Alduin in game has little or nothing to do with the dragon god of time...

He is not properly sized for his function

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:34 pm

Maybe he's like the TARDIS. You know, bigger on the inside.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:20 am

How many topics have you made on this? I recall more from a few months back.

Edit: Like I said in the last one, he's a god. He can probably change his size.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:05 pm

No [censored]. It's an eating disorder.

Isn't it obvious? Every Kalpa Alduin starves himself. At the end, it's always just a matter of time, he goes into this crazy feeding frenzy. Only to throw it up minutes later.

Then again a description like Alduin snorted gruffly (a few farms shot out of his nose but he caught them with his tongue and pulled them back into his mouth, for he eats it all) is also provocative.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:22 am

No [censored]. It's an eating disorder.

This. I mean, clearly the dude is suffering from bulemia. He's got all the signs. Binge eating, purging, hanging out with the wrong crowd, always wanting to fit in. You'll notice that he shows up in every pantheon, and has statues in every province. Do you think that's some sort of accident? No, Auriel is just that image-obsessed.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:02 pm

No [censored]. It's an eating disorder.

Isn't it obvious? Every Kalpa Alduin starves himself. At the end, it's always just a matter of time, he goes into this crazy feeding frenzy. Only to throw it up minutes later.

Then again a description like Alduin snorted gruffly (a few farms shot out of his nose but he caught them with his tongue and pulled them back into his mouth, for he eats it all) is also provocative.

I see you and more members of this forum use the word "Kalpa" usually and I had to google its meaning.
I'm wondering why do you people use the Hindi word "Kalpa" instead the English word "Century",since from what I read on Wikipedia it's the same thing. (?)

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:40 pm

I see you and more members of this forum use the word "Kalpa" usually and I had to google its meaning.
I'm wondering why do you people use the Hindi word "Kalpa" instead the English word "Century",since from what I read on Wikipedia it's the same thing. (?)

A century is just one hundred years. An eon comes closer. A Kalpa is the period between the start of the world and it's end (the largest one). Given that we're dealing with a world eating dragon it's the more appropriate word.

The word was first used in an obscure text.

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/seven-fights-aldudagga

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:16 pm

I see you and more members of this forum use the word "Kalpa" usually and I had to google its meaning.
I'm wondering why do you people use the Hindi word "Kalpa" instead the English word "Century",since from what I read on Wikipedia it's the same thing. (?)

Here, a kalpa is a time cycle. It begins and ends with the world eating.

Edit: Ninja'd.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:14 pm

Alduin bursting through the rim of the sun and leaning into Mundus, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzJGckMYO4, was the mental image I had.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:05 pm

I see you and more members of this forum use the word "Kalpa" usually and I had to google its meaning.
I'm wondering why do you people use the Hindi word "Kalpa" instead the English word "Century",since from what I read on Wikipedia it's the same thing. (?)

Sanskrit, really.

But yeah, it evokes a Hindu-y http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_return aesthetic that fits Aldy so well.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:39 pm

I can't see the Nordic god of destruction being small as horker can you ?

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:07 pm

Alduin bursting through the rim of the sun and leaning into Mundus, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzJGckMYO4, was the mental image I had.

I'm picturing Mehrunes Dagon instead actually. It's funnier that way.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:12 pm

Slightly older thread, but this is the first time I've seen the eating disorder bit, so yay for that.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:54 am

He's the same size as Akatosh, so I fail to see the problem.