Starting to hate High Elves

Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:20 am

I dislike all elves, but altmer are the worst. I don't have Skyrim yet so I can't comment on the thalmor, but every time I see their pointy stupid ears and their sickly yellow skin I just want to barf.

I fear that the thalmor will be fleshed out in the next Elder Scrolls, and that it will take place on Summerset. If that happens, I'm not playing it.

(lie)
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:47 pm

You puny humans can do nothing to stop the Master Race.
The Dominion will rule you, you are just delaying the inevitable.
I support the Dominion and from now on my main character will always be Altmer in any TES.

This message is brought to you by the Thalmor!


If you get a letter telling you someone left you some money in their will it will be from my Thalmor sympathizer/deep cover agent character, who likes the cut of your jib. :biggrin:

The unenlightened misunderstand the Thalmor greatly. Let us do our work; let us set you free.


You made the will as well!

Wrong, obviously the war wasn't going so far in their favor that they sued for a peace treaty.



But at the same time is wasn't going so well for the Empire that they could say no. I do hope the Empire can get back on its feet after Ulfric is dealt with one way or another and be ready for round two - or if not the next game is awesome and lets us help stop the ascendant Thalmor or support them in their rise to power or something even more complex.

I have always liked the Altmer. My main character is an Altmer.

I have always found them interesting.

In Skyrim the whole Thalmor situation is adding a great new intrigue into this series.


True and agreed.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:41 pm

I'm just tired of Bethesda making Altmer the bad guys lately w/ snotty attitudes. It's getting boring.


I can see what you mean, especially with them making the Thalmor elf-Nazis pratically.

I mean, really? I think the theme of Nazis or Nazi-esque races is getting old fast.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:53 pm

The idea of a culture thinking itself superior did not wait the tiredsome cliché of the "nazi" to appear.
In fact, 90 % of history is composed of cultures thinking themselve superior bashing each other's heads.

And if I was part of a race that is extremely long-lived and naturally gifted, it's pretty normal to believe being part of a "superior" race.
In fact, that's the fun part : most of fantasy settings try to go for a "racism is bad !" when depicting races that are actually RIGHT about being superior to others :D

(I'm still a die-hard Imperial who will kill any Thalmor I encounter, but facts are facts :P)
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:24 pm

The Thalmor were but an ancient organization, a weak minority with fundamentalist religion and racist idealism at it's core. They managed to unite the elves and rise to power during the Oblivion Crisis. Then, after gaining the dominant political power of mer, they took advantage of their status to fulfill their agenda. And with the renewed power, the Thalmor seized the opportunity to attack the heart of a weakened Empire. In the name of their belief of superior race. In the name of subjugating mankind to something akin to beastfolk.




I always brag about my Talos worship before I kill them...wouldn't want to have any murders put on my record ^_^




It's easy to hate someone who is handing your ass to you :)The Dominion, the High Elves alone beat the crap out of the Empire and made it their puppet regime.They are the Master Race?. :toughninja:


Remember that it was Tiber Septim who founded the Empire and drove back the elves. Talos himself made the Thalmor look weaker than man because Honor and Justice prevailed over their puny idealism that tainted the souls of mer kind (The Thalmor are very anol about their religious beliefs about being descendants from the aetherious, or the matter that is the essence of gods themselves).


My first game experiences involved reading http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/614968789425160509/5618ED146FCC3BE3AA9F38AFB9D6CA95D3AD5AF7/, while I was passing by the honingbrew meadery in my way to Whiterun.
Then I saw that Justiciar patrols taking a fellow nord. The Thalmor guard started questioning me why I was nearing them. Then asked about my beliefs. I told her I worship Talos and am not affraid to speak it out loud!

A tough fight http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/614968789425157427/521AEF6DAACA22CD82C7DA61555D4B5FF276317C/ me. But http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/614968789425158744/C3792FC8FE625DD148C94C44E40CE3CB25CA48C1/ was stronger.

Thus with those images my journey began.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:42 pm

I'm a wood elf and I'm getting hated on just because I'm an elf I hate the high elves too.

Me too. Half Bosmer-half Breton. Both parents hated High Elves blaming them for all the anti-elf sentiment in Skyrim. Dad, Breton, raised me on the history of Skyrim and the empire. Once I learned about High Elf atrocities, I began to hate them too. I also taunt any Thalmor I meet on the rode so I can kill them without getting a bounty when they attack me. "You got me. I worship Talos" has become my favorite taunt.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:48 pm

But at the same time is wasn't going so well for the Empire that they could say no. I do hope the Empire can get back on its feet after Ulfric is dealt with one way or another and be ready for round two - or if not the next game is awesome and lets us help stop the ascendant Thalmor or support them in their rise to power or something even more complex.


Unfortunately to stop the Thalmor the Empire needs a man who can actually lead and has the nut to drive the killing blow to the Aldmeri Dominion. Ulfric is the only man for the job.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:33 pm

Unfortunately to stop the Thalmor the Empire needs a man who can actually lead and has the nut to drive the killing blow to the Aldmeri Dominion. Ulfric is the only man for the job.


Eeeeh.... I don't know, he doesn't inspire me with his ways.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:16 pm

Eeeeh.... I don't know, he doesn't inspire me with his ways.


The man had the tenacity to walk into the court of the high king challenge him to a duel and strike him down with his voice. In front of the court and probably legion.
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Post » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:58 pm

Attitude came first, but yea, they've always bin snotty. Although there are a few high elves that seem cool. Most other elves seem okay too.

Dunmer = Don't trust others (mostly) but seem nice enough.
Orc = Hard to get along with (mostly) but are respectable.
Altmer = Snotty (mostly) ...no buts...
Bosmer = Normal for the most part. They fit in well.

Edit : Also not all High elves support what the Thalmor do. Thalmor are an extremist group giving Altmer a bad name
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