Back to Oblivion and Cyrodiil from the joyless land of Skyrim! I have finished installing the latest MMM, have not started a new game yet, and I see an opportunity to add the latest Frans as well. Now, Frans adds weapons and items to the leveled lists and I think this includes new types of weapons such as block swords for dual wielding and melee weapons of different length such as bardiches.

My question:
Won't this interfere with the spirit of MMM, causing creatures to dual wield and wear apparel against their purpose? In other words, is it really a better experience to have Frans messing around with MMM's intentions? I don't want to see dual wielding zombies or skeletons using strange choice of weapons and attire or any combination that is too crazy or not matching colors or armor type.

MMM and Frans works great. The dual wield fits in nice at times as it affects goblins and fighting undead, so goes well. I recommend it

Furthermore - but I admit I could be wrong on this - it is my understanding that in Oblivion, one can never really dual-wield in the sense of dealing damage also with the weapon held in the left hand (ok, you can shield-bash damage via Deadly Reflex). But in principle that left-hand "weapon" is always a shield in terms of function, and the look of a weapon is "only" eye candy. But as I said, I may be wrong on this.

Yes most mods' off-hand weapon merely functions as a shield, but Unnecessary Violence II implements true dual-wielding.

okeee... always happy to learn a new wrinkle