Daedra, love, and other such nonsense.

Post » Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:28 pm

So, I've been looking into some various theories regarding Bal's connection with Vaermina, due to him needing to go to her for a cure for Vampirisim in Morrowind. This seemed odd to me, but various theories painted a odd, disgusting, but sensible theory as to how the disease was spread. In laymen's terms, Vaermina infected Bal with an STD in the form of Vampirisim, which he passed on to Lamae. Now, I may be thinking a bit too literally minded hear, but theoretically, avatars/incarnations of the Princes could perform intercourse. Hell, the 36 sermons of Vivec prove that with 14 and beyond, though those may be sweet little lies from Todd Vehk. Granted, he coulda have retconned history with CHIM to make that canon JUSTLIKETODD, though I'm unsure if that would affect the Princes....ARGH TOO OFF TOPIC.

Anyways, to the main event. Vehk loved Bal, Bal loved Vehk. Vehk lay with Bal for 80 days, and Bal could have laid with Vaermina. But, what matters to me is whether or not Princes can love one another, not Now, there are a whole load of difficulties with this. First being that Princes are more of a anthropomorphic personification of their spheres of concept, though not always anthropomorphic (I'M LOOKIN AT YOU, MORA AND PERYITE), they are personifications none the less. Now, this creates some problems. Certain Princes, like Bal and Boethiah, with spheres opposite to one another, just wouldn't work. They'd be too busy bickering amongst one another! Hell, there's the next problem right there! All the Princes hate one another, don't they? Even if the actions of the Princes are similar (Mephala and Boethiah, for instance. Or Boethiah and Dagon), there is still an underlying hatred between them all. And then there's the whole shtick with the Daedra not being able to know love due to not taking part in the making of Mundus.....

However, what if two (or more, if ya want an OT3 and beyond) Prince's spheres do not conflict? Take Nocturnal and Namira, for example. Namira's more focused on the ancient darkness, void and all that. Nocturnal seems to be a more "lack of light" darkness, and the night. Yet Nocturnal claims to be the Ur-Daedra, first from the void. But I'm not seeing anything to conflict with the two of them. Or Sheogorath and Sanguine. Ol' Sam would enjoy to Sheo's manic side, would he not? Sheo himself seems to have some hedonistic tendencies, which would certainly appeal to Sanguine. And what of Azura and Meridia? Both seem to put on benevolent masks for their followers, and while their spheres don't have anything in common (Though one could stretch it by arguing that dusk, dawn, twilight, and roses tie into life energies, though it seems a bit of a stretch), there is no real conflict, as is the case of Bal and Boethiah. Could they work together? Or is it just crack?

I realize that this is long and rambling, but I'd love to hear your opinions, suggestions, and hell, even your own ships for this!
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