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#OR maybe it was added with neutral intentions. just to enhance the realism of the game by including an unsavory aspect from real life
theygender · 4 years
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Hi my name is Eli and my favorite hobby is overanalyzing meaningless fiction
#posted an essay a while back on colonialist themes in skyrim lol#and now that ive started playing again ive also been thinking about nord nationalism / racial supremacy#is it meant as a metaphor for nationalism and racial supremacy in america? a subtle critique of it?#or is it just a clueless port of those very ideals with no self awareness on the part of the people who included it#OR maybe it was added with neutral intentions. just to enhance the realism of the game by including an unsavory aspect from real life?#pretty sure its either the second or the third option#because the text in the game doesnt inherently lead the player to think that the nords attitude is wrong#so either they didnt realize it was a bad thing when they included it. or theyre trying to let you make your own opinions on it like irl#also think about warrior cats sometimes#specifically when the clans visit with the tribe of rushing water#and jayfeather has to teach them how to clean their own wounds bc#apparently this tribe of cats who has been surviving for longer than the clans even existed#never learned how to clean their own wounds?? even though thats a natural instinct for cats??#like one of them gets hurt and they just start putting the poultice on top of the dried blood#and jayfeather is like you dumbasses you have to clean the wound first let me show you how#and theyre all shocked that they can do that??#thats some bullshit @ erin hunter#was that supposed to be some gross metaphor about white people teaching aboriginal people to be 'civilized'?#bc 1) it doesnt even make sense and 2) fuck you#you CANNOT tell me that in the long long time that the tribe has been surviving on their own none of them ever cleaned their wounds#when that is a natural instinct that all cats have#ugh#rambling
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