#beware arrogance impatience skill outstripping wisdom etc etc is at least 1% Ulfric Stormcloak Damage

[chamerionwrites]

Back on my bullshit (by which I mean, in this case, both "Skyrim" and "being unhinged about fraught father figure relationships even when they're not all that central to the narrative") but. Occasionally I think about how what we see of Arngeir's characterization beyond generic mystical mentor type is basically that of a guy with a naturally hot temper who, over the course of a long life spent meditating in a monastery, has painstakingly learned (though not mastered!) the art of chilling the fuck out or at least graciously apologizing (even as that same cloistered religious lifestyle has probably also fueled a bit of a stubborn/dogmatic streak).

And then I think about what this potentially suggests re: his feelings toward noted local stubborn intemperate hothead Ulfric Stormcloak (y'know, the guy who broke all their previously-shared religious vows yet still deferentially refers to him as "Master Arngeir") and go ever so slightly insane

#like to think the old guy has v private furious wounded feelings about the ex pupil so very like him who made such different choices #like peak the people who drive you absolutely feral are the ones in whom you see your own flaws #also like to think his obvious unease w how fast the LDB learns and constant admonitions to slow down don't get ahead of yourself #beware arrogance impatience skill outstripping wisdom etc etc is at least 1% Ulfric Stormcloak Damage #it's more interesting than that just being the archetypal role he fills in the plot you feel me? #like ''forgive me I was intemperate. I allowed my emotions to cloud my judgment'' #things said by ulfric NEVER LMAO #he does say dad are you going to let him bully me when tullius fantasizes about beheading him at the peace conference tho #in ALMOST EXACTLY those words and tone so like. i'm sorry. i'm unhinged about it. #absolutely fascinated by that man's Damage received inflicted or self-inflicted #my posts #skyrim #tes