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I'm sure someone has covered this idea and a lot better than I'm about to, but Skyrim is really a perfect game for a time like this because it is set in a world that has run out of time and run out of hope. The settings of the previous two installments of the elder scrolls series have both been struck by tradgedy. Morrowind has been devastated by the eruption of the red mountain. The empire that the hero of kvatch helped save was shaken by a war that they ultimately lost. Now Skyrim faces war, and political unrest, and a world ending threat. But it is not only the province that is coming undone, every faction in Skyrim seem to be on the verge of collapse. The thieves guild is in dire straits. The dark brotherhood has lost sight of its principles and its faith. The oldest and greatest warriors of the land, the companions, are plagued by a curse and hunted like animals. The college of winterhold is empty, without prestige, and falling into the sea. Everywhere you look, you see that all things that used to be will soon be no longer. Nothing seems to thrive in this time and place, yet somehow, when the world is at its lowest, the Dragonborn comes and the world begins to heal. The war resolves and new leaders come to power, there is whispers of the thalmor one day facing retribution. The thieves guild regains the graces of nocturnal. The dark brotherhood hears the voice of the night mother once again. The companions break free of their curse. Alduin is gone, and the world is suddenly, no longer ending.

I've always had the headcanon that Shaun was an unplanned pregnancy and that the female sole survivor dealt with some degree of post partum depression. I just get this vibe from the Hey Honey! holotape that maybe the sole survivor hasn't been the most confident in being a parent. I mean, imagine grappling with bringing a child into the world when the world is likely to end at any moment. And I feel like this makes Kellog's line about how the sole survivor would've been a good mother under other circumstances that much more gut wrenching.

I've seen a few people saying that Season 2 Alicent is completely different from Season 1 Alicent in that she's much weaker now. I think this is accurate but not in a "her character was nerfed by the writers" way. Alicent is milder in season 2 because the comfy position of power that Viserys allowed her has been very suddenly and brutally undermined. Alicent in season 1 was proud because she believed that her cunning and station as queen made her an exception to the patriarchal society, that she could have power by supporting men. In season 2 she has to come to the revelation that without her husband and sons giving her power she is helpless. Season 2 has been very humbling for Alicent but I am hopeful we'll see a return of D1 hater Alicent as the series progresses.

For my mental health I have to believe that synth Shaun can grow up. My mind cannot bear the existential dread that a child who never grows up brings. After everything I think the sole survivor deserves to watch their son grow up.

The way that "I Was All Over Her" perfectly encapsulates this kind of niche aspect of being lonely where you are so starved for affection that you get these brief moments of connection with strangers and you just cling to that person and that moment because you don't know when you'll get that again. And as you observe the people around you not truly knowing them you still grow to love and admire them still. Everyone is so complex and beautiful and you are just lucky to be in the same world as them. Lucky just to share a moment with them.

Forget about your favorite romance. Which character is your designated bestie?

Breaking news tonight: Baldur's Gate 3 murdered my PC in cold blood

My favorite character in the entire Dragon Age franchise is actually that one dwarf in Origins that sits in the hall of paragons and asks for bread.

"I'm Your Man" by Mitski is so Solas coded that I listened to it and had to replay the entire trilogy.

Ok I haven't watched jjk but I keep seeing absolute banger edits on tiktok so I know some shit is going down.

I see a trio of characters and I am rooting for their friendship. Idc what happens, idc about "the plot" in my mind they are having slumber parties and braiding eachother's hair idgaf. They are all best friends and they love eachother. If you write angsty fanfiction where they're actually toxic and hate eachother, I respect it, but I can't handle that energy in my life anymore. It's time to acknowledge that character trio is literary shorthand for bff's forever, it's like in The Bible.

Nobody pits the girls and the gays against eachother like shounen mangakas