tamriel rebuilt has my fucking back when it comes to altmer.
it doesn't matter how much eso hates them and how boring nothing they make them, tamriel rebuilt has vindicated my thoughts on this historically sea-faring sea-focused sea-dependent civilization.
(the inside of a docked altmer ship. lOOK AT THE COLOURS)
you can't see it because the labels don't heckin show up in my screenshots, but everything (bowls, plates, utensils) is labelled as made from NACRE.
do you know what nacre is? IT'S MOTHER OF PEARL. IT'S THE INSIDE OF SEASHELLS. HELL FUCKING YES.
i'm going to spell it out, ahem. this environmental storytelling (like morrowind's base game showing the relationship dunmer have with bugs/chitin/their arthropod wildlife) shows how close the altmer are with the ocean. Making everyday dishes and utensils out of mother-of-pearl/seashells, finding them used everywhere and not just for special ocassions/the rich paints a very particular picture about altmer culture that makes fucKIN SENSE with their history and geographical location.
i fucKIN KNEW ALTMER WERE SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSE TO THE SEA. none of this fuckin golden feather tolkien elf bullshit eso got from oblivion's aylieds and skyrim's shenanigans, no. Altmer are just as wonderfully fantastical as dunmer: they have their own distinct culture and civilization that's heavily informed by the land and life around them. Y'know, LIKE ELVES.
finally some good food ;__;
oh yeah and their ship looks completely different from other boats. For one, it's heckin pink-ish and painted with curly patterns on its sides. In a world where most ships/boats aren't' visibly painted at all, just the dull browns of their wood.
you can sorta see it here. sorry for the lack of focus, i thought for sure i took more screens of this ship.
here you can see its fancy railings. yay!
anyways, good stuff. love it love it. brings joy to my ocean-starved elf-loving heart.
