Relilah

Not yet. 
Lol.
So sorry (about being gone, not not-dead/alive). /TwT/

WHY DO I SUCK. (┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻
Goddamn genetics.
Ugh no, so I apologize everyone if I'm less here than usual. Pleeeeease ignore me, juuuuust lemme explain: Looking for job, being interviewed, family being annoying, never enough sleep, college being butterly, lol. I still need to not say dumb things. 
Also,
because you know who you are,
(✿◠‿◠)
Staten Island is rich in history and is totally awesome, too. I want to visit it sometime.
-smacks self in face-
I need to not respond when I am tired and dying.
-buys a lot of heals/hearts-
'Kay, we should be set for a few minutes! I wiiiiilll seeee yoooou in-game, yeh? Yeh. 

If you can read this, you are b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l! And even if you can't, you're still spanking ⭐  B e a u t i f u l ! ⭐ 

Or ⭐ H a n d s o m e ! ⭐, if you prefer!

If anyone reading this has a friend, or someone beside them, who cannot read, please pass this on! It might just save a life, believe it or not! But besides that, it's not charity. Give sincere compliments. Everyone should know that they can be beautiful, too. They can be. They are. 

Skryim.
So.
Without the million and one mods out there...
Maybe you can explain a few things to me. I love this game, and there are so many reasons to play it I cannot possibly enumerate them all in one post. It would take decades. I'm STILL discovering new things! New little details I had previously overlooked or overshot. It's so beautiful. I especially love the horses. 
But in any event, there are a few bugs, or plot holes.
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A. You didn't ask if I had family. Relatives, or friends [[[[[in the prison, where you meet the Forsworn **SPOILERS** you have the option of saying, "Yes, but far from Skyrim." when they inquire after your family and its whereabouts]]]]]. You didn't ask where I lived, or who might be sad to hear of my demise and give me a proper burial or ritual--or whatever else each species/religious (didn't ask about that, either) faction does in preparation for the afterlife/oblivion (what, there are no shamans or spiritual leaders I can speak to before I go to the block?). So you'll what, chuck my remains over the border? Gee, thanks for letting me know my body, or parts of it, will at least be ON my homeland. (I usually play as Khajiit.) I don't care about my soul, I'm not religious. Pssht. No one in Skyrim is religious. 
Mara. Azura. Mora. Clavicus. Molag. One of the many Daedric Princes you can come across. Any of this ringing a bell? Khajiit as I know it, have their own set of gods and goddesses. There is much diversity. Let me share in that, please. And I don't mean force me to pledge myself to all these deities as their champion or servant. It doesn't even make sense later on, when you end up serving 5+ deities. My loyalty would be spread around. I know it would piss off at least 2 out of the 5 I am currently serving. That wasn't well thought out.
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---((Also, no option to NOT join EITHER Empire or Stormcloaks. The quests never disappear, even if you're part of the DB, Companions, or any guild, Thieves included. There should be an option to abandon nonessential quests. And you shouldn't HAVE to take a side in the war. Take YOUR OWN side. If you're part of the Companions, well, you probably don't give two bits either way who wins. Why can't I just be a farmer Dragonborn. Or slay the king/emperor and take over all of the entire country with my legion of dragons? I could forcefully restore peace and murder anyone whom openly displays prejudice and so forth. Heck, you could even make the DB your personal assassins. They'd be set for life, and gain the notoriety they so desperately need/desire.))
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A.5 So... Khajiit and Argonians don't get a half-tail or no-tail option to assist them in armor-wearing (it sticks right out ridiculously! Your ears/horns/hair disappear if you're wearing, say, the chef's hat, so what the heck)? Or a tragic/heroic/ordinary/hilarious (getting it caught in something...) backstory that would justify a lack of appendage? No dangerous appurtenance to define me as a whole? Give me a reason to be in Skyrim? Why the heck was I even crossing the border? Where is the rest of my caravan, if I was caught crossing with them (Khajiit)?
There are also fewer options for female Khajiit when it comes to character customization. 
Hair options also suck arse in the entire game. There are more than four ways to style your hair, even in Medieval-themed times, okay? Where are my bangs, where are all the fancy braids? How about ponytails? Buns? Nope. They do not exist. So you'll look like every other native. Great. Just what I wanted! 
A lot of creator/team comments involve something like, "No two characters will look alike!" I know. More like 100 characters will all look alike.
There aren't even different pelt/scale options! You get different colors, but that's it! You're going to be a spotted Khajiit or a large-scaled Argonian whether you like it or not! SCREW GENETICS and EVOLUTION over.
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[[[[---There are also no Khajiit or Argonian children you can adopt, and no Khajiit spouses for Khajiit players. There are many races that are neglected--I understand not wanting to carry your children around in a caravan, into hostile and war-torn Skyrim no less, but maybe you think you have no choice. Maybe you're all moving into a house with an estranged family member after your home was burnt to the ground! Also, um, what, no one has kids? Do they just raise bodies from the dead, shrink them, and use more magic to give them all the aspects of a living person? There are just so many possibilities, here. But I only ever see Nordic--and I think one Redguard--kid wandering around. [[And if I said I have family far from Skyrim, why can't I ever visit them? I need more to go on. I am freaking Dragonborn. After I hit level, say, 35 why don't I have the option of meeting them in some tavern or something? My mother and father? My uncle or aunt? My legal guardian? Or meet them as they travel, move, idk.]] You can't even give gifts to your spouse, flirt, compose a poem or ask how they are, really--but other people can, such as when you get to Riverwood and you have two guys fighting over that one girl--one composed songs and poems, the other was a hot-headed archer. I hate add-ons. I definitely don't enter a game for marriage prospects, lol. But if you're going to throw in a family, or talk about it all the time and drop hints, make it function like one. Don't make it look and feel like a pathetic accessory you cannot interact with. Hell, enemy NPC's have more depth of character!]]]]
Also. I can be snarky sometimes conversation. Which makes me happy. But why can't I be snarky more often? 
I understand as well that Khajiit and Argonians are supposed to be rare... However, that conflicts with the semi-side storyline if you choose to marry Scouts-Many-Marshes. He tells you right off the bat that Argonians work the docks. And if you pay attention, they don't just unload cargo. There are inn-keepers, too. The Bee and Barb. Argonians are everywhere. If you join the DB, there's one there, too! They're popular as laborers, and are sent away as Shadowscales, and I doubt any hold would simply write them off. There was supposed to be a hint of slavery in the game... Trying not to center in on Morrowind... 
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B. If I were an Imperial, or a High Elf, or some other species associated with the Empire, you wouldn't care to ask about my circumstances--seeing as how I am not on the list and am clearly not being buddy-buddy with the Stormcloaks--before you try to cut off my head? This is why people rebel against you. Didn't I have papers or something on my person? Gold? A locket with mini-painted portraits or ivory portraits (such as those from the 1800's, 1900's) of those I love (www.google.com/search…)? 
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B.5 I can't sneak away? What if I'm some bad-butt thief? You're telling me that later I can sneak around right in front of people (I have had enemies run right INTO ME, without detecting me), but I can't somehow cut my binds while the carriage is rolling and bolt? There weren't any archers ready. That would be the time to escape--before we reached Helgen. And I could've even pickpocketed the damn daggers Ralof had on him the entire time to kill the guard at the back of the procession. As the dragonborn, you are sitting in the LAST carriage. There's SO MUCH MISSED OPPORTUNITY. Was I poisoned? Already sick at the time of capture? Still recovering from that bump on my head--was I roughed up? Have I been sitting there for a really long time, since "Hey, you're finally awake."? Am I suffering from carriage sickness? 
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B.6 My character is fully grown. I feel like he or she would have mastered SOMETHING by then, being the dragonborn that can learn words of power in seconds, whereas it takes the Greybeards and other people like them ages. 
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C. You're telling me General Tullius, who is supposed to be a famed tactician and seasoned warrior of honor, would totally disregard the dragon noises he heard? Yeah, okay. Sure. 
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D. You're telling me the Captain couldn't see that dragon when she shouts, "SENTRIES, WHAT DO YOU SEE?" It wasn't exactly stealthy/invisible. 
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E. The Stormcloaks and their abetting chums got to keep their daggers (he was able to cut off your binds later--speaking of, why the heck didn't he cut them off as soon as you were in the tower? BEFORE you had to jump out a gaping hole in the wall conveniently made by the dragon. That would make sense! We also had injured in there! You're telling me that you, a man and fighter of your stature, Ralof/Ulfric, couldn't carry one or two on your back? I'd do it! I'd at least TRY! And... Why couldn't you run away by yourself? Pretty sure you could manage--dodge to the side while the dragon takes two minutes to pump itself up and scream out one shot of flame, then runrunrun out the freaking entryway to freedom) and clothes. So where the hell is your armor or regular clothes, and your weapons? Did you just break out of prison? A mine? Were you part of some cult? Were you fasting and meditating on life? Were you captured to be sold as a slave? Were you already a slave? Why the hells am I being sentenced to death simply for crossing the border at the same time as these guys? Damn kismet. 
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F. Wouldn't they want to kill Ulfric first? He's the leader. They'd want to set him up on a pike as an example, to show his followers that now they have no reason to fight--that their hopes are dashed, WHATEVER. I can understand wanting to watch him watch his comrades suffer/die before him, but it didn't seem to phase him at all. So. Horrible planning on their part. 
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G. Um. No, the dragon appeared AS THE DRAGONBORN was about to die, NOT Ulfric. So if you follow the Imperial, and he's all, "Who knows. It seems mighty suspicious that the dragon appears just before Ufric was about to die..." Uh, nope. Nope. And nope again. You're all a bunch of morons. 
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H. //I// get into trouble if //I// smack a racist person around after HE threatens a girl simply because she doesn't want to take sides in the war? Yeah, that's messed up. I can't kill everyone in a hold? Awww. Dangit. I'd leave the nice people alive! Still no? Sigh. You're no fun.
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I. Why can't we already be of noble lineage? Think about it. Nobility isn't all fun-and-games. Not for everyone. And especially not for females. Not all nobles are dishonorable, mead-hoarding, septim-pinching jerks, too. It would certainly help you if you started off wealthy or at least had your entire noble family murdered by X, then you'd want to find X and murder them all, or bring them to justice, which could explain why you crossed into Skyrim. X could be the Stormcloaks, someone allied to them, or anyone else. Then I could understand wanting to off the rebellion and its people. But c'mon. 
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So I'll stop there. I know, it's a lot. I DO sincerely love this game. But I feel as though they could have done better or should have explored more avenues before its release. Maybe they'll improve on future versions!....................................
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Also, I know. I know it isn't Mass Effect, where you choose your background and then create a character with the appropriate slants. But still. If I am going to be all-powerful and all-amazing, I would love some humor here. Why can't I be playful? Why can't I speak in riddles, or bizarrely, like in Masquerade? "My shadow darkens other realms." "Depends on which of my personalities you are speaking to." LOL Why not be mad, but ingenious, too? I would also love more options. Maybe, like in SWTOR, my chosen mate can try to kill me or something. Keep me on my toes! I don't want to expect all the twists and turns. Boooooring!
Why can't I invent anything. Surely with all the magic and power at my disposal I would pick up some sort of hobby that would result in the betterment of technology--which would trigger a new era which would allow for future games...? 
I can't even go fishing with my friends. Not properly. In Skyrim you swim up to the fish, or wade up to them, and catch them bare-handed. For Khajiit that works just fine. But I doubt every single Skyrimian would prefer the bare-handed method.
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It's just a game. But they went through all the trouble of writing all those books. 
I think they could and should have focused their energy elsewhere.

I will never claim that every store on Etsy is a con waiting to happen, nor that every shop owner on Etsy is a callous creature of indeterminate species.  
But buyers beware.
Etsy is just a gateway for shop owners. It cannot handle or actively intervene in legal matters. And unfortunately, going to actual court is often so expensive and time-consuming that it outweighs whatever reward or compensation you could be allotted. 
I was scammed. I paid a hefty sum for some awesome-looking bling. 
What happened?
I received two inky dink dust collectors.
I am warning you. That is all I want to do.
Ask for specifics, even if they write everything down on the front page. Make them send you pictures as they work. Make a digital contract with no loopholes. That should scare the majority of them off of a bunco. 
Better yet, go to a local mall, or drive up to a place to ensure that your product is what you're paying for. 
Be careful, guys. TwT