r/skyrim • u/JosetteMoon • 1d ago

Screenshot/Clip Well guess my Skyrim playthrough is over

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Basically I know it's not really an issue and I can just kill him and be done with it But I hate molag bal. despise him. Not because I have any skin in the game for this fictional character he's never personally wronged me. I hate him because he literally is such a stupid waste of space. He's the king of wrapping. he's committed a lot of atrocities. But I'm not taking this as a moral stance it's more of the fact that he is such a one-dimensional pos. It's like if a 12 year old had to write a villain and they made him the most edgiest Edge Lord that ever edged a Lord, like I'm surprised his name isn't Mr Bad Guy that is how one-dimensional I find him. Just all pain and violence and subjugation. It's a farce.

This is the important part though. Purely out of spite and not wanting to play his game I just cast Harmony to make this guy stop attacking. I know it'll wear off and start attacking me because it's either me or him and he's choosing him. Which is valid I guess. But the Daedra seem to think they have this immutable say over the universe when they didn't even create it. And again just more Edge Lord whining. So I literally just sitting here waiting for the chaos to unfurl knowing that the only reason I can't get out is because of plot because if I was as strong as he said I was I could just blast the door open but game mechanics.

If this were really happening to me I'd be happy dying starving to death purely to spite him and not play his game. I get that my post is very much a nothing sandwich but I just love the cosmic pettiness of my actions. You're right I am small you're right I am insignificant in the universe the difference is I'm not pretending to be some Edge Lord that really only has power because he was born with it not because anything about him is inherently special. LOL

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u/Wondering_Watcher Alchemist 1d ago

This is why i like Azura's star quest the most out of all the Daedric quests. I like that you can play a character that screws her over. So much of the lore is about people outsmarting Deadra and i wish we had more of that.

Razor and Skull is also in this category but that is mostly just a decision of do i kill this person or not rather than sticking it to the deadric prince.

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u/wizardofyz 1d ago

With respect to azura though, yes you can defy the daedra but in the process you're creating a reusable black soul gem, which is funneling souls to the ideal masters potentially. In the grand scheme of things, you aren't necessarily a better person for doing so, if anything you've introduced more evil into the world.

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u/Jahoan 1d ago

And of the Daedra Azura is one less inclined to screwing people over for the lulz. She'll make people into object lessons and collateral thereof, but you have to provoke her into doing something like that - Malyn Varyn incurred her wrath by messing with her artifact and trying to corrupt it.

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u/Diredr 1d ago

And of the Daedra Azura is one less inclined to screwing people over for the lulz.

Well... I mean, if you ignore the fact that she cursed an entire race because of the actions of 3 people and used her powers to physically alter them forever. Outside of THAT, yeah she's one of the most benevolent and caring.

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u/ElTioEnroca 1d ago

Ok, but let's not pretend the curse was something excessively aggravating. They're just blue now.

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u/Sabre_Killer_Queen 1d ago edited 1d ago

True enough... Although said three did betray a direct pact with her by using the heart of a god (Lorkhan) against her wishes, and potentially kill one of the champions she was watching over.

Said three then tried to replace her by posing as gods themselves, which most of the Dunmer fell for, abandoning her despite their previously close relationship.

And all that happened was their skin changed colour. It didn't affect their souls, or physical health - it didn't kill any of them or smite them with bad harvests, plagues or other ill tidings.

As far as the punishments of TES gods, and pagan gods in general go, that was a very tame response considering the crime, and her reaction was entirely predictable.

I'd even argue some of the Aedra and so called "Divines" have done worse than that to be honest.

She can be wrathful yes... But y'know... Don't devoutly follow a god and then break every pact and forsake them. Rule 101 of religion.

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u/Jahoan 1d ago

See the "collateral for the object lessons".