haafingar hell
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While both factions have their glaring problems, I have a tendency to side with the Imperial Legion, reasons being the following.
-Ulfric seems like he's being extremely short-sighted here. I'd be more interested in trying the full Stormcloak line again if there was... more to the side? He just always comes off to me like the guy who'd win the war then you'd ask what to do next and he'd reply, "Well I don't know. Didn't think I'd get this far."
-Frankly, I think the whole Talos thing is a guise to give Ulfric an excuse to attack so he could possibly become High King. Like yes, I recognize it as a legit issue but I think he's taking advantage of it.
-The Empire is better organized and has better planning, and their leadership seems more open to change. Tullius is a good example, as he shows some distaste for Skyrim at the start of the quest line but expresses growing interest in the province as it goes on, and I believe he even expresses interest in retiring there or moving there when he's on leave or something?
-A lot of Stormcloak supporters in-game and the players kind of remind me of single-issue voters irl. And while the issues are important, the effects of your decision there could affect a bunch of other things negatively.
-I know it's old news saying that the Stormcloaks are nauseatingly racist, but that was a pretty big factor for me.
-Legate Rikke literally is her own reason that I decided to side with the Legion. She embodies a lot of strong positive features and I really like her ideas and ideals.
-When you're escaping Helgen. If you follow Hadvar, he expresses interest in trying to reason with the Stormcloaks while Ralof just encourages you to attack and kill the Imperials.
-The Jarls play a big part in it too. The only instance of me liking a Stormcloak Jarl better than the Imperial one was liking Dengeir better than Siddgeir, but who doesn't hate Siddgeir? And I have mixed feelings about Laila vs Maven, but frankly Laila came off to me as kind of an idiot and Maven... isn't.
-Another one in relation to the Jarls, but I love Brunwulf Free-Winter and being able to put him into power made me way happier than it should have.
Long story short, I don't trust Ulfric Stormcloak as far as I could throw him and I kiss the ground Legate Rikke and Brunwulf Free-Winter walk on.
-Ulfric seems like he's being extremely short-sighted here. I'd be more interested in trying the full Stormcloak line again if there was... more to the side? He just always comes off to me like the guy who'd win the war then you'd ask what to do next and he'd reply, "Well I don't know. Didn't think I'd get this far."
-Frankly, I think the whole Talos thing is a guise to give Ulfric an excuse to attack so he could possibly become High King. Like yes, I recognize it as a legit issue but I think he's taking advantage of it.
-The Empire is better organized and has better planning, and their leadership seems more open to change. Tullius is a good example, as he shows some distaste for Skyrim at the start of the quest line but expresses growing interest in the province as it goes on, and I believe he even expresses interest in retiring there or moving there when he's on leave or something?
-A lot of Stormcloak supporters in-game and the players kind of remind me of single-issue voters irl. And while the issues are important, the effects of your decision there could affect a bunch of other things negatively.
-I know it's old news saying that the Stormcloaks are nauseatingly racist, but that was a pretty big factor for me.
-Legate Rikke literally is her own reason that I decided to side with the Legion. She embodies a lot of strong positive features and I really like her ideas and ideals.
-When you're escaping Helgen. If you follow Hadvar, he expresses interest in trying to reason with the Stormcloaks while Ralof just encourages you to attack and kill the Imperials.
-The Jarls play a big part in it too. The only instance of me liking a Stormcloak Jarl better than the Imperial one was liking Dengeir better than Siddgeir, but who doesn't hate Siddgeir? And I have mixed feelings about Laila vs Maven, but frankly Laila came off to me as kind of an idiot and Maven... isn't.
-Another one in relation to the Jarls, but I love Brunwulf Free-Winter and being able to put him into power made me way happier than it should have.
Long story short, I don't trust Ulfric Stormcloak as far as I could throw him and I kiss the ground Legate Rikke and Brunwulf Free-Winter walk on.