u/parnellgage

Hey everyone! Got a post about the lore of The Elder Scrolls just for fun.

Now, I know this may not be exact canon, but I think it would be wise to draw attention to the shift in the magical paradigm around the time of Skyrim's main story (200 years into the 4th era)

I don't want to cause any controversy between man and elves, so I want to keep this post less involved with the politics of Tamriel than usual. But this does involve the Thalmor...

My observation is this:

The elves seem to be losing their grip on being the premier magic wielders of the continent, I would say. The Nords are rediscovering how to use the Thu'um, after long ago it was locked away by the first of the Greybeards who have been reclusively studying and mastering it, although they are not Dragonborn. Also... they know how to teach it. Perhaps Jarl Balgruuf was interested in learning the Thu'um, but was too old when he made the pilgrimage?

All I can say is that I have a feeling the events taking place may have something to do with why the Thalmor have chosen to become conquerors instead of remain on their islands studying magic. Maybe they are afraid of Nords with frost magic?

Just wanted to say my conclusion on the controversy even if nobody really needs to hear it.

These ancient epic poems were never set in stone from their offset and creation thousands of years ago and in fact were loosely formatted many times throughout history by different scribes, or so my translated version informs me in the preface. So I will gladly state that there is nothing wrong with this new adaptation in the form of film by Mr. Nolan.

Imagine what the ancients who knew this story would think if you told them that every campfire on the surface of the Earth would sing to them and show them visions of the entire story all within one sitting of 3 hours or so?

I personally couldn't imagine what that would mean to them, but things are the same now as they have always been.

So therefor I have no problem with Achilles having been a female, or the most beautiful woman of all time being more controversial than the actual main female protagonist, who instead is the loyal and heartbroken Penelope.

And Tom Holland would make an awesome Paris as well as Telemachus.

TL;DR: Nobody would be complaining if Achilles survived getting punctured with an arrow to the heel where I come from. And I'm all out of bubble-gum.