And other Ukraine thoughts in this latest interview

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    As a less extreme example, Jeremy Soule being a sex pest and SV enjoyer and mentioning to the press that the Dovahkiin theme was inspired by his mental visualization of what it's like to "sexually conquer a feeemale."

    Makes it hard to listen to that song for me these days. kombucha-disgust

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, a while back. Not in those exact words, but he did say it was a sexual pursuit/coitus/climax/afterglow themed song. what-the-hell

        Disclaimer: that'd be fine if he wasn't also revealed to be a sex pest and SV enjoyer.

        • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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          1 year ago

          wild, it's clearly derivative of the Morrowind theme (so much so it has to be intentional) and that one's definitely not got orgasm vibes

          fun thing about sex pests is they tend to out themselves by what they associate sex with

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Some of the background lore of Morrowind is very awooga hypersus especially anything involving Vivec and Daedric Princes in general, be they Azura or even Molag Bal. I don't think that was Soule's doing, though.

            • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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              1 year ago

              Who knows in the early 2000s maybe he got to spend some time with todd helping with 'creative direction'.

            • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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              1 year ago

              Wasn't a lot of the weird Morrowind lore written by Michael Kirkbride? He seems very, uhhh, libertarian.

              • Mardoniush [she/her]
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                1 year ago

                He was that weird 90s libertarian socialist hippie Magick type. His wife (a major member of the Elder Scrolls fandom and pretty left wing.) basically says he spent 20 years on various drugs, first recreationally and then medically, and when he came off them in 2010 or so he went into a spiral and said some pretty yikes things he's since publically disavowed.

                So, not perfect, but he's trying to be better and I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.

                • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                  1 year ago

                  So much of his CHIM fiction involves

                  spoiler

                  "WHAT IF EVERYTHING IS A SIMULATION LIKE A BIDEO BAME? GEDDIT? GEDDIT?" soypoint-1 reddit-logo soypoint-2

                  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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                    1 year ago

                    I mean, conflating the creation of an artistic world with that of a demiurgic sub-creation (rather than a direct channeling of the divine or becoming a god proper.) was fairly innovative at the time, though of course the Romantic artists came up with the idea. Especially so within games.

              • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                1 year ago

                That one was horny but with significantly less SV, though some coercive elements. volcel-judge

                • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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                  1 year ago

                  Remember that it mentions her age at various points, which really, uh, contextualizes things. She's a teen when the Khajiit scene happens, which is seared into my brain because I didn't know cats were spiny in that fashion until I read that and looked it up.

                  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                    1 year ago

                    Remember that it mentions her age at various points, which really, uh, contextualizes things. She's a teen when the Khajiit scene happens

                    I somehow didn't connect those details until now. libertarian-alert

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            If it helps, Elder Scrolls Online has a lot of music that has nothing to do with him, and some of it is from Emily O'Brien, an amazing musician that did some Skyrim covers (and is the voice of some characters in the game, including a wonderful bard in Elsweyr).

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeVC4RrWwUQ&list=PLn0jxTEc2W9ujBQNDeWEZ2kkYLt78xTk6&index=9

    • OrcaAntiyachtVanguard [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      Oh god fucking dammit

      The OSTs from Oblivion and Guild Wars 1 are some of my favourite ambient fantasy music, I loved his music

      Why do people always have to end up being some kind of weird sex pest/transphobe/racist/etc