Mar. 2nd, 2024

kossai: masculine kossai hold up yellow magic heart (Default)

so understand why now especially writers want say that gayness is just normal and acceptable thing in elder scrolls universe , but that still do not explain away some little things .

in this case think about dumag gro-bonk . dumag gro-bonk is in shivering isles - new sheoth's bliss , to be exact .
and of course , to get in shivering isles means to pass by gatekeeper - which in self means , to have sheogorath's blessing , to be in some sense mad .

what is mad about dumag gro-bonk then ? dumag gro-bonk is openly gay , and will flirt with male player characters , while speak with admiration to female ones . there is ... not much else to go off .
is gayness then madness ? is this only mad because of how open dumag gro-bonk is ? because enjoy flirt ?
… none of that seem any good !!!

so then what could be answer ?
one theory is that dumag gro-bonk might have some kind of cognitive disability - maybe mild form of intellectual disability - and people outcast for this slowness . this feel sort of weak as theory though , because really only come from dumag gro-bonk talk about mother fondly as mama and come off as just somehow " simple " … or worse , " childish " .

kossai theory so far is ... perhaps , dumag gro-bonk's mother was one to go . young dumag gro-bonk just along for this ride , as gatekeeper accept mother into realm ... and for one reason or another - sympathy to child ? potential of child ? - dumag gro-bonk allow to follow .
dumag gro-bonk might then not be mad in usual sense , not have any mental illness or disability , but still grow within world and culture of shivering isles so that normality is illusion , and madness is home . mad by proxy , one might say .

think this is more likely because of this line :

Where has Sheogorath gone? Mama always said, "The Prince of Madness is a basket of riddles."

maybe this quote was from before journey , or after - either way this suggest some familiarity with sheogorath , and certainly enough that dumag gro-bonk also know enough to ask questions about sheogorath in childhood .

there could be other answers , of course - maybe just do not see dumag gro-bonk enough to know what lie under surface , maybe trauma and shock of mother's sudden or possibly horrific death drive dumag gro-bonk to isles as adult , or so on .
but think with what information is in game , really like this one - mad by proxy as child who grow up in shivering isles . fun , unique position !

kossai: masculine kossai hold up yellow magic heart (Default)

sometimes think about ways to prank with magic ... but know how easy that could come off as mock magic in self rather than just , prank that use magic as vehicle .

for example something like ... to sell spell that bring money , and rather vaguely promise returns ... because indeed , would simply give refund of this purchase , therefore hold promise of return true .
or subliminals that promise beauty - load with messages and intent to change listener's perceptions of beauty , so that beauty goals become in line with , like , ogre beauty .
hilarious !!! too bad people would see this as mockery of magic . but look - faeries just do things like this !

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