I’ve Considered This At Some Length Before. The Minotaurs Were A Proud People That Were Reduced To

Mara as the Glamorous Enchantress, from Diana Wynne Jones’ “Dark Lord of Derkholm”

Shona is not impressed.

Can we step back for a second though and look at this twitter thread without any blinders whether that be on any level concerning representation in media, to realize how aggressively presumptuous the Twitter OP is being?

Outright, the focus is on ‘their’ culture. On ‘their’ tiny little aspect of this vastly creative effort that has been almost universally loved by those who’ve seen it. Things like this, people trying to control creators, to punish those who want to make something if it isn’t made to ‘their’ specifications, are the modern equivalent of the old Catholic Church arresting artists who made things the organization found “untasteful”.

Outrage culture is just a thing we have to deal with for now. People are going to flip their lids and go on childish vendettas against people that don’t fit their vision of a good artist or media maker. But preemptively throwing an aggressive and accusatory tantrum about something no one has even SEEN yet is where I draw the line.

You want to see representation for your culture? Right now that’s you. And by that example your culture is whiny, self-interested, and narrow minded.

High fantasy worlds based on real life geography and culture amazes me every time! 

It's probably got some syntax or other that we haven't clarified, my bet is that it's a way of referring to themselves as children of the moons. (Having their form determined by the lunar lattice could have that effect) Similarly, it is said that the desert was made by Y'ffer in to harm Khajiit. But their philosophies and even the Riddle'Thar seem to demand that they accept the hardship. Odds are they take pride in their ability to survive in the harsh environments.

I rly wonder about the ethymology of Ja'Kha'jay too? Literally, it would mean “baby moon”, “mooncub” but that’s weird? Also, is the semblance between khaj (desert) and kha'jay (moon) something intentional, despite them being two different things and the apostrophe in kha'jay indicating a potential root from two separate words?

Imagine with me...

Orcs discovering makeup.

Orcs finding the boldest red to coat on their lips because, "It's supposed to make it look like they're flush with blood."

Orcs circling their eyes furiously with eyeliner to bring out the PURE FIREY FURY within and terrify their opponents.

Orcs of all sexes and ages doing their daily things, talking, fighting, all with their faces done up and not one of them finding it unusual.

Orcs being touchy on the subject with outsiders because, "How did the humans find this before us? This is so much better than warpaint."

Orcs swarming high society shops whenever they raid or trade with a city and terrifying the noble customers as they march out with arms full of the highest fashions.

Orcs complimenting each other on a particular style or color as screaming people run by and surroundings burn.

Orcs pitching a fit when they can't find their favorite brands.

ORCS

Ballad of Night

Arise my brothers, our night is not done. We stand at the gates fighting dozens with one. At dawn we'll sing songs of this glorious fight. Guardians alone will outlast this night. The foes fear our hammer, our bullet and blaze. Bear your dark helmets, no fear in our gaze. The glory of dawn tis a beautiful sight. One we'll only see if we outlast this night. Their horde is vast, this army of dark. But we are blessed with the Travelers mark. We will not give up will not yield to this blight. It cannot be long, we must outlast this night. Their blades are brutal, their hatred unyielding. So eager to burn what we all would die shielding. Don't may bring blood but that future's still bright. To me my brothers we'll outlast this night.

Personally it's my belief that Sid grew up seeing all the other Turians with colony markings and ran up to Vetra "I wanna paint my faceplate too!"

And of course Vetra being the best big sister ever agreed and helped her. Then let Sid paint her markings too. Every so often they repaint the markings, even after Sid found out what they mean. It just became a thing for them.

Why do Vetra and Sid have colony markings?

If they left before Vetra went to basic and presumingly Sid was very young? If their sisters wouldn’t they have the same markings? When is a Turian given their markings? I guess you can keep them if you are no longer apart of the colony… I’m in Turian hell talk to me about Turians….

Frasier and Niles Become Demon Lords

I've never seen anything from lip sync battles before but MY GOD!

Tom Holland on Lip Sync Battle

Oh my goodness. Breaker warband was what I called the one for my Charrgeneer, Kathraak Cogbreaker! Also she is lovely!

Destrier Dealbreaker is a young Iron Legion soldier in the Breaker Warband. While they all joke that, given her small size, quick wit and skill with a blade that she fell out of the Ash trash apple tree, her ability to garner various parts and equipment at great prices and strike up good deals is incredibly beneficial and they wouldn’t have Destrier any other way. 

To her Warband and close friends, she has the affectionate nickname Desti.

I've always held the belief that Khajiit honor was built around different qualities. Where the Nords favor heroes of strength, wisdom, and bravery to the degree of foolhardiness, Khajiit's greatest figures were cleverer, more agile, and sly. Khajiit don't lack honor, their honor system just stems from different qualities of the individual.

This is why they seem to revere thieves to a great extent. In Nord culture every young adventurer says they're going to be a hero just like 'blablabla of old'. Among Khajiit it's similar, as their youth desire to be the most clever and successful.

I'm not so sure about them adapting to another system of honor, but I'm sure they understand it. And being clever as they are, they'd understand how to attain rank and status within it.

Nords would probably hate khajiit because they don’t share the notion of honor, but at the same time it’s canon that they do admire the figure of the Nord hero in wulfharth - and their story does include the ones without honor being punished. I think khajiit are very communitary, and if the notion of honor is often overlooked, it’s because they’d put “flee for your life it’s important” over “defend your name”. The only loopholes being : leaving someone of your community/someone of trust (in wulfharth’s story, the khajiit that sided with his enemy and left dro'zira alone to support him where shunned); second loophole being defending your homeland and keeping elsweyri culture going strong. I think that second​ point could be applicated with the khajiit presence in Skyrim : khajiit are very clever and immigrating as individuals living in Nordic society would be accepted and easy (like j'zargo), but they still keep on their nomadic caravan lifestyle at the risk of being kicked out