[New to Skyrim Modding]

So some time ago I go the base Skyrim game and never really played it. Well after years and years I want to play it and with the moding community i can make it so much more. But i am now stuck with a problem. Without having legendary skyrim i cant get certain mods for the game. however it seems that if i get the SE certain legendary mods are going to be out of the question. I guess my real question is...

 

If i get the SE will i be able to mod in mods that are in the legendary nexus page too?

[Help a Newbie]

of course you can go old skyrim

 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/72850/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim/

 

they try to hide it but it's still there.

 

you said manual modding....is there an automatic?

[Help a Newbie]

yeah everyone gasp when i say i have never played skyrim before. now that i got my first high end pc in a long time i figured it's time to play and also beef it with some mods. but i am noticing that while i could get the original i can also get the newer Special Edition of the game. as i was doing research i keep hearing that some old mods and even some new ones might not work on the special editions. can some one please clear the air. which version should i get? if i get the new one will only some of the mods in the Skyrim folder on nexus work? so bottom line is which version is the best and how do i go about modding that version?