Stemin Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 (edited) you both have really good points, but the thing is - when a human population has a high enough % of it being inactive, they tend to find ways to amuse themselves. But amusing yourself doesn't necessarily equate to creating more culture. It was the truth back in the days of the vikings, and its the truth now when working class americans spend a good deal of time just hanging out in bars watching football and chasing girls. Not much "art" going on there. I'm no historian to know the truth of things, but a lot of viking culture is portrayed similarly, just drinking in mead halls while having massive orgies in between plundering and looting. It's no secret a lot of Nordic culture was modeled after the Vikings. Edited October 28, 2012 by Stemin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slainia Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) They also mention part of the nordic custom is to add decorative carvings to the houses & longhouses, though. (this was done in bruma in oblivion, but still applies. In fact, there are some buildings in skyrim that use it, I think. the curlycues - no idea what they're actually called - at the corner of certain beam placements, for example.Also, they would still want to make the mead halls look good. Maybe not stunning, maybe not orante/fancy to the extent that thats what they spend all their time or money doing, but i think it would still be a factor. even if we go with the idea that most would tend towards lazyness (for lack of a better term), I believe there would still be people who prefer something more creative. Edit - if you look, there are more functional hints of art or creativity all through the game. They just...*appear*, that's the problem - the glazed pots, the ancient murals (although that makes complete sense that no one does it anymore), the banners and tapestries etc. What im finding annoying atm is that they don't show where these items come from at all - when you get right down to it, theres a fairly large selection of stuff that just appears. Edited October 29, 2012 by slainia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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