SoulofChrysamere Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 (edited) Inspired by the Animaniacs skit of the same name.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKYRIM: GOOD IDEA, BAD IDEA Good Idea: Killing a dragon that’s terrorizing hapless farmers.Bad Idea: Killing a dragon that’s terrorizing the Thalmor Embassy.Good Idea: Hunting wolves at level 1.Bad Idea: Hunting ice wolves at level 1. Good Idea: Wanting to see the moon and stars up close.Bad Idea: Letting a giant help you do it.Good Idea: Trying to kill a troublesome spriggan.Bad Idea: Trying to kill a troublesome spriggan living on a game reserve.Good Idea: Cutting your venison chop with your dagger.Bad Idea: Cutting your venison chop with Chillrend.Good Idea: Showing your power as the World Eater by laying waste to an entire military outpost.Bad Idea: Missing the one person there that ends up being your eventual undoing.Good Idea: Playing pick-up sticks with the neighborhood kids.Bad Idea: Playing pick-up sticks with a necromancer.Good Idea: Enchanting your armor with Fortify Stamina.Bad Idea: Enchanting your pajamas with Fortify Stamina.Good Idea: Teaching students how to enchant.Bad Idea: Teaching yourself how to enchant.Good Idea: Assassinating with Mehrunes’s RazorBad Idea: Shaving with Mehrunes’s Razor.Good Idea: Punching a Bandit in the nose.Bad Idea: Punching a Bandit Marauder in the nose.Good Idea: Munching on some monarch butterfly wings.Bad Idea: Munching on some blue butterfly wings.Good Idea: Fishing for slaughterfish.Bad Idea: Hand-fishing for slaughterfish.Good Idea: Staking your house claim.Bad Idea: Staking your horse.Good Idea: Chatting with a former soldier.Bad Idea: Chatting with a Falmer soldier. Good Idea: Being a silversmith.Bad Idea: Being a Silver Hand. Good Idea: Reading about a dragon priest.Bad Idea: Reading to a dragon priest.Good Idea: Worshiping Talos in Windhelm.Bad Idea: Worshiping Talos in Markarth.Good Idea: Spelunking inside Darkwater Crossing Mine.Bad Idea: Spelunking inside Cidna Mine.Good Idea: Watching a beautiful Whiterun sunrise.Bad Idea: Watching a beautiful Whiterun sunrise as a vampire.Good Idea: Swatting a spider with a flyswatter.Bad Idea: Swatting a frostbite spider with a flyswatter.Good Idea: Knowing about the Dark Brotherhood.Bad Idea: Knowing the Dark Brotherhood.Good Idea: Trying to balance an Elven war axe.Bad Idea: Trying to balance eleven war axes.Good Idea: Building ballistae that shoot explosive bolts.Bad Idea: Making said ballistae unable to be reloaded.Good Idea: Sampling alto wine.Bad Idea: Sampling languorwine.Good Idea: Forging a steel sword.Bad Idea: *Forging* a steel sword.-------------------------Good Idea: Observing ravens in their natural habitat.Bad Idea: Observing hagravens in their natural habitat.Good Idea: Hunting along Skyrim’s northern coast.Bad Idea: Sailing along Skyrim’s northern coast.Good Idea: Carving a mammoth’s tusk.Bad Idea: Carving a live mammoth’s tusk.Good Idea: Conjuring a flame atronach inside your castle.Bad Idea: Conjuring a flame atronach inside your treehouse.Good Idea: Roasting a goat leg on a cooking spit.Bad Idea: Roasting a mammoth leg on a cooking spit.Good Idea: Having chicken eggs for breakfast.Bad Idea: Having spider eggs for breakfast.Good Idea: Vacationing in a Whiterun retreat.Bad Idea: Vacationing in Redoran’s Retreat.Good Idea: Trying to kill worthy opponents to please Boethiah.Bad Idea: Trying to kill the Dragonborn to please Boethiah. Good Idea: Seasoning your meat with salts.Bad Idea: Seasoning your meat with fire salts. Good Idea: Shaking the hand of an Imperial centurion.Bad Idea: Shaking the hand of a Dwarven centurion.Good Idea: Leading your bandit gang in the conquest of a fort.Bad Idea: Neglecting to fortify it afterwards.------------------------ Good Idea: Purchasing hagraven feathers.Bad Idea: Plucking hagraven feathers. Good Idea: Scratching a housecat's tummy.Bad Idea: Scratching a saber cat's tummy. Good Idea: Painting a dragon picture.Bad Idea: Painting a dragon portrait. Good Idea: Forging silver paraphernalia.Bad Idea: *Forging* Silver-Blood paraphernalia. Good Idea: Riding on the back of your horse, Carl.Bad Idea: Riding on the back of your housecarl. Good Idea: Being Solitude's executioner.Bad Idea: Being Helgen's executioner. Good Idea: Giving your armor shop a rustic appearance.Bad Idea: Giving your armor shop a rusty appearance.------------------------ Good Idea: Dual-wielding swords.Bad Idea: Dual-wielding bows. Good Idea: Going to war with a warhammer.Bad Idea: Going to war while hammered.------------------------Good Idea: Testing the WabbajackBad Idea: Being a test subject for the Wabbajack Good Idea: Giving a beggar a cheese wheel.Bad Idea: Giving a wagon a cheese wheel. Good Idea: Being vigilant for Stendarr.Bad Idea: Crossing a Vigilant of Stendarr. Good Idea: Selling excess stuff at the break of dawn.Bad Idea: Selling Dawnbreaker. Good Idea: Killing trolls for the jarl of Riften.Bad Idea: Trolling the jarl of Riften.------------------------ GUEST POSTS fortie-Good Idea: Looting a giant.Bad Idea: Pickpocketing a giant.=== AlduinWorldEater-Good Idea: Practicing your destruction magic.Bad Idea: Practicing your destruction magic inside a temple. Good Idea: Sneaking through the Ratway.Bad Idea: Sneaking through the Ratway in heavy armour. Good Idea: Gathering ingredients to sell.Bad Idea: Eating them all before making it to the shop.Good Idea: Stopping at an Inn for a drink.Bad Idea: Stopping at an Inn for a drink with Sam Guevenne. Good Idea: Getting married.Bad Idea: Getting married to a hagraven.=== Jak_Atackka-Good Idea: Enchanting your armor with 100% chameleon.Bad Idea: Enchanting your weapon with 100% chameleon. Good Idea: Cooking with Elves EarBad Idea: Cooking with an elf's ear.=== Adder1-Good Idea: Selling all your wares.Bad Idea: Selling all your "wears".=== NexusRanger-Good Idea: Raising mudcrabs in your backyard for food and experience.Bad Idea: Telling your wife you have mudcrabs. Good Idea: Being born under the Sign of the Atronach.Bad Idea: Showing your birth certificate to an atronach. Good Idea: Dual-wielding glass swords.Bad Idea: Dual-wielding drinking glasses.=== Ithildin-Good Idea: Executing General Tullius as a Stormcloak.Bad Idea: Executing General Tullius as an Imperial. Good Idea: Climbing the 7,000 steps for the first time.Bad Idea: Climbing the 7,000 steps for the first time at level 2. Good Idea: Eating one of every ingredient you find to raise your Alchemy skill.Bad idea: Eating every Daedra heart you find to raise your Alchemy skill.=== Rezubi-Good Idea: Killing bandits for their loot.Bad Idea: Killing guards for their loot.=== AurianaValoria1-Good Idea: Collecting eggs for breakfast.Bad Idea: Collecting chaurus eggs for breakfast.=== Dubnoman-Good Idea: Help a poor fellow out with his broken cart.Bad Idea: That fellow is Cicero.=== Nyxalinth-Good idea: Slaying Undead near Meridia's Shrine.Bad Idea: Performing necromantic rituals near Meridia's Shrine.=== jonarus_drakus-Good Idea: Singing "Age of Aggression" in Solitude.Bad Idea: Singing "Age of Aggression" in Windhelm.Good Idea: Singing "Age of Oppression" in Windhelm.Bad Idea: Singing "Age of Oppression" in Solitude.=== AlisterThorn-Good idea: Giving a follower a view of the landscape from High Hrothgar.Bad idea: Giving them a closer view with Unrelenting Force. Edited March 6, 2013 by SoulofChrysamere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezubi Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I love this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit1251 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Not bad. Rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexusRanger Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 ^ The rabbit has taste... Thankfully, I'm a vegetarian. :laugh: ;) Nicely done, Soul. :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AurianaValoria1 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 This is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulofChrysamere Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 Glad everyone likes this. I'm making more as I speak. I'll update the list when I get a good few more created. Until then, cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortie Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Good idea looting a giant. Bad idea pick pocketing a giant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulofChrysamere Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 Okay, fixed it. There's more (separated by that dotted line. I'll do that for all additions.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafflesalot Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 This is great! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChocolateBunny Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Lol and for chapter 2.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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