Is Skyrim promoting bestiality?

[Hungry Donner]

Fun fact Skyrim was not the first Elder Scrolls game with a romance quest.

Anyone remember Ahnassi?

I do, and I'm not sorry that someone brought her up before I had the opportunity. If Ahnassi's romance quest wasn't scandalous I don't see why Skyrim's romance options should be. Honestly I doubt the gaming media, let along the mainstream media, will give this much attention.

When Mass Effect was attracting so much attention I don't recall anyone concerned about human and alien relationships.

 

[Therumancer]

I have no real issue with the idea of inter-species sex/romance. Elves, humans, dwarves, hobbits, anthromorphs, aliens, robots etc... it's all good. I don't see that as being beastiality.

That said such things don't exist, so it's largely a question that comes up in fantasy, and I've long since been convinced there is no issue here conceptually.

On the other hand I do find it kind of disturbing when you run into people that are ONLY turned on by what doesn't exist, and need to say dress up in fursuits to have sex or whatever.

While it's not my primary interest, I can look at some Anthromorphic artwork of gorgeous female characters and fairly say "yeah, I'd hit that if it was real and I was given the oppertunity", but it's not real and not something I try and simulate IRL, nor do I seek this kind of thing out to the exclusion of real porn when I'm "in the mood" so to speak.

As far as romance goes in "Skyrim" I guess it comes down to what the options are and what character I come accross as liking.

To be honest I will concur that I don't find the Krajits or Argonians all that attractive with the current models I've seen, the latter in paticular. However I will say that snake/lizard girls can be quite hot in the right artwork, look up some artist renditions of Nagas, Medusi, Half Dragons, Yuan-Ti, etc... It CAN be made sexy along the whole alien/exotic vein, but "Elder Scrolls" doesn't seem to be going there from what I've seen.

 

[Prince Regent]

I heard Khajiit women are tigers in the sack.

Grrrr

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

Fun fact, sex with an elf is beastiality if you are human. Beastiality is essentially having sex outside of your species. If you are into elf fucking, you are technically about the same as a dog fucker.

If you want to defend the position of elf fornicating by saying they are sentient beings, thus do not fall under beastiality, then I have to point out that Khajit and Argonians are sentient beings, thus is not beastiality.

Allowing a player to do something in a game does not equal promoting it. If that was the case, TES series promotes murder, sadism, masochism, theft, home invasion, disease, etc by the fact that they allow it.

So to answer your question... No, it isn't promoting anything. Promoting means advocating, they are advocating allowing players to make up their own minds and create their own experiences.

 

[staika]

Oh my god I never thought of it that way, I still don't think it's promoting it because I never heard of that possibility until now. This distrubes me a little but I usually only play as human characters and I am not attracted to the cat or lizard people so I think it won't be an issue for me.

 

[pulse2]

Erm....I think some people missed the "Lets not get all serious, I really don't care that much, just thought it would be an entertaining topic" part. Freaking out about it? Hardly, its like some people immediately took offense to me jokingly calling it bestiality. I know they are intelligent humanoids in a manner of speaking (or at least supposed to be), I played Oblivion and loved it, I'm also aware that technically its no different from Elves and dwalves etc.

Like I said, I'm not the least bit bothered by it, I started the topic for entertainment (or at least it was entertaining until some people started assuming I was freaked out and absolutely appalled by the idea or something of the sort), I like the options Skyrim is giving and I'll be sure to mess about with all of it, after all, that's what it's all there for, might as well make the most of their hard work.

Jeez, I don't mind being corrected, it all makes the topic more interesting, but lets not get carried away, catpeople and lizardpeople don't "actually" exist yaknow.

 

[ChiryX]

So apparently you can marry in Skyrim, this news is old now, you can marry same sexes too! This news is also old now. But has anyone stopped to think about the animal races marrying humans? :/ Now of course I'd love to demonstrate my male ego by playing as a Tiger, therefore the Khajiit perfectly represents what I'm about But there's something a little strange about marrying a female lizard (argonian) or heck even a human species :/ Will I ever get used to this? Will you ever get used to this? What do you think?

(Lets not get all serious, I really don't care that much, just thought it would be an entertaining topic)

-_- Lizard wife in a pink dress with lipstick on, horrifying mental image.

I just know there's a bestiality forum somewhere on the internet talking about how exciting this news is, lol

Well in oblivion there was the grey prince, who was half human(vampire). How is that any different?

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I heard Khajiit women are tigers in the sack.

Grrrr

You jerk. That pun was so stupid it made me chuckle.

On-topic, as has been said several times, it is not any stranger than romancing Tali, or Garrus, or Thane, or Liara.

Or being a human on Dragon Age and romancing Zevran. Or being an elf and romancing Alistair, Morrigan, or Leilana.

So apparently you can marry in Skyrim, this news is old now, you can marry same sexes too! This news is also old now. But has anyone stopped to think about the animal races marrying humans? :/ Now of course I'd love to demonstrate my male ego by playing as a Tiger, therefore the Khajiit perfectly represents what I'm about But there's something a little strange about marrying a female lizard (argonian) or heck even a human species :/ Will I ever get used to this? Will you ever get used to this? What do you think?

(Lets not get all serious, I really don't care that much, just thought it would be an entertaining topic)

-_- Lizard wife in a pink dress with lipstick on, horrifying mental image.

I just know there's a bestiality forum somewhere on the internet talking about how exciting this news is, lol

Well in oblivion there was the grey prince, who was half human(vampire). How is that any different?

I forgot about that sidequest. So...Oblivion covered necrophilia twice...yeah, not-quite-bestiality isn't so bad now, is it?

 

[Hawgh]

I think the fifth incarnation of this series is a little late to start the blame.

Obviously, Skyrim is simply the latest installment in an ongoing campaign to have a furry elected president of the United Nations. Thereafter, they will use their growing influence to add all threatened species into experiments seeking to create an anthropomorphic hybrid.

Then there'll be some fuuuuuurious snakecharmin'.

Spoiler

Wink. Wink.

 

[FPSMadPaul]

I haven't played Skyrim.

It's not out yet.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I think the fifth incarnation of this series is a little late to start the blame.

Obviously, Skyrim is simply the latest installment in an ongoing campaign to have a furry elected president of the United Nations. Thereafter, they will use their growing influence to add all threatened species into experiments seeking to create an anthropomorphic hybrid.

Then there'll be some fuuuuuurious snakecharmin'.

Spoiler

Wink. Wink.

I...I can't say what I want to to that statement. I might get in trouble, and I've stayed out of mod trouble for most of my time, save two warnings.

Just rest assured that you made me double facepalm and groan with that pun.

 

[RGman]

There is nothing wrong with some interspecies love, as long it is consensual of course.

On thing that kept bothering me as I played Oblivion was the lack of intermediate races. It's clear in the game that orc/human relations can produce offspring, so to me it's only safe to assume that there are other possible interacial combinations that can generate life. So howcome we never get to see a green elf or a human with horns and whiskers (that would be the result of one hell of a party, let me tell ya).

I hope Skyrim handles this aspect with more diligence than it's predecessors. This and adding children. And fat people. So I can shoot fat dunmer kids with silly hair style.

 

[The Inquisitive Mug]

I never had the urge to do it with an animal, and I don't think Skyrim giving me the thumbs up is what's going to break the camel's back. If that were the case, it wouldn't have been too long until I boned one anyway.

 

[Chased]

Fox news is going to skew this and say you can Marry a Horse. I just know it

Horse tuxedos would be perfect for DLC. >.>

 

[Soxafloppin]

If I want to marry a Lizard woman in a game for shits and giggles, It doesn't mean I want to fuck my dog.

 

[CityofTreez]

If I want to marry a Lizard woman in a game for shits and giggles, It doesn't mean I want to fuck my dog.

What? Of course it does. The same way that playing GTA will make you become a serial killer.

/sarcasm

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Can someone explain the difference between marriage and fornication to those unfamiliar with the facts? And then the difference between animals and anthromorphisms. And finally between fantasy and reality?

 

[Brodie Jenkins]

Oh for ...... this reminds me of the outrage about furries saying ZOMG IT IS BEASTIALITY they are humanoid therefor it isn't beastiality, move along. >_>

 

[AnarchistFish]

Is it technically any worse than romancing Liara in Mass Effect?

Who even romanced Liara? I never got the appeal, she kinda creeped me out.

I did. Human sex is boring (jk but it was more, interesting)