Protip for if you’re alone and find yourself getting jumpy because ‘oh shit this feels like the start of a scene from a horror movie’:
Do something that a director of a horror movie would never put in a final cut. Pull sudden and inexplicable stupid faces. Make up a ridiculous shuffle-dance. Sing that song with the weirdest lyrics you know, loudly and as off-key as possible. Be completely unphotogenic and uncinematic, and it counteracts the irrational fear quite nicely.
Pretend you’re in the blooper reel of a horror movie
I feel like Skyrim bread is a big thing, but the type of bread varies.
Like, in the Reach, you’ve got soda bread, made with berries or currants that have been foraged - thick, hardy, filling, and sweet, made with more limited ingredients because the Reachmen are excluded from a lot of trade and imports (the Nords occupying the region get everything) and they may not be able to afford yeast:
In places like Whiterun with lots of farms with all kinds of grain and cows around, you’ve got nice and fluffy bread without berries or anything because it’s not in a forest. The bread itself doesn’t have to be as filling; it’s a side thing, meant to be dipped in stews on cold tundra nights:
And then in Windhelm, it’s not a welcoming place, so it’s just seeds and stuff for travelers who aren’t stopping for long; it’s not a dessert, it’s not meant to be dipped in stews, it’s just enough to keep you going through the blizzards and get you out the door quickly:
i learned that Bethesda set up a challenge that would reward any couple free Bethesda games for life if they gave birth on Skyrim’s 11/11/11 release date and named the baby Dovahkiin. One couple took up that challenge and their son’s now called Dovahkiin Tom Kellermeyer (x)
Here’s Paarthurnax. He took me ages to make, and I think it was worth it? He still needs cleaning up but I don’t have the will to work on it any longer for now, enjoy
