#but i am So Into her being an avatar of stendarr

[queerloquial]

so it's like 3 am and I'm out of filter so

I'm kinda toying w the idea of ettie being like, specially chosen by stendarr for hero purposes. kinda like the concept of shezzarines in the day-to-day of it, in that the majority of the time she's just ("just") got uncanny skill in combat and can't seem to die when she should, and seems to have a habit of specifically going in and out of various afterlives and planes of oblivion to give death the finger and set things right. but I also like the idea that, occasionally, she acts as an avatar for stendarr, since unlike the daedric princes, the aedra are limited in how much direct influence they can exert in tamriel. but perhaps, they could take hold of a willing vessel for a time, when needed

bc tbh, I feel like the big fight at the end of the orsinium plotline wouldve been Perfect for a dramatic divine smiting- like, brightly glowing, avatar state, *you dare defy me*, display of holy fury. bc like hell would the god of *justice and mercy* really just sit back as kurogs plot unfolded, stacking one betrayal on top of the next, ready to spread needless suffering and death in the name of amassing power

but also I feel like the whole "the gods are distant and uncaring but we have faith and pray to them anyways" thing is boring as fuck, especially in fantasy worlds like tamriel where p much Everyone is religious but nobodys god ever like. does anything, outside of the ~evil daedra~