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Just wanted to drop by and say that I absolutely adore this mod. Thanks for all your hard work, FoxFingers!

Happy to see all the Orc love in here!

I don't have a problem with vampires being attractive and romanticized. What I dislike is the current trend to ignore their horrible, brutal side. Some posters have pointed to Dracula as starting this trend but I have to disagree. While yes, Dracula was attractive and romantic in some ways, the character was still very much a horrible, brutal monster. I think it's the combination of these qualities that make vampires so interesting. What makes them more than just a monster. Without one or the other they become boring.

I agree that there is an overabundance of ripped, beef cake male characters in video games. I'm a skinny dude myself, I don't look like any of those characters and quite frankly, don't want to. I could probably do with a few extra pounds but I would never want to look like some roid junkie, body builder.   As for the people having trouble creating male characters in Skyrim that don't look like that, I'm not really sure where the problem is.     Just made this character a minute ago, not exactly a beef cake. No male body mods used, just Race Menu and I don't think that's even needed. Sure you can see some muscles but with a person that skinny (like myself) you can see them because there's no body fat to cover them up.

I think it largely depends on the type of game it is. If I'm being totally honest, the story in TES games is generally pretty poor but between the open world setting and acceptable game play quality, I have the ability to make my own story. So TES doesn't really need good story but if it had poor game play also, it would be a lot less enjoyable.   Now take a games such as Amnesia: The Dark Descent or The Walking Dead games by Telltale Games. The game play in Amnesia is nothing special and in the case of The Walking Dead, it's almost non existent but it doesn't matter because it isn't integral to the game "working". If the story in those games was really poor however, the games would suffer greatly.

  I second this! Love girls with updos!  

Lots of great characters here! Here's mine.  

I think the OPs question has pretty much been answered at this point but I did want to address some of the comments about the Buffy TV series. As someone that grew up watching the series, I want to say that you shouldn't dismiss the show so easily or speak poorly of it (seemingly) without watching it first.   The show tackled a lot of really important topics that teenagers will deal with while growing up and it did so in a very positive, mature manner. I highly recommend watching the show or at the very least, reading this article for a better understanding of the show.