There are countless people out there who want their story driven by a certain storyteller and nothing else - and there is nothing wrong with that. Numidium, the Reality Warping Humongous Mecha of Dwemer construction, presumed destroyed following the events of Daggerfall, returns after having been caught in a time warp. C0DA is just Michael's way of tying up some of the loose ends he wanted to discuss during his time working on TES, and also to encourage creative folks like us not to obsess overly much over the idea of canon, which is good advice overall when it comes to TES Lore, since it's always been written from an in-universe perspective. There is nothing inherently corporate about the term "canon" and it's not about intellectual property rights. #33902725 is also a reply to the same post. >> Anonymous Jubal tells several versions of Vivec's story to emphasize that many different Tamriels can co-exist. The other reason is that I've seen people being overzealous about applying the word (and the concept), and I think that it's not helping the community at all. r/387420489 metrics including subscriber growth, count history, and subreddit rank (C0DA is Canon) This guy (allegedly) took drugs again, and tried to destroy the idea of an Official Elder Scrolls canon with the power of comics. This leads to the birth of the Amaranth - YOU (or I guess WE) - taking ownership of the TES myth back from Bethesda and making our own contributions without worrying which is truer. I apply C0DA to universes other than TES. It's a narrative declaration of the open-source lore remark he made months ago. You might also occasionally hear something about "lowercase c0da texts" or something to that effect - that refers to the other texts hosted on c0da.es, such as the Hahd bookcover or the Ayrenn version of KINMUNE. The Amaranth is a state that lies beyond all existence and the means to create a brand new universe; it was designed to present the natural "end-point" of the Elder Scrolls mythology. If you want to say "Bethesda's view of Tamriel," say "Bethesda's view of Tamriel" or "canon" or something, not "bethc0da". If you'd like to know more, check out this wonderful writeup by Jeroic. This story protests the modern situation. C0DA makes this canon. http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:AngryEnclaveSoldier/The_true_meaning_of_C0DA. I understood very little of it except what you explained here. Some of their members don't even consider C0DA canon, whereas we here do. Canon is what you make of it, your c0da. Some other stuff that I am certainly overlooking. How far does "c0da makes this canon" go? While it does advance TES technology, there wasn’t any gunpowder anywhere. The Star Wars Expanded Universe was official canon (conflicts are decided case by case, but generally novels are ranked highest, comics next, then video games, then RPG sourcebooks). C0DA makes this canon. Browse by Product Series If you do not reside in the U.S.A. or its five territories, please click here to visit our global website. Also potentially exists in Mora's Plane. 1069386. We've been expecting the engagement to be announced for years. Just going by what we see in the game, the Numidium isn't a (successful) artificial god and whenever it is used for something it only manages to break the universe and maybe erase a species from existence. It takes some of the themes of the world and shifts everything around them in order to examine them from another angle. ESO does add a lot of cool stuff to the lore, but it wastes a ton of potential at the same time. Is the fourth wall canon because of this? Numidium represents the non-contributor who sits back and nay-says everyone else's ideas intead of inventing their own Tamriel. Its MK's arguement over what is cannon and intellectual property rights. On one side, C0DA's reinterpretations of the world and promotion of the lore as open-source fiction result in the view that everything set in the Elder Scrolls universe, from the content created by Bethesda, to C0DA and fan-created works, are all equally valid interpretations of the Elder Scrolls themes and ideas, and that there is therefore essentially no such thing as "Elder Scrolls canon". Hopefully this silences the naysayers who claim C0DA is just a crock of shit / lore-rape. If you don't know kalpas--time in TES is cyclical, to an extent. #Morrowind #c0da #I long ago wanted to do a comic that's like one of those cheesy GI JOE safety comics #But instead of buttslap or waterboard or whatever they're called Numidium comes in and explains the safety tips in blank speech bubbles #As the comic gets progressively more distorted and eventually just ends in total blackness #Numidium #Jubal Post Sep 24, 2018 #1 2018-09-24T05:11. The books and songs published inside said video games. Canon is a noun that has a few different meanings. There is no Lore. This is true of Tamriel in general. There are books, movies, theatre productions, audiobooks, a ballet… but they are all Romeo and Juliet. Here is an example sentence using each meaning of canon. I don’t think there were any cannons in C0DA. AKB wrote:That quote was more in relation to how the MMO will affect the development of the main series (something fans frequently were worried would be put on hold), not in relation to its canonical status. Edit: Here is a link to my comment in another thread describing how I see C0DA's function as a part of the Elder Scrolls. Re: Regarding MMO and C0DA. ToothBrush. Is it possible you’ll see references to things or concepts in C0DA, or new things that interplay with ideas in C0DA? C0DA's background is introduced in the text Loveletter From the Fifth Era, The True Purpose of Tamriel, which brings some insight into a few aspects of C0DA's lore, most importantly the concept of the "Amaranth." 242 172 1. C0DA is … This is the stance I've always taken but I guess it's too meta for those milk-drinkers. 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