My headcanon for why daedric princes take on such different temperaments between games is to appeal to the sensibilities of different regions or to disregard them when they know they don't need to. Sheogorath takes on a more serious demeanor in Morrowind since he's meaningfully seen as a god there, but is more willing to let his inner madness show in regions where he isn't. There aren't as many Azura worshipers in the Iliac Bay as there are in regions further east, so she neglects formalities and lets her inner pettiness show. Sanguine is always the god of dark temptation, but he does so through the prominent tavern culture in Cyrodiil and especially Skyrim when in those regions, while in the minor kingdoms of High Rock and Hammerfell he more embraces aspects of dominion and domination due to the prevalence of feudal hierarchy. Molag Bal takes on a less serious-seeming "Halloween decoration" form in the Iliac Bay and Cyrodill so common society there can put up with him respectively being recognized by the mages' guild or having an open shrine within walking distance of the Imperial City, while in Morrowind and Skyrim there's a much clearer divide between the societies there and his cultists and vampires, so he's more willing to appear as an intimidating, openly evil force.

This explains most of the differences, but time also plays a role, like with Malacath more specifically being the "God of the Orcs" in each subsequent game as orcs and their culture become more broadly recognized, or Hircine being more withdrawn as werewolves become less prominent.

I like to imagine that the reason Sanguine's Rose can summon hostile daedra in the older games is because it doesn't just summon his own daedra. I mean, what's a party without an uninvited guest?

When I was doing my 4th or 5th daedric quest in Skyrim where you pledge your soul to yet another prince, I thought "So which one gets claim over Dragonborn when he dies?" Then years later I realized, the Dragonborn doesn't really have a soul of his own, it goes back to Akatosh. So really all the checks you're writing for these artifacts are gonna bounce big time

Love all of the potentially-lore-accurate jabs made at the "fine print" of what each Daedra supports and doesn't. Absolutely, Meridia, the flesh gardens were totally okay because the flesh wasn't dead - how much it WANTED TO BE doesn't matter.

I never understood the nalcar part of Azura's quest.
>Durr hurr Azura is evil, don't give the star back to her

>Anyway, I was able to transform it into an endlessly reusable black soul gem so that you can use people's souls for enchanting even if they aren't strictly better than any other "grand" soul

What?

I kinda like idea of Deadric Princes flexing on mortals by speaking directly through their own vocal chords. Personally I would be terrified if an invisible god just...forced his voice through my own mouth

2:04:20 You ever noticed Karliah basically pulls us into a daedric pyramid-scheme? Signs up two people she knows to get favour with the person above her.

I always name my "Wear the Boots" spell "Socks" because you gotta put on your socks before you put on your boots.

“Prepare to duck” “Quack.”
Sheo would be proud with the response.

I definitely like how in Skyrim you just sorta get dragged into Daedric quests unwillingly, that feels more true to form.

Daggerfall be like: I spent 200,000 gold for a chance to obtain this weapon, It breaks in five hits

Ah, Peryite. My favorite of the Princes. The God of Natural Order. Mortals and other daedra think he's weak, because his primary task is to maintain a degree of status quo (which is something of an anathema to the padomaic Daedra, I suppose). I love his quest in Skyrim because it shows that he's so much more than just a god of disease - Orchendor must be eliminated, because he's taking plague into his own hands. It's not time for a plague yet, that's a decision for natural forces to make and Peryite to sign off on. Disease... Yes. But only when it's time.

It's interesting that the Peryite shrine operates "openly" in the wilds of Reach, relatively near to the camp that Madanach flees to if he escapes Markarnh - for the Reachfolk consider Akatosh to just be a soft, urbanized interpretation of Peryite (yet Hircine is the chief of their pantheon, where Akatosh/Auriel rules the pantheons of the Aedric faiths). The dragon that oversees the world, testing the weak with disease and ensuring that only those that have a hope of enduring the challenges of the world have the chance to even try.

...I'm sure it's only a coincidence that I originally got into TES lore during the pandemic, and my first Skyrim run spent roleplaying was as a forsworn dragonborn who thought her powers were a reward from Peryite for a childhood spent regularly bedridden with fever on the verge of death.

I can't wait to watch this in bed and wake up 2 hours in and be very confused.

I love that the entirety of the Daggerfall section is essentially,
"So anyway, I started smashin'":_JBNFerrousLUL:

Karliah saying that the key can “open portals” is actually just talking about how it unlocks doors actually. This was revealed to me in a dream by Vivek.

"He'll burn down the universe just so he can arrange the ashes correctly" goes unreasonably hard

Another point towards Sheogorath in morrowind actually being haskill :

He doesn't say "I will reward you", or "I want you to do this" he says "Sheogorath will". Maybe he's not speaking in the third person, he's just saying it because he literally isn't sheogorath.

"he wants us to do the Golden glowjob... Uh, the goldenglow job" got a good chuckle out of me

been waiting for this one!
I'm glad you've started embracing short form videos like this

A different theory for the Skeleton Key being relatively useless for The Last Dragonborn in unlocking absolute power: It's relating to the Dragon Soul that resides in them.

The idea is that because of the Dragon's Soul, it already unlocked the Dragonborn's potential in order to fill the duty of protecting the world from Alduin. And the potential is basically Infinite,  So as a result, The Dragonborn can't unlock something that's already wide open and accessible. So, The Dragonborn uses the Skeleton Key for the other purpose: Unlocking regular locks.