Why does everyone hate Nazeem?

[HEAVEN AND HELLO]

I'm just curious.

[Nate]

Nazeem, it's the name that triggers us because of a certain line from his wife about Nazeem having stuffed himself in the Jarl's behind and Nazeem acting like we haven't seen the Jarl because we are poor and unintelligent, the last part may be true for some though...

[Fear2288]

“Do you get to the Cloud District very often? Oh, what am I saying, of course you don’t lolz.”

He’s an NPC whose only purpose is to walk around Whiterun, eat meals in Dragonsreach, and repeat that line to you when you get within 10 feet of him.

He’s not a quest giver, he’s not involved in any quests, and IIRC - in the vanilla game - he’s marked as essential/protected so he cannot be killed by the player or anything else.

He’s a farmer whose acquired a moderate level of wealth, but thinks of himself as Whiterun’s most powerful and influential noblemen and skulks around Dragonsreach as if he’s Balgruf’s most trusted and valued advisor when in reality the Jarl doesn’t even pay him any attention.

He’s the stereotype of someone who acts like they’re hot ♥♥♥♥ in front of people they see themselves as being “above”, but then will prostrate themselves for even the smallest bit of attention and praise from those with real power, wealth, or influence in the hopes that it’ll gain them the tiniest boost in status.

[smr1957]

Originally posted by Fear2288:

- snip - he’s marked as essential/protected so he cannot be killed by the player or anything else. - snip -

No, he is not essential or protected - he can be killed by anything and anyone at any time.

Otherwise, right on the mark about him - LOL!

[Fear2288]

Originally posted by smr1957:

Originally posted by Fear2288:

- snip - he’s marked as essential/protected so he cannot be killed by the player or anything else. - snip -

No, he is not essential or protected - he can be killed by anything and anyone at any time.

Otherwise, right on the mark about him - LOL!

Huh, I would’ve sworn he was unkillable which only helped to add to peoples’ dislike of him. I know there’s lots of content out there with people killing Nazeem, but I just assumed they were using mods or console commands that removed his invincibility.

[DPMR]

Nazeem never spends any time in or even near Dragonsreach.

From UESP Wiki
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Nazeem

[sdack]

One reason I can think of is that he appears unreasonably happy.

Everyone else is either hard-working, worried about the war and/or the dragons, sickly, or has something else going on, which occupies their mind and makes them appear reasonable, serious, preoccupied, mad, evil, or stressed. This makes it easy for a player to happily walk through Skyrim and to "win it all".

Of course, not everyone sees themselves as the happiest person in Skyrim with the deadliest weapon and a murderous skill set to wipe out all. Many will rather see themselves as hard at play. When one then meets Nazeem and is greeted by his happiness can it offend some players. "How can he be as happy as me? He must be arrogant or have some other fault!" Hence some players hate Nazeem.

[Fear2288]

Originally posted by DPMR:

Nazeem never spends any time in or even near Dragonsreach.

From UESP Wiki
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Nazeem

I’ve definitely seen him eat meals and skulk around the main hall of Dragonsreach plenty of times.

But who knows, maybe there’s a mod I’ve been using for years that extends his behavior/patrol path to include it.

[Ihateeverybody]

Imersive Citizens would be my guess, Cutting Room Floor Content would be a close second.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Do I need a reason to hate Nazeem?

[Ihateeverybody]

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

Do I need a reason to hate Nazeem?

I may be biased. In so many way. But I will say, YOU should understand why you hate Nazeem, even if you cannot articulate in a manner that can be, would be, or should be understood by others.

[sdack]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

Do I need a reason to hate Nazeem?

I may be biased. In so many way. But I will say, YOU should understand why you hate Nazeem, even if you cannot articulate in a manner that can be, would be, or should be understood by others.

If everyone knew why they do the things they do then it would put therapists out of work.

[Corinze]

He still is my favorite person to have arrested with the mod Thane of Whiterun.
He sounds so convincing when he shouts "what the", it's very satisfying and immersive

[Unholysammael]

Honest no clue why people hate him. I actually enjoy him, and can say without a doubt I have never killed him in any playthrough

[Wille Wilse]

An ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Simple as that.

[Madao]

I don't hate him. I just pity the poor fool and move on.