Well, I've tried multiple methods

[conuly]

and the correct way to clear the stolen tag off an item in the Nintendo Switch version of Skyrim is to put it into a drawer in Breezehome and have a companion (but not a housecarl, if google is to be believed) empty the entire drawer. You can then get the sword you forgot to get before leaving the Blades' new stronghold marked as not stolen, which is convenient when you feel morally opposed to killing the dragon on the mountain. You wouldn't think I had morals in this game, would you? Well, I do! And sometimes they're inconvenient! Like, do I want to kill Grelod the Kind? It's a bit of a hassle and I got lost multiple times* trying to find the Orphanage, not to mention the little boy's house! But I did it anyway, because of my morals. She had it coming.

I did at least have a chance to recruit three followers to the Blades before they cut me off. I decided on Erandur and Mjoll, because I think they'd like that lifestyle, and also Ralis because it's the only thing that can even begin to atone for his actions. Probably I should've just killed him when I had the chance. Or better yet, dragged him to Boethiah's altar, but I think I can find somebody who deserves it even more.

* I'm never quite sure if I get lost so much in video games because they're confusingly laid out or because of the whole agnosia that afflicts me IRL, but... yeah, I'm very lostable wherever I am.

Comments

[thewayne]

One of my 'most pleased with' immoral things that I did in a game, not that I did a lot, was in World of Warcraft. It was just before an expansion came out, and an in-game event had a plague spreading. If you got infected, you would infect others and eventually turn into a ghoul of some sort which the town guard NPCs would attack and you'd either die at their hands or eventually explode.

And you could infect NPCs!

I would get infected, then hurry into Stormwind (the human capital city) into the orphanage and infect as many as I could! Quite evil, and quite funny to watch the kids turn into ghouls and attack the matron.

Sadly, I lost the video that I made of it.

[isis]

Haha, I freaked out so much about having things marked stolen that I never stole anything after the first time.

[conuly]

My goodness! You monster!

[conuly]

Meh, now that I've joined the Thieves' Guild I can sell stolen goods.