As slowtrain said, the game has some missed moments of awesome, so it's not like the potential isn't there. Although I believe writing takes more-or-less talent, trying is still important.BTW my experience with Beth before was 15 minutes laughing as my BFF got his ass handed to him by the naked barbarian in Morrowind (and a buggy thief guild quest), and Oblivion being loved initially and hated afterwards. I never cared about OL, so I didn't look up info, all I knew it wasn't liked, and that doesn't necessarily mean much.
You were writing that huge post I don't remember so no wonder.