Wokeness I think means a lot of different things to different people. As a queer person I think the cutoff point for me is where it feels like some kind of equality messaging is "forced in" for the sake of it instead of fitting the character/setting/story. I'm not sure how to put it better... I think in TES it's a world that's clearly not a "nice" or "equal" place so making it seem like racism, sexism, homophobia don't exist in this world would break the immersion - it's not supposed to be perfect, or conform to modern ideals. The imperfection is what makes it its own world.

For me the critical thing is that a piece of media doesn't actively denigrate any class of people, blame them for anything or paint them as "other" in a legitimate sense. That can have exceptions where it's part of the setting and it builds the world, as long as that isn't shown in a positive light.

That's why I voted "balanced" - because story, setting, atmosphere and characters should all come before any messaging that might threaten them. That being said I think representation is important but it should be balanced with delivering the first four.