I unironically enjoy spending hours upon hours downloading hundreds of mods and then making them work together in harmony. It's a journey, an experience, something close to divinity I dare say to perfect a game with various modifications. To completely change a game that is about adventuring and whatnot to something entirely different is a joy that transcends all others if you ask me. Hell, even games that allow minimal modding are alright in the end. Just the fact that you can make changes, however small they may be, is enough if you ask me.
I wish Todd Howard were a woman and I were her husband.
Absolutely, and inherently based. My Fallout New Vegas mod setup is seven years old, and it was an absolute blast to fine tune it to perfection (crashes all 40 minutes instead of 15). And yeah, if the game gives you the tools, then I always try to tailor good games to my liking.