Words are nothing. Actions mean something. Sylvannas could have fled and left us to die in Undercity. Instead she personally took the fight to the Alliance. Buying us time to escape. That’s just one of MANY examples.
Leaders don’t have to care about the individual, and in fact should not. The bottom line is what matters. Sylvannas got $#$# done. Plain and simple.
Because we’re her ‘bulwark against the infinite.’ She cares about us about as much as you care about a random hammer or nail. A useful tool, but not something you genuinely care about.
Sylvanas killed her own people, cutting down those who trusted her with their afterlives. There’s absolutely nothing redeeming about that act alone.
Unfortunately, she won’t end here. Even though her story needs to stop, and the focus on her is so exhausting, and she’s part of why the WoW lore and story is so bad right now, Blizzard will keep her going. She sells, unfortunately, as most female icons do in video games. Getting rid of her would mean getting rid of potential revenue.
She went from being a good character to being a horrible one, pretty much since Icecrown at this point. But she’s likely here to stay no matter how this expansion goes. And it’s very frustrating.
Short sighted and stupid. If nothing else, the weak make great cannon fodder for the front lines. If you kill all your weakest people, you have a new weakest people. Keep that up, and you have noone left.
Again, when did I say she cared about us? A leader shouldn’t care about the individuals, but only the whole.
In the Darkshore/Arathi storylines, one of those little “do nothing” daily quests in Darkshore is retrieving Titan artifacts that the Murlocs have stolen.
So +snaps fingers+ …
Murlocs have recovered Titan relics just offshore of the all many continents we now play on. Those relics have bestowed untold power on the many tribes of various Murlocs.
And there’s you’re next expansion and 3 expac story arc:
THE RISE OF THE MURLOCS.
You either love this idea, or you better pay me $1 for the fact it’s better than any of the BS that’s coming down the pipeline from Blizzard and that hack Christine Golden. She may be great in some other format, but everything she’s done at Blizzard has been terrible.
Murlocs, baby. Murlocs vs Silithid. Bug Wars always work.
In some Orc clans, if the child appears sickly or frail, they will instead be drowned, likely by the father.
Some of the living do not have the same valor as you do.
I am also reporting you to the Dark Lady, maybe a short stay in the Maw could do you great good!
I hope we end up having a more ruthless Alliance character crop up. Too many Horde characters have gone bad that Alliance, at least as they are portrayed in-game, seem really milquetoast and goody-two-shoes.
There’s potential in that. The issue is that Anduin really doesn’t want any more war and he is, for all intents and purposes, the will of the Alliance.
If the Night Warrior tries something? Public condemnation and no more Alliance support. The Night Elves, at this stage, can’t afford to leave the Alliance. They have no home.
Council of Three Hammers? Moira COULD flex, which I, personally, would adore, because she’s the most interesting dwarf to ever dwarf since beards existed.
The Lightforged and that High Exarch Human of theirs could try something, and it DEFINITELY would be something in their court to do. The Mag’har Orcs could say a thing or two about -their- type. The Lightbound is just another phrasing for the Lightforged, after all.
Genn Greymane could continue to be a bad leader and shake his fist at the Horde.
At the end of the day, though, outside of the Lightforged or MAYBE the Void Elves, the Alliance likely would squash any ill intent/warmongering thanks to King Anduin.
That is, of course, if Anduin survives this expansion…