After the alliance lose his best king all time, king Varian Wrynn, i start to thing, maybe anduin will show a diferent point of view, not just like a warrior has his father, but maybe more like a king, sure, not like Varian but also more inteligent… so i was wrong.
If you ca remember, the BFA story of Before the Storm, was anduin invited himself to make deals with Sylvanas, going to undercity falling like a fool in her trap, and then he again do the same thing in the game, in the undercity attack, after the buring of Teldrassil, if you can remember that the soldiers from alliance died because the BLIGHT (PLAGE), and they was never use a mask agains that?? You mean like a king you expect to your enemy never use a weapon like this even if that is the best weapon they have??? IS like fight agains the legion and you expect they never going to use the Fel magic… so yeah or Andun is an idiot or the writers from BFA are. And there is more after that like, why Anduin and her best friend Sylvanas, are the worst characters from all lore but you got my point. If you want to know more, there is a video here that explain everything the nonsenses that this “king” made.
Oh yes, i forgot, is in spanish.
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Anduin is a diplomat, not a war hawk. He also values the goals of peace more than his own life.
Also, it’s a fantasy video game. This isn’t a war strategy game based on reality, it’s a D&D campaign we’re all playing.
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Excuse me but there are videogames with good lore and some of those had make his mark in the culture like Metal Gear Snake eater, i mean that game was considerated to be in a museum because his History from the cold war, and don’t make me tell you about videogames like silent hill 2 that speak about themes like mental sickness. Is not a thing like D&D are for kids, or anything else, warcraft 3 have a gore history telling you like a price murder a entery town to save the kingdom so… yeah for me is lazy writers.
What you just wrote is lazy writing. Look at that wall of text.
WoW writing is fine. I think this game will never meet some people’s expectations. Like, you think WC2 was good writing? I think you just have a lazy memory. 
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Dude got thrust into being a King long before he was ready, and he values peace and diplomacy above all else.
Most folks don’t expect a man of what, 18-19 years? To be able to lead a nation, yet that’s what he’s expected to do and he’s also expected to meet the expectations of the Alliance as a whole. It’s a big weight.
So no, it’s not ‘lazy writing’ he’s just inexperienced. If he was the perfect king I’d be questioning the writing, since someone his age should have flaws, especially in regards to how they manage leadership.
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Using the blight was one of the first examples of Sylnanas’ reckless and depraved approach to leading the Horde. It doesn’t differentiate between friend and foe; the blight killed just as many Horde as it did Alliance, and the very fact that it couldn’t be controlled is likely the reason Anduin didn’t expect it to be used.
In other words, he didn’t expect she would be so willing to murder her own troops…so in that respect, you are correct that he was naïve.
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Since when have we had a good King of Stormwind in the game, aside from Varian’s final five minutes before his misty demise?
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Bad writing. Don’t get too attached, it will only hurt you.
Also, remember when Varyan stopped Thrall from killing Garrosh at the end of Mop? Well, I do.
Blizzard will always be Blizzard.
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Wasn’t Anduin previously leading Stormwind before? 
Not that I am super interested in WoW lore…
But he led the Alliance to victory in the 4th war.
Sure there were missteps, but some people would might say that is a sign of good writing because it shows that Anduin has faults and depth.
Even the painful decision not to follow Tyrande in her quest for vengence seemed like a hard decision for him…and ultimately weakened his army.
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When Varian was missing? No. He was too young, leadership of Stormwind back then was done via Bolvar Fordragon, although Lady Prestor (aka Onyxia) was pulling the strings and manipulating events behind the scenes.
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That was annoying. Why couldn’t Garrosh have died like any other NPC in that fight? No one had a legitimate reason to spare his life.
He’s so badly written it’s comical. When he went in to find her lounging on the throne - you don’t talk, you shackle undead because anyone with a brain cell (and most certainly the poodle) would know she had an escape plan.
It was lazy writing.
Varian didn’t want garrosh to just die, he wanted to actually hold him responsible for his crimes. Plus he couldn’t stand thrall killstealing him.
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You missed something thought. Varian had gone through heavy hardship before becoming king - he slayed 100 enemies in the horde pit to earn his freedom, granting him respect of horde too. Anduin was suddenly thrusted into position of king after only having experiences in Pandaria(being crushed by statue), and encountering pandaria monsters. He also grew up without war and bloodshed so he’s only ever strived to create peace. He’s not the worst king, he’s an battle-inexperienced king.
You seriously can’t expect a boy-king to fill the shoes of his father and love up to it. The rest of the kings before Varian were also adults so…yeah. They had seen their fair share of bloodshed and battle and what it means to burden the weight of a king.
Imperfect characters aren’t “lazy writing.”
I love how Anduin is constantly sitting between being a “mary sue” and being the complete opposite.
So many writing experts on these forums…
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Except there’s no evidence that he knows that skill in the lore.
Sure, we can use it in-game, but that’s a game mechanic. Game mechanics =/= Lore
Priests for example do not have an amazing ability to create a bubble of light that blocks harmful magic and can rez anyone it touches, bringing an entire army back from the brink of defeat. Priests also can’t wear plate or wield swords, yet Anduin does both.
So using the excuse that he should have used X class ability is flawed because the concept of class abilities doesn’t apply in the lore at all.
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I have to agree,it does view a different take on how a king gets to where he is accepted and it is being played out in the player base .Alot of people don’t accept he is king in real life and it seems he’ll have to prove that in the coming time.
I don’t fully remember the ending but I thought he wasn’t spared until after we stopped fighting. He could have easily just been killed just like every other NPC in that raid.
He is what… 25 in cannon? Consider how old the other leaders of the Alliance are, and the question stops being about Anduin. Even those who have normal mortal lifespans were leaders before Anduin was born.
