Just a random thought that I had. To be clear, I am not suggesting reviving Arthas or that one character is better than another. I am more suggesting a battle in the center of the mind between Arthas and Anduin. With Arthas representing everything Anduin fears or hates about himself. In fact, this could open up other such battles in the center of the mind for other characters and be an interesting way to bring back characters who have been killed earlier in the setting to be fought again (Thrall vs Gul’dan for example). What do you think?
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In a cinematic that be really cool, specially if we see an actual clash between them! Arthas being Anduins Shadow Form or Darkside would be very interesting IMO.
Although writing anything other than Arthas winning unlike Thrall vs Gul’dan would be face with A LOT of criticism IMO, for different many opinions on how most view Anduin.
Both clashes should have some screen time for sure though… however I would advise cautions of what type of verbal exchange those would have and the reasoning behind such a mental struggle. We got A LOT of old hardcore fans behind each and everyone of those characters.
However I think it be enlightening, entertaining, interesting and compelling to see such in screen!
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Could offer something similar to tales from the borderlands where he has to cooperate with the invasive mind inside him. 
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What do you mean by this, as in, how do you want it portrayed? Personally, I had enough of the two of them.
If Blizzard released 5 short stories about different characters, with a couple non Thrall Horde Characters like maybe Garona or Voss or Rommath… I would probably just ignore the Anduin story, and that is the best option for me.
If Blizzard released one story all about Anduin and his thoughts…. that would be irritating, because it doubles down on the Anduin melodrama.
If they did such a thing, release it in a bundle of other character short stories.
Heaven fore-fend such a thing makes it in game, as something we need to do to progress in the story or endgame.
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Two example’s that come to mind, I will try to keep this to the current expansion.
- Azeroth’s Radiant Memory Interactions: In other words, players are exploring an area that is being overwhelmed by radiant memories and various characters come to aid players in confronting these memories. One of these encounters could be Anduin versus Arthas in a way that helps Anduin to fight his demons, literally. This example could include a lot of variety with different characters interacting with each other (Jaina, Thrall, Voss, and many others could have a few issues to work out with this).
- Mind Delves: This one I’m not as certain would be interesting beyond just the first or second interaction but it could also work as a way to expand on the idea of delves. Short version, through a ritual, players are able to actually enter the minds of different characters as a means of purifying them before a major conflict. Players would then work with those characters to face whatever personal demons they may have and Anduin’s could be represented by the shard of Arthas that was forced onto him in Shadowlands. This would be a way to deal with that matter and resolve it so that Anduin would take a backseat in the story for the next expansion or two.
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OOOOOooo this is a cool idea… maybe you could a mix of both too IMO.
On one hand, considering what they did to him in Shadowlands, I’d like to see them bring Arthas back and give him a proper ending. On the other hand, It’s okay for character’s stories to end, we really gotta stop bringing everyone back and rehashing the same stories over and over and over.
He had a proper ending… on Icecrown. What happened afterward was an epilogue.
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I don’t think the Arthas SL thing would have stung quite so bad had they not (Ion, I think? I’d have to go digging) said they would need to be careful with how they handled Arthas if they chose to include him.