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Weird misunderstanding by the Hearthstone team or meant to be interpreted as a less familial term?
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Cousin in the US dub of Sailor Moon way?
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Broke: hearthstone is wrong
Bespoke: the longstanding fan-wish that either the Wrynn or Ellerian families are cadet branches of the Lothar family is being made canon and the Hearthstone team accidentally leaked internal WoW documents on the matter
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How wonderful.
Though, I canât tell if this will discourage people from still pairing the two up as some blossoming romance now that they may be cousins.
Iâm of the opinion there isnât any romantic chemistry between them.
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blizzard does like to chase trends that are out of date, and all i can think of is jon snow and danerys
that said it could just be since anduin said heâs named for lothar, and faerin is a lothar, itâs simply a kind of generic âhey weâre a little connectedâ label
The downside is that means that the Tess/Anduin agenda that CERTAIN DEVS keep pushing because their best friend is the Tess/Anduin shipper (and is why Tess isnât a worgen) can continue
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In all likliehood it was meant as a term of endearment.
Same way that Thrall refers to Gromm as âbrotherâ yet they arenât literal siblings, just two close friends of a shared heritage.
Since Faerin and Anduin have a more distant shared heritage (the Arathi and Stormwind coming from the same distant Empire) the term âcousinâ was probably more fitting. Likely a way of showing that they are close yet come from different backgrounds, people use it in real life all the time.
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Wait really? are you able to shed some light on this?
At this point Anduin is basically becoming every major Alliance characterâs family.
He has made Jaina his âAuntâ(so yeah this makes me think Faerin calling him cousin is a term of endearment rather then anything else considering their line to the Stromic families)
He has made himself the adopted son/mentor son of 3 of the Alliance faction leaders, Genn, Velen and Magni, and by extension that makes Moira almost like a sister to him.
Pretty sure Vereesa once thought of her boys when Anduin was around for the Warcrimes book.
And even Tyrande and Malfurion felt almost like adoptives parent when Varian died in wanting to help guide Anduin.
Really all he needs is to make Gelbin his fun uncle, He is the living proof the Alliance is as much a âfamilyâ as the Horde.
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I donât see how they could literally be cousins. Theyâre many, many generations removed from each other.
Who knows, maybe they will make Anduins grandmother (Taria Wrynn) Anduin Lothars sister in the game continuity like she is in the movie continuity. Although I suspect this is what you are referring to.
But I agree with other posters, it is probably an act of endearment and not because they are actually related (even distantly).
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If I remember correctly Anduin Lotharâs sister in the movie was the wife of Varian Wrynnâs father. I remember Anduin mentioning that to his son. So Tiffin Lothar was her name in the Warcraft movie making Anduin Wrynn the nephew of Anduin Lothar and thus at least in the movies indirectly related to the Lothars of the Arathi Empire.
Yeah but thatâs movie canon
I would rather the Ellerians be a Lothar cadet branch
God forbid someone is important by virtue of the matrilineal lineage 
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It would be awesome, but I feel like maybe theyâll simplify the story to cut the middleman history and cadet branches of family lines is normal historically etc, but I think with WoW half the people donât listen or read the quest lines.
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itâs really weird that it feels like theyâre doing absolutely everything to make this ship happen except, like. having anduin and tess interact on screen.
itâs as though theyâre trying to bring about this outcome not by making it happen, but by pruning away every possible bit of lore that could challenge it
though tbh iâm in general very uninterested in the âanduinâs girlfriend sweepstakesâ that has been running for a while and has been one of our main sources of ânothing female characters that are never mentioned again after their debutâ, cough cough fordragon
Anduin is getting long in the tooth for being 25 years old and not married with kids. Varian was around his age and was 40s when he died. I think Anduin needs to propagate his family line, to maintain the monarchy. He needs to have a son of his own since as a man well into his 20s he should have already produced at least one heir. Same with Tess Greymane whoâs pushing 30 and for her sheâs becoming too old by classic human standards. Not modern, but ye olde ways.
I maintain Anduin should be gay, the Court of Nobles should be homophobic, and this should cause a crisis of succession and Alliance civil war
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Yeah if Anduin turns out to be gay⌠yeah⌠Iâm gay in real life and I donât want that. More so, because of the 
storm that would arise. The Alliance should force him to marry Tess Greymane or Taelia Fordragon or Faerin Lothar. One of these three girls would be excellent wives to the king of Stormwind, and if he married Tess Greymane he would be king to both Gilneas and Stormwind formally merging the two nations in their progeny. Similarly to Thaurissan II being the heir to Dark Iron and Bronzebeard thrones.
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Why arenât such writers fired, or at least their plans stopped by other writers?
Instead, Blizzard often targets the wrong people. Iâd love to see Tess as a Worgen!
Personally, I donât care whether Anduin is attracted to women or men. As long as itâs well-written, itâs a win-win situation for all of us.
Perhaps it would be a better choice if Anduin were gay instead of straight. I think Blizzard could do more with that.
But if Blizzard really wants Tess to be Anduinâs wife, wouldnât it be more interesting if Tess were a worgen?
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