Fathers in WoW, why so absent?

Father’s day is coming and I was thinking, did anyone notice how the father figure in wow are usually absent and badly represented?

Thrall had a son (Durak, I only found out his name because of wowwiki) and after he was born we never ever get to see them together again. Poor Aggra and Durak. Turalyon abandoned Arathor the Redeemer to join a space goat holy crusade, Velen abandoned Rakish and her wife (unintentionally but still did). Malfurion only sleeps, not really sure if he consider Shandris his daughter or plain ignores her existence, his interactions when the trio are together are always directed to Tyrande only (not sure if intended).

Moira had a hard time with Magni too (but at least they got a comic to show some development and closing). Jaina found redemption and peace for her past actions with Daelin and I thought it was good in most parts.

I think the only father I could ever relate to was Rhonin with Vereesa and his twin kids, Giramar and Galadin. Too bad he’s dead.

What do you guys think?

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You’re two months late for fathers day.

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With Magni.

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If you go to stormsong valley in that village, youll see that a lot of fathers are impaled with the kids crying near them.

Thinking on this expansion, Blizzard went pretty dark. Stormsong alone has that and kids in cages.

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It’s a world at constant war. Father figures are generally absent… or dead. Way more so than Mothers.

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In about 11 months, yes.

Positive masculinity is not allowed in entertainment anymore. You can be stupid or mean thats your two choices for male characters.

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He’s got a daughter named Rehze as well.

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Sorry, Father’s day is august 9th here.

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They are all still trying to farm for the shoulder appearance from Siege.

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are you serious? or high?

everyday is father’s day. everyday is mother’s day. everyday is ‘i love you’ day.

stop with the ‘it only happens once a year’ scam you’re used to. live like you care everyday about the few things you pretend to care about once a year.

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Why are you so mad lol?

The date is coming and that makes me think about fathers in wow lore, just that. I just wish they had more character depth and development, like Nocht said, some diversity would be cool.

You can turn off your retribution aura now.

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Speaking of these elves. Did you know there’s another Whisperwind out there in Feralas?

Well this certainly took an unforseen turn.

Because we live in a society where media and the entertainment industry don’t care about men. They will celebrate women but anything to do with a man nope.

Welcome to the man bad generation.

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Yikes, dude. Dial it back a notch.

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Sometimes both!

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…or three

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Hmmm… Well you see the factions are in constant war… Usually there are more male soldiers than female in a fantasy setting so… I don’t know… I mean it’s not getting more obvious than this.

Unclench man, jeebus.