High Elf POSITIVITY Thread 😎

[Renotarshil-malganis (Renotarshil)]

@Midare-area-52

He really should pull a Kale’thas

Speaking of Kael’thas. I am loving this week’s Venthyr moment, since it has to do with him and the events of Quel’thalas.

[Midare-area-52 (Midare)]

@Snowsong-fizzcrank

The images of him on wikis are pretty dated, but I assure you he has always been a High elf.

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I wasn’t talking about his looks, but about his label.

I did think that his eyes in the wiki looked blueish, but for all we know he could be just another Lanesh.

@Renotarshil-malganis

Speaking of Kael’thas. I am loving this week’s Venthyr moment, since it has to do with him and the events of Quel’thalas.

I haven’t done it yet but I’m really looking forward to see him shirtless… I mean… how the story develops, yes, that.

[Sibbja-sargeras]

@Magnificent-wyrmrest-accord

but apparently there was a group of high elves that never left dalaran. but if they did, they went to stormwind

There were a ton of High Elves who left the city, because it was about to be razed to the ground, but many never abandoned their social and/or political ties to either Dalaran or the Alliance.

A huge number of them simply followed Jaine Proudmoore from Dalaran to Theramore.

@Midare-area-52

He really should pull a Kale’thas, but instead of getting thrown under the bus like Kael, he should give his apprentice an earful.

I’ve never understood what it is about Kael’thas that has people so enamored, his life is just one prolonged disappointment.

[Magnificent-wyrmrest-accord]

@Sibbja-sargeras

A huge number of them simply followed Jaine Proudmoore from Dalaran to Theramore.

im aware of the theramore pop. they were always the elves that never left imo. saying there was a ton who followed is a stretch tho

[Midare-area-52 (Midare)]

@Sibbja-sargeras

I’ve never understood what it is about Kael’thas that has people so enamored, his life is just one prolonged disappointment.

He had potential.

And then they used him as a loot piñata twice.

And then they used him for Illidan to look better.

EDIT: For adding the funny looking N… as a spanish speaker to see the word “piñata” without it bugs me.

[Aesimel-kirin-tor]

I mean, there’s a few in SW, but southshore is closer along with the wildhammer clans and ironforge.
I could see them taking refuge their until they and other people of dalaran could reorganize themselves and rebuild their fallen city.
Of course I don’t KNOW that’s what happened.

[Renotarshil-malganis (Renotarshil)]

@Sibbja-sargeras

I’ve never understood what it is about Kael’thas that has people so enamored, his life is just one prolonged disappointment.

1. Did what he needed to ensure the survival of his people even if he was later shunned for it.

2. Voiced by Quinton Flynn who did a phenomal job portraying him as someone over the edge of madness.

3. Meme’d for all eternity.

4. Shadowlands is doing him a solid redemption story which also is lining up to be a Blood Elf/High Elf story.

[Sibbja-sargeras]

@Midare-area-52

He had potential.

And then they used him as a loot pinata twice.

And then they used him for Illidan to look better.

I pretty much always viewed Kael’thas as someone who was woefully incompetent at everything he did, barring his spellcasting.

[Renotarshil-malganis (Renotarshil)]

@Sibbja-sargeras

maybe it wasn’t poor writing that spoiled his potential, but that he just wasn’t as likeable as hindsight might make him?

If a majority likes him despite all that, it would be due to poor writing and not this at all…

[Snowsong-fizzcrank]

@Midare-area-52

I did think that his eyes in the wiki looked blueish, but for all we know he could be just another Lanesh.

Well canonically his race isn’t really defined, even if the game might label his model as such. And considering that at that point in time eye color was really the main visual distinction between the Blood elves and High elves, I’d say its valid to call him a High elf.

Coincidentally you can see neutral high elf refugees mingling among Shattrath, not hard to believe that he might be a high elf who supports the Blood elf cause - even the wiki notes this as a likely possibility.

[Magnificent-wyrmrest-accord]

theres a few in SW literally. i agree

but theramore had probably the largest concentration of actual alliance high elves. and since blizz has been consistent that the alliance high elf population is very, very low its very safe to say imo the majority of dalaran evacuees returned to silvermoon and became blood elves. oh, and theramore got blown up so…

[Midare-area-52 (Midare)]

@Sibbja-sargeras

I pretty much always viewed Kael’thas as someone who was woefully incompetent at everything he did, barring his spellcasting

He wasn’t any degree of incompetent until blizz went: “You know what would be great, let’s say that the blood elves were not going to die without the Sunwell!”

And probably an intern replied with: “But sir, what about all that Kael’thas did for his people?”

Which was possibly met with: “Who?”

@Snowsong-fizzcrank

Well canonically his race isn’t really defined, even if the game might label his model as such. And considering that at that point in time eye color was really the main visual distinction between the Blood elves and High elves, I’d say its valid to call him a High elf.

But then Lanesh should be called a High Elf despite the label he appears with?

I’m all for the re-unification, but if the guy appears with that label, that’s what he is in my eyes.

I’m a simple girl, heh.

[Murgatroyd-lightbringer (Murgatroyd)]

@Aesimel-kirin-tor

high elves not only helped rebuild dalaran, but made it float too.

I’m not sure where you’re getting that High Elves made it float. The Kirin Tor is made up of far more than Elves, and none of it’s current leadership are. In fact:

The Six:
Khadgar
Kalec
Karlain
Modera
Ansirem
Vargoth

Races:
Human
High elf
Blood elf
Highborne
Night elf
Gnome
Dwarf
Half-elf
Worgen
Orc
Troll
Draenei
Pandaren
Forsaken
Goblin

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Kirin_Tor

[Midare-area-52 (Midare)]

But… he was joking.

[Grabbag-barthilas]

Plus, he’s one of very few Warcraft leaders to face a true crisis. For better or worse he oversaw the rebuilding of Quel’thalas into a great power. He got them through the magic withdrawals.

[Murgatroyd-lightbringer (Murgatroyd)]

@Midare-area-52

he was joking

We need a sarcasm font, badly.

[Renotarshil-malganis (Renotarshil)]

I don’t like he got villain batted twice but after what I experienced today, I’m okay with it.

[Snowsong-fizzcrank]

@Midare-area-52

I’m all for the re-unification, but if the guy appears with that label, that’s what he is in my eyes.

I’m a simple girl, heh.

Lanesh’s identity is also never established within the game, but I certainly believe that was the impression the person who gave him blue eyes was trying to make.

And unless I see it spoken or established in-game, I wouldn’t see it as canonical.

[Murgatroyd-lightbringer (Murgatroyd)]

@Sibbja-sargeras

They had access to a network of kingdoms, who could’ve surely assisted them throughout this period in a myriad of ways

Right, I remember all those offers of massive assistance from Humans, Dwarves, Gnomes (ok, not you, you still haven’t gotten any help from Humans, Dwarves or Elves in getting your own home back), Night Elves (who, to be fair, were on another continent for the most part), and those wayward Thalassians who turned their backs on their kin.

I read all about that in…

…oh…

…wait…

…I didn’t read about that anywhere because as far as I can tell it didn’t happen.

[Grabbag-barthilas]

@Midare-area-52

But then Lanesh should be called a High Elf despite the label he appears with?

Blood elves can have blue eyes.