If Blizzard decided, on a dime, that any given character has been in a significant relationship that defines their story and character.
But they never build on that beforehand, never make it significant in the moment, and never mention it ever again.
Then it’s just bad writing.
Sexuality literally doesn’t matter there at all.
Just slapping a label on someone and giving it no significance to the grander plot is bad writing regardless of what that label may be.
If Blizzard were to do that with one of their characters, let’s go with Anduin for simplicity’s sake, I would be genuinely dissapointed. Because it would mean they don’t care about writing a deeper narrative, they just care about labeling characters to seem progressive.
Here’s a great examples of LGBT Sexuality in WoW
Maiev Shadowsong, is a cold hearted woman that seems to show no emotion other than rage and hatred. She talks to everyone on Azeroth as if they are beneath her. But that wasn’t always the case. Maiev Shadowsong had a close friend once in a girl named Naisha, as far as I can tell, Maiev treated Naisha with genuine care and love, even if it wasn’t deliberately outspoken between them.
When Naisha died, that lead to a Change in Maiev’s character to the Woman she is today. Cold, Unfeeling, and full of rage.
That is a wonderful example of having a character’s sexuality help define who they are as a person. In this Example, Maiev’s sexuality is an important factor in her personal story that leads to later events in World of Warcraft.
It isn’t “Pandering” and they didn’t just “label” her. Instead her sexuality is just a small piece of a bigger, important character arch.
Please give me an example of Blizzard simply labeling a major lore character as straight and having it never ever come up again, or being of no importance.
