I wish I could punch him every time he whines.
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What Iām getting from that is that the main reason people hate Anduin is he gets to have the level of sensitivity thatās generally reserved for women and elves and it makes them uncomfortable
Nah, not my problem in that regard. I just dislike the whole complainer shtick, donāt care whos complaining, donāt care about their problems, unless I can fix them via fisting. Then Iām interested, always interested in a good fisting.
It generally makes people uncomfortable for a man to express any amount of vulnerability. We reward men who display aggression even when we admonish them for it, and disincentivize men to be vulnerable at all. Thatās what toxic masculinity is, the performative nature of it that becomes toxic to the man.
Anduin has had a very storied past of action and great heroism, but because he feels a little sad and vulnerable, all of that goes out the window in that exact moment. Everything else about his character ceases to be relevant the moment thereās a notion of vulnerability. This is a self perpetuating cycle.
Yes, the world WRIT LARGE, does have a problem with it. And when men do bring up their problems theyāre told to shut up and all that or man up and all that, and yes that is a serious and real problem. Like I said, thats not my problem with it. I donāt care if its anduin complaining, i donāt care if its thrall whining, i donāt care of its jaina lamenting, if I cant punch the problem, then I donāt care about the problem, because Iām not a therapist. Iām a monk. who specializes in punching things. Now, anduin wants me to go punch his demons, Iām all in, but I donāt think beating the man half to death is gonna fix him.
Even in a game that is 90% combat, things will not be fixed just by fighting, and that is what Blizzard is trying to say. I think it is very myopic to think of a video game story only in this way, it shuts off all other dynamics.
Its a bloody video game. Things wonāt be fixed by anything unless the developers want the storyline to go that way. Anduin will get fixed, not by player agency (As he hasnāt so far in the MSQ instead being given therapy that we just tag along for from the other NPCās), but by however blizzard writes the story for him to get over his problems.
World of warcrafts āViolence problemā wont be fixed, ever, because that would defeat the point of World of __WAR__Craft, there will always be some new problem to punch, and that is what I play for. To punch the next problem, not listen to any NPCās melodrama and be their unpaid therapist who, at the end of the day, will have probably limited to no agency in their recovery anyways.
no matter allies we make, or how many times we save the world, theirs always some new world threat that has to be dealt with, players who want to engage in more toned down stories about how the characters are growing and becoming better, all the more power too them, Iām not here for that. Iām here to punch (Insert xpac world threat boss here) in the face and save the world for the umpteenth time. Then go back and farm arthas because its funny.
I donāt care what gender he is.
I donāt care what race he is.
I canāt stand whining. From anyone. Both of you need to stop trying to turn this isnāt something itās not.
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Iām more upset about the five year self-pity vacation. Heās a king, he shouldnāt have such luxuries.
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Yeahā¦ there was a cinematic about thatā¦
Some wise orc pointed out that leaders donāt get to hide.
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Orders a Justin Bieber punching bag from Amazon and sends it to Tovi 
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