If you’re not religious then you might not know, but having the “Arbiter” being female and asleep is kind of a dig at Christ Himself. I don’t know if that was intended by Blizz and their storywriters, but Mom sure thought so.
Literally the first thing she said to me about the expansion when I walked in the door after “I played through the intro and yeah, it’s stupid. Christ is NOT asleep and He is NOT a female.”
I was like “huh?”
And she said “there’s this scene where you come across the “Arbiter” and it’s asleep and it’s female.” and she was very convinced it was a deliberate dig at Christ.
Anduin is my favorite character this expansion story-wise. I think we’ve all been in his shoes and it’s really relatable. The ending dialogue between Thrall and Anduin hit me in the feels, hard. I love how they make him vulnerable, and we know he will come out of it strong.
I think every man (young or old) knows this feeling, but I realized after my dad passed a few years ago that I’ve always lived in his shadow trying to measure up. In a weird way, his death allowed me to be free of that. I still miss him dearly and wish I could share my victories with him, but such is life.
I’ve been holding onto this for a while now, and I think it’s time to finally get it off my chest. And no, this isn’t going to be a sentimental deep dive. It’s more of a… therapeutic release.
Let’s start with the first thing I appreciated from Shadowlands:
It ended.
That’s it. That’s the list. It’s been over two years, and I still can’t believe we survived that fever dream. Between the endless timegating, the ‘meaningful choice’ that turned into ‘regretful decision,’ and Torghast (which felt more like a punishment than content), I honestly felt like we were trapped in The Maw IRL.
But, hey—there were a few shiny moments, right? Like… um… the fact that it ended?
And for those of you still out there saying ‘it wasn’t that bad,’ let me remind you of our collective journey through Korthia. Yeah, I saw that shudder. We were all there.
Anyway, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. We’ll have group therapy sessions in The Great Vault. Stay strong.
Okay?
Each zone plot was great. But the GLARING lore and plot holes are immense.
S1, fantastic. But they didnt complete anything coherently and rushed the entire story line out the door. So much so they scrapped an entire season and merge s3 and s4 raids into 1 incoherent raid.
Then do we touch on the mess that was sylvanas? The ‘arbiter’? Uther the lightbringer turn vengeful? And my favorite. Watching arthas get disenchanted.
No idea how you can say any of that as a SINGLE piece is better than 1 aspect of TWW let alone combing everything and then comparing lol.
Aye, one of my favorite games. Was hoping shadowlands could match that feeling of constantly wondering. But nope, I 100% am all caught up on the afterlife and how mundane it is.
Oribos also sucked because they put each of the areas SO. FAR. AWAY. and prevented mounts in the outer rings, where you know, the bank and crafting areas are? Like who in the frick thought it was a great idea to put the bank and crafting area a mile away from each other AND prevent mount usage?
Like, just how much did they hate the players back then, that they wanted to waste as much of our time as possible?
There is supposed to be a point in a man’s, or woman’s life where they sort of destroy the child image of their parents, and a new one takes its place. Sometimes that happens after they pass, and sometimes before that.
My dad and my relationship is sooo different after I let him know I am my own man now, and I am also different. Weirdly sometimes people fear this moment, but it brought us closer together.