slam our leaders down another sixteen pegs, otherwise making them look meek and worthless (with the exception of Talanji.)
Yes, crying over the night elves having 3 pages in a book that is 80% about the horde is completely rational, her âbiasâ really came through with this one for sure with the night elves treading water for the two times they show up.
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If she hadnât said she was a Night Elf fan nobody would be upset and calling it an Alliance book.
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Because we have alliance fans? No oneâs stopping you from talking about Talanji and Bwonsamdi. Thereâs even a thread for it.
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You do know it was massively outlined by Blizzard as she has said in pretty much every interview. Thatâs even mentioned in the second bullet point of this thread.
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Iâm so glad she wanted to give some lesser characters some time in the spotlight. Especially Ji Firepaw. Weâve joked for years about how neglected the Pandaren have been overall, but the treatment of Ji and Aysa in particular has been pretty egregious. Worst part is that theyâre decent characters. Ji is fun and my only sorrow is that we do not know if he succeeded in his dream of punching a dinosaur in the face. Shine on you crazy Panda.
Iâm not as attached to Mama Proudmoore, but I adored that one scene we had her for as well. Reminded me a little too much of my own mother and her social ques when having a fancy dinner.
Just well done overall.
As for her Night Elf favoritism, I donât mind that she has her preferences. She seems to have made a genuine effort to get into the headspace of Horde characters and add depth to them. And I feel she did that well.
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And Metzenâs favorite was Malfurion. Iâm really not seeing your point, Treng.
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My point is that she really laid into the Horde cast with Tyrande and didnât give them any legs to stand on in the encounter because she needed Tyrande to come out on top.
This is not a one faction game, no matter how much Blizzard presents it as Alliance-Only.
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Wow, yeah Tyrande was mad that the horde committed genocide and she didnât care for more words instead of actions after the horde betrayed the night elves trust again after SoO. Truly this is a one faction game, she should just get over the genocide already, if anyone is mad at the horde for atrocities they commit itâs a purely one faction game for sure.
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Iâm not âcryingâ about Night Elf content. Iâm annoyed that the Horde is being written by an Alliance fan.
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Honestly, I like how she handled the Horde. Thrall actually did stuff for a change, she made sure to include as many different characters as possible, she made it so the Horde wasnât this hive mind (Gazlowe was actually against something, I canât recall what), she had different races working together in different ways, showing off their strengths, making up for one anotherâs weaknesses, etcâŚ
Honestly, the way she wrote the Horde, itâs the most Horde the Horde has felt like since WC3. Iâd say the only cringe-worthy part was Thrall going to Nordrassil and being told to bring what he owes, but at the end of the book he gets his last shot in by sending Sira to the Alliance with the note for Tyrande. âThis isnât what is owed, but consider it a start.â Felt like heâd gotten his spine back and was almost threatening her in turn, a kind of, âDonât underestimate me or the Horde.â
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Tyrande didnât come out of that argument looking good by any stretch if you ask me. Thrall went to see her to try and solve the issues regarding their dead not moving on properly. Both a Horde and Night Elf problem that they could both benefit from and should want to solve.
Tyrande didnât care at all for her own dead nor the Spirits in that scenario and came off as being petty.
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Probably because the Alliance was on the dark side for this book. Torturing refugees and smugglers for information? Tyrande threatening Thrall and Baine, etc⌠It was a significant departure from the Allianceâs usual narrative.
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You are absolutely are and her being a night elf fan isnât even something that comes across in the book especially with the night elves barely being in it and doing essentially nothing. The fact is, if she didnât say she liked the night elves in an interview you wouldnât wouldnât be crying so much about it now.
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Show me where, please. Show me where I have made one single complaint about Night Elves getting a scene in the book.
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Right here:
Her being a âmassive Night Elf fanâ was entirely irrelevant to the book and she did a lot of research outside of the book to get into the heads of the different characters, a book that was massively outlined by Blizzard. Her only original character in the book was a troll too.
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Uh-huh. And which part of that says I am upset that the Night Elves got a three-page scene?
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Iâm talking about you crying in general, the night elves in this book were pretty much irrelevant and got almost nothing here, but you had to complain about her writing a book while being a âmassive night elf fanâ which is irrelevant to the book.
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No, youâre not. You accused me very specifically of this:
Youâre moving the goalposts.
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