Metzen was the one that wrote the cinematic, and he’s said that he had no idea what came after and was convinced Lordaeron came before Teldrassil. He probably wrote the cinematic thinking she was growing into the Warchief position, not ready to abdicate it.
Anyway, for those curious, someone on the story board has been compiling what turned out to be lies.
Back on the old board, there used to be a thread titled “I feel lied to.” Some of us were using it to collect statements from the devs that implied certain things about the way BfA was going to go–not just plot, but in tone and theme as well–and that had not (so far) panned out. Now that BfA is officially over and all the “wait and see” stuff has been seen, I’d like to recreate that thread so that we can take a look back and see if any of that stuff makes more sense now. And if not … what hap…