I find this movie to be very disturbing.
I feel violated in more than one way.
āI led us here to escape senseless conflict. Now it seems weāre surrounded by it.ā - Thrall, WC3 Orc 01 āLandfallā
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For some reason I now want to tell him you sure got a purdy mouth just for the reaction
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Better not watch the rest of the movie, then ![:wink:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/wink.png?v=6" ":wink:")
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Ahhh, the memories. Thall and Jaina, the rumors.
Anything to hype Classic. ![:slight_smile:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=6" ":slight_smile:")
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I think there is a misunderstanding when it comes to social cues.
a sympathetic arm touch, especially given the subject of their conversation and their history, could in no away be misconstrued as jaina making an advance on thrall
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Well thatās debatable.
I have 4 different jokes to answer with, and all 4 would result in a ban.
In cinematic thereās some romantic tension between the two.
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Orcish women are somewhat similar in size to Human women, they just have more muscle and slightly thicker bones. So, Thrall would just have to be slightly more gentle, which wouldnāt be all that difficult.
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Something that inspired this:
News to me that a reassuring light arm touch = instant Sexualization. Gonna be really hard to explain that one to my parents or any other relatives Iāve used that move on.
Leave it to the Internet to take something like that and over sexualize it. Now Iāll have to find a whole new way to interact with people. Canāt wait for handshakes to equal unsettling sexual tension.
Maybe Iām blind but I just donāt see it in the cinematic. Theyāre both currently involved with other people. Jaina is hit or miss with the dragon dude but thrall is happily married and a father.
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I wish males and females could be friends without people saying anything lol
Kalec dumped Jaina because he ācouldnāt help herā. Katherine (and Thrall) succeeded in āhelpingā Jaina. Thatās really symbolic in storytelling. The man who actually ended up helping her wasnāt her quick crush, but the old friend who has always been kind and honorable towards her.
Aggraā¦ was conspicuously absent from Thrallās farm. No sound of children playing (his children would be toddlers, and they can be rather loud), and he lived near Oshuāgun and the Ancestral Grounds. His family could have died from the Red Pox or an Ogre attack or something. Or she could have divorced him over him always leaving to save the world, and she needed a more āstableā relationship than that.
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in real life? Of course not. But this is a video game, and especially in a cinematic where literally every shot and every second is carefully staged, such a deliberate touch (and a zoomed in, emphasized touch at that) means something (especially since thatās the point in the cinematic where he finally turns to face her directly and they look into each othersā eyes). And the quick, flustered way she steps back from him when Saurfang and Baine approach too.
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Context matters.
If they were just getting to know each other, the arm touch and loving gaze would definitely be flirting.
Knowing their long history together, it comes across more as a concerned friend.
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You fanfiction shipping creeps need to make real life friends so that way you can tell the difference between a romantic gesture and one of concern.
Thrallās about to give her a good stabbing
Nah, Iām fine.
Agreed. The zoomed-in shot is the most telling thing about the cinematic. Although Iām willing to concede that it might have just been a nod to those who have wanted something to happen between them for so longā¦but I donāt think so, seems too intentional. Weāll see what happens.
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LOL youāre reaching too much dude, I didnāt perceive it that way unless Blizzard is willing to introduce something very real in the WoW universe: adultery