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Lor’themar wanted to leave “Garrosh’s” Horde, as he did, and as did all the other Horde leaders who eventually decided to recreate the Horde and overthrow him. That is not an example of disloyalty of the Horde, but rather rebelling against an individual that they felt did not represent the Horde they have all come to know.

Vareesa was leaving the Alliance as a whole, for no other reason but to pursue her own personal goals.

It sounds more like you’re attempting to conflate two different events, under entirely different context to make a point that simply doesn’t hold up under scrutiny unless you ignore the context of everything else that was happening around them.

It was:

He states Vereesa is portrayed as sympathetic towards the Horde because she considered the possibility of joining it. That would be like saying Lor’themar is in reality and despite what is shown in the game sympathetic towards the Alliance simply because he considered the possibility of joining the Alliance.

Vereesa thought of joining the Horde only because she missed her sister and her husband had died - not because she is allegedly a neutral character. In this case, the possibility of reuniting with her sister carried more emotional weight than all the hatred she feels against the Horde.

Same goes for Lor’themar - he didn’t consider joining the Alliance because he is neutral (as we could infer, following your logic); he did so because he wanted to survive. In this case, survival carried more weight than all the resentment he and his people felt towards the Alliance.

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And yet here we are with two characters and their story of contemplating switching sides, neither did mind you, but both did consider it and yet one shows “how unloyal” a group is while the other one is just “a bad reaction and probably a case of temporary insanity in court really. In fact, it didnt happen and also it came up just for a split second because of a Bad Leader”.

Definitely not a double standard nope.

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No
it wasn’t, because being sympathetic does not mean you will get along with them. I do not need to like anyone to sympathize with what they are going through.

what difference does it make? joining her sister means joining the hrode. something she certainly considered and then accepted

theron merely stating in an off the cuff moment of ‘reconsidering old alliances’ is just that. toying with the notion varian brought up

Don’t even bother Midare, it’s clear she’s ignoring the context of these events intentionally as she realizes that it puts her argument in a ridiculous light. Hence why she is dumbing it down to the point where the only thing she keeps repeating is “They both wanted to switch sides” like those are the only factors that matter, and their reasoning, and the circumstances that surround it have no impact or relation.

It’s at that point the conversation becomes redundant and pointless. Anyone reading these responses can see it. It’s raining all around her, and while everyone else has taken out their umbrellas, she has simply chosen not to notice.

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Ok, let me rephrase my argument then:

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Ah there you go being disingenuous again.

It wasn’t just “two characters comtemplating switching sides”, It was a single character and a leader and the entire race with him contemplating switching sides.

When the other group becomes threatened by the Alliance (again, mind you) and has a reason to doubt their loyalty, try to compare them. In the meantime, those visiting the Sunwell seem pretty neutral on their own accord.

I like how you don’t even bother hiding, not only the fact that you’re trying to compare oranges to watermelons, but also
 that my mention of double standards had nothing to do with this point to begin with.

Here, I’ll help you.

I even copied the typo and all.

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the whole point of bringing up vereesa contemplating joining the horde is too show how ‘loyal’ she actually is. the only thing keeping her in dalaran is her promise to never contemplate leaving her children again

it has nothing to do with ‘sympathizing’ with the horde like she does with the alliance. she began to doubt those sympathies anyway, and without rhonin they arent enough to keep her there, only her children are

I was about to tell you that Vereesa changing sides wasn’t realistic either, just another plot twist



but then I remembered Maiev is fighting for the Horde now. Meh, I’m so disappointed in Blizzard. But that’s another story.

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As of this comic, the most recent information about her. Veressa is still firmly and Alliance character.

Her wanting to be with her Sister specifically because of her immense grief over her husband’s death and wanting to get vengeance needs to be taken in actual context and not taken as her saying “She was going to join the Horde!”.

It’s a betrayal of the depth and emotional complexity of the writing to try and paint it as such. It was literally the one of the best parts of the book and the most real feeling.

But let’s all pretend it’s a simple act of wanting to switch sides for the sake of a stupid argument am I right?

Also lets not betray the similar depth of writing for Lor’themar. The guy is basically a wasted character so when he does get some development, good or bad, it is needed.

He had to decide for the sake of his own people if it was worth it to stay in the Horde. He was willing to leave all the other races/leaders in the Horde with Garrosh and became their enemy for the Blood Elves survival.

If Lor’themar has one straight as a character (Aside from near irrelevance) it’s that he always makes decisions that he doesn’t want to do for the sake of his peoples survival. Basically the main theme of the Blood Elves.

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Her siding with her sister would be a stretch, yes, but not impossible. Heck, it would finally give her some kind of flavor.

But again, it would have not have the same impact at all. The SC could simply get another leader or even be passed to Alleria when she came back, it’s just a faction of NPCs.

Lor’thermar and the blood elves switching sides would have had a major impact because they’d be essentially forcing players to switch sides.

Honestly, while I don’t care much about Night elves, what bothers me is the ignorance of the whole “Val’kyr can only resurrect hoomans!” point
 I know blizz and constency don’t mix but come on.

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alleria is actually a part of the alliance. shes not going to align herself with dalaran/kirin tor and be tied up with their neutrality

Look at the current lore.

Do you really think blizz would care about a detail like that?

haha touché

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Ah there you go again trying to explain it all away and stubbornly try to back the double standard.

I love the word disingenuous too. Its one of those words that pops up on the forums somewhere and then everyone starts using it left and right. Its been around for awhile now.

If vereesa did follow through then we wouldnt be having this discussion. That would be apples and oranges.

Oh and the sunwell line you keep dropping? It only adds to the case that lorthemar and the blood elves arent as die hard of a horde race as much as it shows “high elf neutrality”.

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I’m amazed at how far you’ll go to justify this double think.

Somehow, in your head


Leader of an NPC faction switching sides.

=

Leader of a playable faction and everyone involved with him switching sides.

Ah sure, instead of actually noticing the skewed perception, pretend as if this is a word I just recently decided to stop using


No, claiming that a single NPC jumping ship can be compared to a playable faction being moved it’s comparing cherries to coconuts.

Wow, you’re beating Michel Jordan in Space Jam levels of reach here.
So, a group of neutral civilians
 visiting a fount of energy in a kingdom that is Horde alligned
 it’s somehow proof that Lor’themar and his people are not loyal to the horde?

LOL.

You do know the Silver Covenant NPCs in Stormwind’s new portal room attack Horde players, do you?

And this is BFA content, ie, it’s current, not frozen in the WOTLK era.

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are you going on about getting attacked by every npc in a place you are not supposed to be implies something again?

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Having in mind that the Forsaken NPCs in the Horde portal room don’t attack Alliance players, yes, it’s something.

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