Honestly, in that case you could just paint it as morally gray by having it Talanji ends up becoming the ‘Troll reaction’ to centuries of Alliance encroachment of Horde territory by having Zandalar, at least storywise, begin flexing more and while not acting belligerent, looking at Alliance actions and drawing a definitive line in the sand in front of them.
Then in like, 2 or three expacs have the Alliance cross the line finally because the wrong people too power and we begin the storyline to finally put Jaina in charge so her story goes the entire full circle.