I still maintain that evidence points to the school being empty when it exploded, if that helps.
No, be fair, the Zandalari did carry BfA (on the Horde side). The power thing is a separate issue.
According to the leaks we’ve heard, the burning of Teldrassil was Alex Afrasiabi’s idea, but he was out before the follow-up, and he never told anyone what his plans for that were. If he even had any, which is questionable.
Not that I can think of, but for a certain type of writer, spotlight for maximum angst is love.
Oh, totally. Both sides have a big case of “grass is greener” whenever this topic comes up.
I’m not sure. I think it (a story about the Azerite arms race) may have been the original plan, but the expansion concept drifted a lot during development.