What’s a silly headcanon you have?

I wish they made this point a little more obvious during Legion. Even I was one of the folks shouting from the hilltops that the Exodar is fixed, and has been since Cata, why not just put a big light laser on it and call it a day. Then ya go back and remember that the wind chime was crushed so it makes sense, but there was absolutely no conversation or text making that leap from ‘its alive!’ to ‘we lost our only pilot’ to ‘oh look at this new shiny thing we made. Isnt R̶o̶m̶m̶a̶t̶h̶ Romuul so cool?’

Made it feel more of a retcon (which probably was and we’re giving the writers too much credit for making these connections and instead just rule of cool’d a spaceship) than narrative development.

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Nice to assume Rommath will survive Midnight.

I got my Burning Crusade R characters confused. Meant Romuul.

Still, do still hope/assume Rommath will pull through. If he doesnt, he damn well go down in a blaze of fire cursing everyone not believing he was always and forever correct in anything and everything

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Recruiters for Goblin sappers are surprisingly honest when hiring new members. “Look the pay sucks, the food is worse, and you probably won’t live through your first battle. The only thing I can promise you, it’ll be a hell of a way to die.”

The Dwarven concept of Brewfest comes from a summit between the clans that became an argument settled by a drinking contest with the last one standing being declared the winner of both the contest and the summit. The next day no one remembered much but agreed to another summit next year. To this day no one remembers what the summit was originally about.

The idea that orcs used to eat rocks comes from a damaged orc recipe book that actually talks about using hot rocks to heat soup.

Human soldiers, when working alongside the Night Elves sometimes pretend to be ill so that the Priestesses of Elune will treat them. This ended rather quickly when a sergeant found out and suggested that the lump in their throats was about to be his boot coming up their ends unless they apologized and left.

The Narru have purposefully kept many of the tenants of the Light open to interpretation by mortals not because of any plan but because they can’t decide between themselves what it should be.

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If I made a predicition the only Belf survivors of Midnight will be Liadrin, Halduron and Aethas. You heard it here first.

Blood DKs still have a heartbeat and need to practice mindfulness exercises and aerobics or risk a heart attack. Of course for an undead monster a heart attack is nothing, but it does restrict their access to blood magic for until they get their heart restarted.

The reason for the iconic orcish hunchback is usually either a birth defect caused by fel corruption, the result of injury and age, or the result of working as a peon. In modern times, most commonly the hunchback is the result of birth defect, with most hunchbacked orcs being exempt from military service due to their weakened spines.

Orgrimmar doesn’t smell as bad as Alliance propaganda would have you believe, less biased travelers report the city smells intensely of Orcish and Mulgoran spices though, which are definitely an acquired taste. For a city that actually smells terrible, the forsaken have started selling nosepins for mortal visitors to Undercity who can’t stomach the bloated river corpse smell. Stormwind also smells terrible, mostly because of the sewage being dumped into the canal.

Hobgoblins make shockingly good plumbers.

Special contacts exist for both the Sin’dorei and Quel’dorei to easily engage in espionage.

Shadowmoon Mag’har are entirely the reason for Horde-Allied Races being able to become DKs.

DO NOT touch the glowy bits on a Lightforged OR Ma’nari Draenei. You will get 6th degree burns.

Draenei horns and tails actually break off incredibly easily, but also grow back incredibly fast. They’re also made entirely of cartilage, and are surprisingly soft. Unrelated, but during the 4th war, Goblins tried selling Draenei horns as an aphrodisiac to the other races of the Horde.

Mojo is basically Troll Ayahuasca.

Tauren routinely partake in Datura, and are one of the only races who can not only stomach its effects safely, but find it quite pleasurable.

The Alliance legalized mary-jane after the 4th war and Gnomes and Night Elves started numerous dispensaries around Azeroth, as a response Goblins started selling Salvia.

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you write the kind of warcraft lore i want to see more of.

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I am incredibly flattered <3

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For me its the inverse. Goblin Sappers are the most well paid, respected traditional employment in goblin society because your family will be taken care of when you die.
All stemming from a fake history scenario of a single group deciding to screw over their sappers, only for their progeny to become sappers themselves and utterly obliterate every facet of that company and every subsidiary division they owned.

Since then, the Sapper Contract is the one contract a Goblin honors out of fear, respect, and knowing full well they only need to pay it once.

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Tauren nose rings are worn to symbolize status and role in a tribe. A tauren generally “earns” their first nose ring when they begin weaning, usually these weaning nose rings are made of animal bone, and actually are not piercings, more like a clothespin that goes into the nose. When a tauren reaches adulthood, they will go through a ritual that will determine whether they will walk the path of the hunter-gatherer, the path of the mystic, or the path of the brave, and afterwards will be gilded with a symbolic nose-ring.

An open nose-ring often symbolizes one status as a Brave, since it’s impossible to grab and pull these nose-rings historically were preferred by Tauren warriors, as while in Tauren culture it is incredibly shameful to pull another Tauren’s nose ring, the other races of Azeroth have little to no gripes about such practices.

A plain nose-ring is preferred by Priests and Druids, and those who take the role of a Healer or Guide in their tribe. Elders are often gifted with a beaded or similarly adorned nose-ring to symbolize their age, and status.

Those who for-go a nose-ring are seen neutrally, and a Tauren will sooner assume they found having a piercing uncomfortable than they would assume another Tauren hasn’t officially undergone their coming of age ceremony. Generally the no-ring look is preferred by farmers and hunters.

Horn decorations are also used to symbolize status, however to a much lesser degree. Celebrated veterans, warriors, elders, shamans, and druids can be seen with gold bands around their horns, or with golden tips, and those who suffer damage to their horns are presented with golden caps to cover the exposed end either until the horn heals, or for as long as the Tauren wishes to wear them.

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In my headcannon:

Anduin as a Raid Boss, killed a lot of allies, heroes and friends after he was released from domination.

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I would love to see this interaction. Goblins reeling in horror as Earthen chow down on a dinner equal to Gallywix’s life savings :rofl:

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I think Magatha is the only Tauren character I dislike more than even Baine. And I really dislike Baine.

That Thrall and Jaina were actually having an affair when XalaToes attacked dalaran and they are just trying to save face by going back to their factions to get help.

Because that explanation is as good as any when ti comes to why the hell they are here in this expansion at the moment.

We said silly headcanons, not the truth!

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The Ashbringer comic is pure propaganda and a well fabricated retelling of the Scarlet Crusades history that just doesn’t hold up well pre-Balthazar.

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My headcanon is that Nathrezim is the name of the race and Dreadlord is the name of the class, which means saying “Nathrezim Dreadlord” is the same as saying “Dracthyr Evoker”

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We are all living in a collapsing timeline, and Nozdormu will show up at any minute to return us to the correct one (after Legion right before the correct/good version of BFA happens)

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WoW is the Bronze dragons running simulations in order to find out how to best to best steer history to keep Azeroth safe

To Nozdormu’s eternal frustration, the best answer is always “Murderhoboes”

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If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

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