Why are there no kisses in World of Warcraft?

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It’s the fact that there is no affection in the game at all. It’s sometimes in the stories, but not very much either.

I’m not asking for it to be pushed to the front. This isn’t a romance novel, but you can’t just introduce characters who have an implied love interest and then just abandon it.

The best evidence of romance was in a novel I read where they were punishing Garrosh.

Sylvanas went to go visit her sister Vereesa. They were speaking about Garrosh. Sylvanas kept pushing and pushing Vereesa trying to get her to speak about why she was so upset. Why she had such hatred for Garrosh. And finally, Vereesa broke.

She screamed out that Garrosh had killed Rhonin, her husband, and she just broke down into Sylvanas’s arms crying uncontrollably.

This is much different then we see. We never see that in the game. We never see romance being used as a weakness for characters or a strength. All we see is just how many bodies people can pile up.

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You almost make it sound like Sylvanas is an actual character. I almost forget that playing BfA.

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romance is icky

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I do agree,op, that there should be a balance ,one of war and one of love.This game is a reflection of ourselves in a digital world.We are not analytical in our nature but more of emotional based.I don’t know how wow would encompass this.

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I caught Anduin kissing Wrathion the other night.

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This is not an anime.
Interpersonal relationships to that extent are not relevant, and there is no precedent of these outwardly displays of affection existing.

The closest was between Arthas and Jaina, and even then, physical intimacy was never expressed.

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You know that could be why they didn’t put in in because of Pc.

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I differ ,with Thrall and Aggra there was an expression you could see in their eyes. And oh forgot there wedding they did touched.

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They probably were internally cringing while saying “where are you my beloved!”

“Tyrande I need you”

They probably had to say it over and over >.<

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Could it be that kissing isnt a thing in elf culture for romance purposes? Or maybe its more private?

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Good point.

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There’s a lot more than that going on there I am sure…

/shudder

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I think that would be another totally different topic in itself.LOL

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SwToR actually has the option for romance built into it’s story lines with your crew. I held my breath wondering if my Sith Marauder would ever kiss Malavai Quinn in her story line, he betrayed her trust too, the poop head.

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Could be this whole MeToo stuff.

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It’s not earth, it’s Azeroth. It’s a separate universe entirely. Affection is shown differently in the World of Azeroth.

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Adore(d) SWToR and love the romance options :rofl: it was a different kind of game though, it is built on interaction like that and having real conversations. Sadly WoW is not the same.

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I thought the cinematics team did a great job here (albeit for a different property).

Still, it was a great moment for these two.

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Kissing is illegal in Azeroth, blame the gnomes for getting it banned.