I was just going over the wow lore, catching up on some of the story, and as evil and corrupt as Arthas was, there are actually some good acts he did, even as a death knight…
1-He tipped off Illidan to the skull of Gul’dan in Felwood to defeat Tichondrius. This played a role in defeating the Burning Legion.
2-He refused to serve the Jailer
3-He stopped Illidan from destroying the Frozen Throne, thus foiling Kil’Jaadan.
4-When Jaina was considering culling Orgrimmar, she stopped because of what Arthas did at Strathholme.
5-As Jaina said, even when committing atrocities he acted in the name of justice.
So a potential redemption of Arthas may have actually been deserving, as he did some horrible terrible unforgivable things, but it’s not actually the result of bad writing, in reality Arthas DID deserve a chance of redemption in the story.
The real reason Arthas never got a chance at redemption was basically because of what Uther and Devos did,
You see, by taking the law into their own hands, and casting him into the Maw rather than bringing him to the Arbiter, Arthas sould was actually robbed from any chance of redemption. In reality, Arthas should have been in Revendreth at the very least, most likely as one of the ‘workhorses’ like Garrosh during the anima drought, that’s most likely what should have happened, as Arthas probably had even more anima then Garrosh let’s be honest,
The real reason he disappeared as a fart cloud wasn’t because there was any inconsistency in the writing, he was only denied any chance of redemption in the afterlife due to Devos and Uther’s actions, that’s the real reason that Sylvanas got a redemption story and Arthas didn’t.
Uther is the one to blame for throwing his soul into the maw like a vengeful maniac, and that was a dumb thing for Uther to do as that’s what resulted in the Jailer almost winning the war against reality itself.
Just calling it as it is.
Did you think Arthas deserved an actual chance at redemption though, and if so how would it look to you? I mean, everyone says he’s a cool character that deserved better, but disappearing into nothingness in a fart cloud sounds like a better fate then doing dailies in the Maw for an eternity doesn’t it?
