Why do people like Saurfang?

[Poised-moon-guard]

@Sarm-malganis

Eh, I don’t know if I can agree with the sentiment of separating characters from the story. The story is the only way these characters express themselves at all, so I don’t see why it shouldn’t reflect badly on them if the story they’re tell is a poor one.

I view it as a recognition of writing style. I do a lot of work in editing and fiction writing and it’s a fine line that can be hard to see at times. It’s sort of like recognizing what is out of character for a given subject.

BfA had a heavy use of both Framing and dragging the characters around by the nose. The plot was leading, not the characters themselves. The destination is the same, but the way it gets there is different. Both take the same car, but the ideal is the characters are driving the car, as opposed to being stuffed in the trunk.

Edit: It should also be noted that the story we saw for Saurfang clearly wasn’t the original one. The high end cinematics, for instance, don’t mention anything about Teldrassil, if I remember right, and just talk about ‘the war’. The story we saw wasn’t what his final arc was supposed to be, at least in terms of bridging the gap, and that should be noted too.