Why does the Alliance follow Anduin?

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Honestly, I was in the shower and I was thinking to myself: why does the Alliance even follow Anduin? Did he do something to gain the respect of all the Alliance leaders? It just doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.

Aren’t the night elves 10 thousand years old? Aren’t the draenei even older? Millennia of experience, and they’re all totally cool with having a kid that’s barely eighteen years old with no outstanding fighting prowess or experience calling all the shots? Just because he was Varian’s son?

Jaina is vastly more powerful, experienced, smart, and also human - why isn’t she leading? No one’s realistically going to look to an eighteen year old boy for answers or military decisions. Troops aren’t going to place their faith in a commander that’s fought less than they have! They’re all loyal to him. Why?

It really just boggles my mind. Have I missed something?

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I never think about Anduin in the shower…

:wink:

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In the “4th war” it was Shaw, Wrymbane, Jaina, and sometimes Shandris calling the shots. Not Anduin.

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How a Monarchy works, for dummies.

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We don’t.

HAIL TYRANDE! :alien:

(a reminder that our racial leader literally walked out on Anduin mid-sentence. we basically seceded.)

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it will be? because Tyrande’s words made many leaders see bad decisions, decisions that his father would not make if he were alive.

Which we will see later during Shadowlands probably if Blizzard improves the lore of what was the disaster in BfA.

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The alliance story is poorly written. Their 1 change is replacing a king with a younger unqualified version of himself. For 15 years they basically havent changed at all.

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The writers have said in interviews that they don’t enjoy writing for the Alliance. Leaving the faction in stasis means they basically don’t have to touch it, especially with the blond doormat in charge.

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Stormwind has every other Alliance nation economically or politically tied to them.

Draenei live on a small island with limited resources.

Worgen are literally just part of the general population and have no land

Night Elves are also in the same boat as the Worgen now

Ironforge and Stormwind are connected by the deeprun tram and the trade that brings

Gnomes aren’t people and cannot survive without the guidance of taller sentients

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Hey, gnomes are better people than Stormwind humans.

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Its like Brittain, the Queen has been boss for so long that her people follower her unquestionably. As noted by the big shocker that Harry busted loose. Most ppls are followers and content to do as their leader says. Hence Alliance cant think for them selves so they follow Anduin or go Horde.

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Funny thing is, Her Majesty has actually shown herself worthy of leading her country and keeps peace with her citizenry.

Anduin is incompetent. Elizabeth II is supremely competent. I don’t think it’s a fair comparison.

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I was generalizing with a society that has lived with a King or Queen ruler as in the Alliance in the game.

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The monarchy puts him in charge of Stormwind. The Alliance is not a monarchy.

Not sure they enjoy writing for Horde, as the Horde has been in “stasis” as well.

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Not stasis, just a loop.

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The loop is our stable state.

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Because human potential will not be ignored. No matter how off that may be…

Between just 2 non human races if added up we are looking at over 50000 years of experience easy. Add up just a few of the draenei, the elves alone and this pegs the meters. Dwarves can join the party and that number skyrockets.

And they bow down to the boy king. Well Tyrande finally got a brain and told him to screw off.

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Humans have built the strongest and most stable kingdoms in all of Azeroth. They’re the “youngest” race of people, yet they’re pumping out all the most powerful beings on the planet. WoW without humans is lame af.

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They’re not “young.” They’re incompetent.

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They’re literally the opposite of that. Without Humans, Azeroth is a Horde planet.