In my personal opinion anyone who genuinely got caught up in the “I’m convinced the factions are over” whirlwind was, unfortunately, lying to themselves.
There were, at best, minor snippets that alluded to the factions being “problematic”. However, all story is told through the vehicle that is the characters. They’re the ones who see things a certain way, and it’s also important to note that the main person who said it (Saurfang) was slaughtered moments later.
However, as a group, we tend to latch onto things. Someone says they’re ending, more people agree, suddenly it’s a sure thing. Now we have people who feel betrayed, offended, or lied to, when there was never any actual evidence for these claims.
We were saving the world, we were saving ourselves, we were not trying to make peace. Every time we’ve teamed up it’s been about necessity, not friendship.
You forget that just because the heroes, a rare few people, teamed up in select instances doesn’t mean that all the orcs, tauren, trolls, forsaken, etc, now suddenly like or care about the humans, gnomes, night elves, dwarves, etc. .
“Leaders” also must take into account their positions and the tensions surrounding their people. Look at Earth; how many leaders have called for unity, peace, etc, and not gotten any real results. Leaders are all well and good but they can’t change the minds of their people just by saying it. It takes time that we do not appear to have at this moment.
It appears her plan was to drag us all into… something. If we supported her, then we supported her decision to do it. I fail to see why this would save us from it, as she clearly intends to do it to herself as well.
It’s like joining a suicide cult and actively campaigning for it. You’re still expected to do the deed just like everyone else, regardless of how loyal you were. Acting surprised that you don’t get to be spared is kind of silly.
It saved Orgrimmar from an additional lengthy siege which, in all honesty, was precisely the stated point from Saurfang himself. He died doing exactly what he wanted to be doing and accomplished exactly what he wanted to accomplish; save Orgrimmar and the small army he’d brought.
Do we have proof of this yet? I’m not clear on what happens, but I wasn’t aware of Thrall just disappearing again.
We still have the rest of BfA to find out, but “meant something” is a bit of a stretch. It’s a wound we’re trying to heal, we either do or don’t. It doesn’t need some deep meaning and story behind it.
