Yet another Sylvanas rant

[Necroxis-dalaran (Necroxis)]

@Benedikt-emerald-dream

Pretending there was never anything interesting or nuanced about Sylvanas is just materially incorrect. You’re allowed to have just never cared for the character. Not everything can be everybody’s cup of tea. But saying she was always purely reprehensible and had no complex characterization is a dishonest or delusional take.

If you could point to where I said those things I’d appreciate it. But you can’t.

Because that’s absolutely not what I believe and you can find me saying as such as recently as two weeks ago on a different thread on here:

@Necroxis-dalaran

That said, I really, really liked her from Frozen Throne until Wrath. The no-nonsense, do whatever it takes, ruthless to a fault, committed to her plan, third party villain. They had a great arc with her. While being relatable, you saw that she was heading down a path with no good ending. It was self-destructive and ending it with her accomplishing her goal but finding even that empty and thus killing herself upon the spikes of Icecrown was tragic and just beautiful honestly. Some stories have a sad or bad ending. And that’s okay.

Sylvanas was always awful. Always self-serving. Always willing to betray literally anyone and everyone if it meant getting ahead herself. Even when she was alive she was arrogant and cocky. She has not changed since Frozen Throne in this regard. And the one thing BfA did good, as I said, was to keep that part of her consistent.

The thing people have always hated about her is that she has immense plot armor that prevented her from facing any consequence for her actions. And it took 17 years before they started even SLIGHTLY having her face backlash for her own actions. Thrall’s Balls (Ugh I hate that I can’t swear here) they built auto-lives for her INTO THE STORY.