I am not a fan of all those tearful “EH, BFA IS HORRIBLE, I CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION” topics, but this is my time. Described below will include mainly the plot of the Alliance, so my dear Horde fellas, excuse me for this “selfishness”.
A small preface: all the time I have been following WoW lore, I’ve always been a supporter of the unified Alliance which even my beloved NE can be a part of. Many times, I have had longdiscussions with other representatives of the NE community, who were much more radical towards the Alliance than I was.
At the same time, I have always been interested in the (quite minor in the past) history of Anduin. In BFA he got a lot of bad stuff on him, especially from NE fans, but this didn’t stop me from supporting him and some of his decisions (well, apart from his “brilliant” plan at Undercity).
However, after 8.2.5 I realized I have been wrong and naïve all this time. Let me explain why.
1.I’m not gonna lie – I always knew if the Alliance is to “win” this war then it will forgive the Horde putting all the blame on Sylvanas and her loyalists alone. Nevertheless, I did not expect THIS. Before the final “siege of Orgrimmar” had begun, Anduin asked Saurfang what kind of Warchief he would be. Then Anduin in the capital of the Horde in front of not only the Horde members, but also his men and NE particularly proclaims Saurfang a hero who has saved thousands of lives. Well, he is right to some extent. However, you must admit, it is very amusing to watch him call HERO a person, who orchestrated the entire WoT. Well, I guess it’s a matter of taste, and Saurfang probably deserved it.
However, what surprised me the most is the end of this entire siege" - we put Sylvanas loyalists in iron (well, at least something), but what about those common and innocent Horde guys who were just following their orders? What about those who dreamed of the Alliance blood in “A Good War”? What about those who were very happy to slay NE in Ashenvaleinstead of marching to Silithus?
Why did we get an even more awkward war ending than it was in the SoO? If I remember correctly, there was information that the Horde paid some reparations after Garrosh. I’m not asking Blizzard to nuke Horde cities from Vindicaar and to commit mass genocide, but is it impossible for the leadership of the Alliance to have a parley with the Horde leadership (not just Anduin x Saurfang secret conversations), where the Horde leaders admit that they and their people also share the blame of this war, not only Sylvanas? Why can’t the Alliance leaders force the Horde to pay for its actions? I mean, at least take back Azshara, get rid off of the Horde presence in Arathi, Southshoreetc for good? Yea, I know there is Nzoth to fight, but I think it’dbe better to have some line like “We will cross that bridge later”.
So, the entire conclusion of the war campaign came down to NE being not only left with nothing, but also being bullied quite hard – I refer to the NPC dialogs where NE states he can’t get along with the Horde after Teldrassil, while some dwarf answers “Nah, it was all on Sylvanas”.
My point here is that Sylvanas was right while mocking Anduinand his “Stand as one” stuff, because in fact Anduin forced NE to shut their mouths and just tolerate his decision.
- And now, my favorite part. Anduin – The High King of the Alliance, who is in deep grief for every fallen soldier of the Alliance and for the tragedy of Teldrassil, in all seriousness,TELLS Saurfang that the Alliance is not much better than the Horde. I don’t get it, why we, the loyal patriots of the Alliance,have to watch yet another cinematic where a human assures an orc, that hummies are as bad as orcs after having our cities wiped out, our people used for experiments, our fellow members genocided?
“Remember Arthas, Daelin.” Very funny to hear about Daelin in the realities of the BFA, when the Horde proved him right many times. (Yes, I understand the true message of Anduin in this sentence, but still looks very clumsy). In addition, as for the Arthas – it’s just hilarious. Why didn’t Anduin go further and comforted his friend by saying that the draenei were to blame, too, since they had brought the Legion to Draenor? Eventually, the Legion is full of the draenei (eredar). Why didn’t he mention Fandral, Benedictus, Kordana and others? Hell, what about Yrel after all? Generally, it is rather a question to Blizzard: if you decided to quote edgy forum members, why did you stop just at this?
What do we get in the bottom line? NE, as expected, not only are left with nothing, but are literally fools, who don’tunderstand that it was Sylvanas’ fault, so suffer your stupidity now. Anduin with a serious face stands and calms the Orc with “Alliance is also bad, bro, relax” arguments.
What do I want to say in the end? I’m gonna say what I never thought I’d say in all these years - to hell with this Alliance, to hell with Anduin. To hell with a stupid King who doesn’tunderstand that the problem isn’t just with the Warchief. I hope Genn, unsatisfied with this ending, finally turns away from Anduin and joins the vengeful Tyrande. Sad and stupid outcomefor both of them, I know, but now I see that I’d rather die as a typical radical NE who hates the Alliance that tolerate Anduinand his hypocritical peace with the Horde.
Therefore, now it’s time for the Alliance to have its own hashtag - #HeIsNotMyKing #NotMyAlliance.
PS Oh yeah, I still can’t stop ranting about the Shalamayne. This is so ridiculous to see an ancient NE artifact in the hands of a person who was killing NE people thinking “finally, a good war”. SMH.
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