That’s not how this works
You claimed things about Golden’s involvement. I asked you for evidence that your claims are more than just your own wishful thinking / headcanon.
First, you evaded my questions, then you told me to look for the evidence myself and now you’re attacking me for… not proving a negative?
If you claim it, you better be able to prove it.
It’s really that easy.
The only thing that doesn’t need proof here.
While, at the same time, seeing multifaceted characters and more authentic, less expositional dialogues in the cinematics. I agree that the BfA-story around Saurfang and Sylvanas was basically Vol’jin and Garrosh 2.0 - I’m also not a big fan that they repeated that theme, it felt like “SoO, this time done right”. That said, the cinematics and the conversations in it were the best part of BfA. Saurfang turned from a cliché “HONOR” yelling orc warrior into an actual character, matured and finally saw the origins of the Horde for what it was. If you have a problem with a character finally using his brain to make a reality check, I’m sorry, but that’s your problem. I waited for an orc to admit to the Horde’s bloody PR-campaign for a long time. The orcs were living in an illusion. What you call “death in the dumbest way possible”, is every warrior’s dream and a poetic ending to his story, if you ask me. Saurfang, who was always caught in a system of orders and traditions and had come to the realization that the Horde was just a tool for destruction, (literally) went out with a bang. Not only did he use that traditional system to challenge Sylvanas, an enemy physically superior to him, no, he managed to win, even though he had lost the sacred Mak’gora. Not only did this strong Orc warrior outwit one of Azeroths greatest strategists, he proved at the same time that the Warchief-system was flawed and outdated - all while getting the warrior’s death he was looking for since his son had died.
BfA may have been all over the place in terms of story and the slow pacing took a lot of excitement out of it - but if you ask anyone to name one good thing about BfA, people will most likely say that it were the Saurfang-cinematics. The story could have been great, had there been more “war” in it and not a SoO-reenactment with more cinematics.
See, that’s something that I can absolutely relate to. I’ve been saying for years that it’s getting boring to see the Horde always be the losing aggressor and the Alliance always as the righteous force of good without internal struggles. But that trend already started when demi-god Varian was introduced into the game, way before Christie Golden’s time at Blizzard. You have no idea how relieved I was when Anduin took over in Legion and I can’t help but compare these two characters to this day. With Anduin as an example of how to introduce a protagonist and Varian as an example of how not to do it.
Hell, maybe Golden even did come up with certain controversial ideas and storybeats - but what I’m trying to tell you is that she was probably never in a position to make a final decision - this is the director’s and lead’s responsibility. In the end, you can only blame Steve Danuser or maybe Ion Hazzikostas - and that’s a big assumption on my part, since I don’t know the exact hierarchy or inner workings at Blizzard.
See, this is the first thing that I read from you that I would consider a based assumption.
When was the game used to fight toxic masculinity? It’s become such a trigger word, why are people always freaking out, when with toxic, there is clear specification there, so it doesn’t condemn the concept of “masculinity” as a whole.
Like… when his father died? Or when he went through hell and has PTSD from it?
It’s so ridiculous to me that the “strong dudes” around here like to forget that Anduin was thrown on the Throne during a Legion Invasion after he lost his father, led the Alliance armies and basically conquered Undercity (projecting strength and confidence after his initial struggle), just to be kidnapped, mind-controlled and dragged through literal hell. Compared to that, you can see the “real men” and “strong dudes” around here constantly weeping because they find it annoying that this one male character (who still fights by their side against the evil monsters, even without the ability to use his magic- what a pussy, amirite?!) complains about his fears and insecurities from time to time. If it bothers you so much to see another man cry - maybe it’s time to take a look at yourself and ask yourself, why that is.
My stance on the topic is even more extreme:
A “real dude” doesn’t let “other dudes” tell him when it’s okay to cry or not - he just does it when he feels like it. Same thing goes for women btw.
Once more: No. That’s not the case.
When I say that “You can’t know for certain that Golden is responsible for these decisions.” and you reply with "“Prove that she isn’t.”, you are being the one who’s acting irrational. As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, we can only make assumptions - because we both don’t work at Blizzard (correct me if you do).
I’m not trying to convince you of anything, I just wanted to point out that if you claim stuff, you should have better arguments than “But I want it to be true!” and “Google it yourself!” or some hard evidence to prove it.