The significance of the male presense is in how they decided to write them out of the story so that a female could take the mantle or stand in the limelight. If we carry on at this pace the entire cast of heros will be female in a female lead world with female antagonists, surrounded by incompetent weak men and love “props” like Turalyon, while all the rest of the males will have made a noble sacrifice, before appointing a new female to take their place shortly before they die…
And maybe I’m wrong and Anduin will stop being the sidekick, and stop being pathetic as he gets dragged along by Faerin the mary sue with her infinite confidence and fearlessness, and maybe Anduin will step up and be a man, but somehow I doubt it.
This is what I think is going to happen. Anduin marries Faerin and she takes on a greater role as a leader of the Alliance.
Okay even so, – what do you think that does to the body, especially when since birth?
That’s a ridiculously huge advantage over a regular woman.
But let’s not get into what she was or if she should’ve been there it’s far offtopic xD
That’s pretty much all I’m trying to say. I’m all for cool female knights/warriors, Joan is one of my heroes for sure, but when talking on this topic people need to stay very grounded and close to reality regarding peoples actual abilities.
Joan for example is so amazing because everything was against her as a woman on the battlefield, and she did what she could to rise above it.
As successful as she was she also most likely knew all too well that her place was as a commander, and not first-in-row in a shield wall or charging head-first into combat alongside the men.
This is actually why I loathe the way that Blizzard writes their female protagonists; They try to make them look “powerful” in the same way and for the same reasons that men are, but that simply does not work for women.
correct. having a transgender fighter representing or even being alive in Algeria is South Park levels of stupid - like having a surfer from Mongolia who only competes at home
The lack of strong male presence in a story about War is highly unrealistic, especially when a strong cast of male characters has already been established in the game, and in order to create the story they have written in multiple scenarios where these male characters appear and then are sidelined in one way or another, one after another.
And in their place, a female is positioned. It’s so blatant. Nobody thought it was bad that Sylvanas had a strong role, she was built up over a long period and had a progressive rise and fall, on screen. Nobody complained about Jaina because it was organic, same with all the strong female characters of the past.
This isn’t organic, it’s hamfisted, and it happens over and over, to setup new female placements.
I don’t doubt it. He’s obviously being prepped for something big.
I’m curious what they’ll do with Faerin. Maybe she’ll be a love interest for Anduin.
Maybe she’ll be an antagonist at some point (although I don’t think that will happen), when the Arathi emperor is introduced to the story.
The thing is; they’ve chosen this cast of characters so far for this part of the story.
And you’re not going to be able to change that.
Maybe for the next patches, we’ll have different characters to focus on, at least partially. Depending on where the story takes us. Definitely the next expansion it would make sense to have some different characters take center stage if things do indeed largely play out in Quel’thalas.
I’d be fine with that. I like her.
But; I don’t think she’d be ‘the leader’, more like ‘leading the fight against the emperor’.
When the light becomes more of a threat.
But we might very well be speaking post World Soul Saga here.
It’s not believable that almost every single position of leadership that’s relevant is occupied by women in a world that is very heavy on physical combat.
I’ll buy 50/50 for diversity sake (since that’s what people are all about now).
I don’t buy 85% women, 15% men.
The dragon people are able to fly because they kept the setting realistic so that flying is possible AT all.
Hope this helps.
Because men are born with a far higher testosterone level and women are not?
Women should be able to fight if they want to. We don’t need you to protect us from us. Have you watched women MMA? They are often more vicious than the males because they know they have something to prove to be recognized for their merits and not their gender.
