These sort of elaborated lists always fascinated me.
How these deep dives into Warcrafts morality are only of relevance with certain characters.
This trend about digging up any mildly condemning bit, dialling up to absurd levels, and then using it as the front of this whole virtue signalling that puts on the facade about “why morality should prevail”…
Being a bit facetious here. Of course i have an idea why people throw these around.
Of the list you mentioned, i’d bet most of my ingame gold, that the only thing that grinds your gears is this one:
The rest is just some lip service you wanted to add to the mix in order to try and throw in some virtue signalling.
Lets be honest shall we?
You did not care about how the character treated the Forsaken.
Your biggest gripe right now, is having the story not allowing to vent your frustration against it.
To not allow you to get the sort of absolute catharsis you want.
You do not care about the morality in game. As neither do I.
You would probably cheer and endorse blatant extermination and genocide, if it was done without moral lecturing, by the race you favour and against some other race you deemed as enemies (some in fact argue that would be the “just” response Night elves should have right now).
Do you know how i know such?
Because we do so on a daily basis during our gameplay.
Because we’ve had skewed portrayals regarding several “Good guy” races, that if analysed objectively, would be seen under a similar light as the actions that you are now exaggerating regarding Sylvanas.
Azshara got away after BfA. And nobody cares.
Illidan was redeemed in Legion. And we are expected to see him as a hero.
Trolls have been utterly and thoroughly decimated in almost every expansion. And nobody cares.
We torture, kidnap, kill, or downright eradicate, other sentient races such as Murlocs, Kobolds and troggs.
We endorse or outright carry out blatant war crimes in the name of a “greater good” that often is but our factions best interest. And do so using a wide range of powers that are often held in quite the negative light when we are to throw judgement over characters or factions we do not like.
So yeah, you can go on an elaborated moralist list about any character you want.
In on itself, its not bad. We all have our bias.
But do not expect everyone to buy it as nothing other than “I dislike this character and i want it gone because of what it did to my favoured pick”.
God Emperor Manduin could have easily ress’ed her back to normal but alas i guess she needed to serve as a plot device