So by this we need someone to Californian lawyer-fu the Lore as well because this sounds like the exact same thing trying to be said in real life but they pinned That to the wall till the truth bled out. Come to think of it I know Just who could pull it off. Where Is that Red Shirt Guy, Ian Bates?
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So what about FF14 that plans to wrap the story started with 1.0 and continued in A Realm Reborn with their next expansion, and then start a new story arc ?
I feel like WoW keeps on passing the blame and not wrap because they have no idea how to end the story.
"If the blame keeps being passed around, there is never closure."
Thaaaat's kind of the point in an IP, especially in an MMO setting. Closure typically means end of story. That disrupts the gravy train, which is BAD™. Only time we see an actual closure is if it stops making money.
Jokes on you, the Void Lords are being conned by the forces of Death! It's not t... actually it's totally their fault, they are incapable of doing anything else than try to corrupt reality.
The only one in this comic that is the least faultable is Arthas. The worst thing he did with little to no influence was burn down Stratholme and even that is arguable as he's seen what the plague could do already.
The characters here can try and blame others for the reason behind their actions, but the way they chose to do things was decided by them. How they accomplish things is more important than their goals when you try and decide if they are evil.
On the one hand a good villain is either just evil for fun or doesn't see their actions as evil, but passing the buck only works so far, a villain with an ideology who declares they aren't evil is a truly frightening foe.
It's almost like they've made a decades old product who's model is based around stringing you along and never resolving anything. Don't worry, Warhammer 40k finally pushed it's storyline forward, so it could happen here, too!
Really its the saying about the way to Hell being lined with good intentions. Arthas had burned city states to save his kingdom before he set out to find Frostmorn. Ner'zhul had lead the Orc's to slather of the Draenei based on the word of "The dead" with out asking if they where Orc dead.
I once considered doing a Machinima that bounced between Ocrs on Dreanor and the Humans in Stormwind. It was suppose to miss lead you as to when the stories where where happening by blending the two. But it never got past the planning stage.
If you want even more, listen to the discussion Thrall has with Draka on this very subject, where he mentions his own failures with Garrosh. She has some words of wisdom for her son, that are just as much for the player. Thank you for your time and the comic!
And lastly, Kil'jaeden only started to show regret after his defeat at the Sunwell, as he saw that Azeroth winning wasn't just a fluke, but the norm, and only then did he ponder on what he had done, having finally fought his kin directly again. It was all STILL HIS CHOICES he made.
Sylvanas did what she did not via being compelled to do it, but because she chose to. Sociopaths exist, and only the worst actually act on their impulses. Arthas? He did a LOT of shit before he became a Death Knight, both in WC3 and in backstory. Ner'zhul was desperate and had indeed been tricked..
I mean.. ok, but none of them acted like or said this. And you left out Kael'thas, who DOES start to admit his failures, and you've got Garrosh, who GLEEFULLY embraces his life choices, proudly declaring if he could do it over, he wouldn't change a damned thing..
Hey, man, it isn't the Void Lord's fault. They were living in an unsullied, peaceful and quiet universe until those darn Titans started mucking about with their filthy, chaotic, noisy life.
Sylvanas was a good person, even after undeath, until her suicide after we killed Arthas. It was at that point she learned of the injustice of the afterlife, and began working with the Jailer to destroy the current system. Did she become 'evil' then? Sure, but breaking eggs to make omelettes.
Sargeras is not corrupted. He saw the inevitable corruption of the universe by the Void Lords and took the drastic action of destroying everything and starting from scratch to save the universe itself.
"Old good" Sylvanas may be blame-less. But soulless monster than inhabits her body now can certainly be blamed. Killing that monster is totally ok, it's not your fault that Sylvanas died anyway - greater evil killed her anyway. Same for the rest
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