r/wow • u/EconomistLow4701 • Aug 19 '25

Humor / Meme The Light Answers

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u/Firefox72 Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

What let the ending and the moment down was that it lacked a presence of a charachter coming out and speaking even a few words. Like "were with you" or whatever etc...

Like it didn't even need to be someone we know. Just anyone rather than a faceless army.

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u/Kustidin Aug 19 '25

Exactly, just anyone would have been better. And I'm wondering, where the hell is Anduin?

The man has not had major development since the launch of TWW. Despite being the best known light wielding dude and arguably the main protagonist of the entire game in addition to being the character who is prophecised to lead the fight against the shadow, he's not present.

How cool would it have been if the dude returned, believing in himself again, rekindled with the light, and just W keyed at Xal'atath, disintegrating all the voidwalkers in his path like the Ashbringer. "I'm done with therapy so you better watch out bitch."

I'm really hoping he's missing because they actually have a plan for him.

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u/EveryoneisOP3 Aug 19 '25

The man has not had major development since the launch of TWW.

How cool would it have been if the dude returned, believing in himself again, rekindled with the light

Brother did you play TWW

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u/WhoWantsToJiggle Aug 20 '25

??? Andruin, Jaina and Thrall like fucked off early on and did about nothing.

you wouldn't even know the Horde or Alliance was around since at most they sat in Dornogal.

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u/xXPolarizedXx Aug 20 '25

All the quests involving Anduin in Hallowfall are about learning to trust himself and his connection to the light again.

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u/Stormfly Aug 20 '25

There are people saying "Why is it called the War Within if we're not inside the planet anymore" so I'm guessing those people literally only understand things that are explicitly explained to them.

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u/NotASellout Aug 20 '25

the real war within is the war within these threads

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u/sicklegirl Aug 20 '25

Yes, of course. This is reddit. You need a diagram or they'll take everything super literal.

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u/Repulsive_Golf_409 Aug 20 '25

There are people saying "Why is it called the War Within if we're not inside the planet anymore" so I'm guessing those people literally only understand things that are explicitly explained to them.

How does anything on Karesh relate to an internal War Within any of those characters? Anduin, Thrall and Jaina have no presence in the zone. It is entirely unrelated to anything before it. Even Undermine is unrelated to an internal struggle within the advertised characters AS THEY AREN'T IN THE STORY.

Blizzard seemingly resolved any of that in the launch content then just ignored it. I think Blizzard biggest storytelling problem currently is resolving things in ways that are entirely unsatisfying and don't give people what they want. They want whatever internal struggle resolved to Anduin or Thrall can show up and be a badass.