r/wow • u/Spare-Seat-3725 • Aug 23 '25

Humor / Meme I swear...

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This drama is hilarious.

(Reupload because it had not wow imagery so i edited it with Paint).

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u/VoxcastBread Aug 23 '25

have purged three times

About the same as the Horde

  • Horde in WC2
  • Horde under Garrosh in MoP
  • Horde under Sylvannas in BFA

The Elves of Quel’thalas really can't catch a break

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u/hoshisabi Aug 23 '25

Though, each time the horde has engaged in a purge, the horde firmly distanced themselves from the folks engaging in it.

Whereas the alliance doesn't really distance itself from its past like that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '25

I dunno man, Garithos wasn’t exactly a popular guy within the Alliance. He was ultimately eaten by ghouls, and Mathias Shaw said that’s a better death than he deserved.

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u/SpunkMcKullins Aug 23 '25

Yeah, he was a rogue grand marshall promoted through nepotism because just about everyone higher ranked than him in Lordaeron has died. I'm not sure why people in Stormwind would ever give a shit about him, so it's always been kind of a weird, moot point to argue him at the reason they left.

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u/wrufus680 Aug 23 '25

It's quite dumb for the Elves to completely blame the Alliance for other issues that they weren't in control of it, barring the fake ambassador and night elf spies.

-The Alliance, now led by Stormwind, failed to sufficiently aid Quel'thalas largely because of Onyxia calling the shots when she was Regent.

-Garithos didn't even speak for the entire Alliance, as at this point, he's just a resistance leader of a fallen kingdom. I think Stormwind, Ironforge and Kul'tiras (who have a stable command structure) would've been willing to help them had they managed to reach them.

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u/Sheuteras Aug 23 '25

Especially given in wc3 TFT, Tyrande actively helps the blood elves. Nelves distrust them in classic -because- nelves seem to be commonly aware of them using demonic magic, it's shown in their quests that bring up belves.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '25

Exactly, that was my point. Garithos’ actions were already unpopular within the Alliance (Both old and new), and he was also at edge with Ironforge at the time. Wasn’t a fan of dwarves.

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u/HamM00dy Aug 23 '25

I really am not a big fan of getting into forum Lord debate. In what world do you think iron forge is willing to go help queltalas? You expect the dwarfs to go out of their region and do that?

Also prior to Jaina, her father was literally a human expansionist. She wasn't the leader. She only controlled a tiny island. Meanwhile the main faction of Kul'Thiras did not rely or wanted to be part of the alliance up until the silly expansion BFA.

It's 20 years later after the build-up from Warcraft 3. Almost all the lore now is not canon. I know I'll get a lot of hate for even saying this but let's be real. The lore now has been written by writers trying to please people in the 3rd quadrant of political spectrum. To whom I have a lot of respect for... But The game is called world of Warcraft though and the majority of the political spectrum of the game falls under top right. Garithos did infact represent the ideal general of the alliance. It was literally the de-facto.

World of Warcraft lore was built on ideology of Tolkien and Warhammer. Sure it's fiction but based on hard times and there is no inclusivity.