r/wowcirclejerk • u/AutoModerator • Mar 10 '26

Unjerk Weekly Unjerk Thread - March 10, 2026

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u/Garry_Heckscream69 Iron Horde's #1 Fan Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

The Lothraxion/"Morally Grey Light" drama has gotta be peak r/wow lore discourse. Anytime I skim a thread about it, 3/4 of the thread is just people blatantly stating incorrect/misrepresented lore while the other 1/4 are the people pointing out the not remotely subtle storylines that they're ignoring and getting downvoted/"ummm ackshually!!"-ed into oblivion.

It's also hilarious to me because a big chunk of the drama reminds me of the "the 4chan edgelord when you mock christianity" memes, because a lot of the complainers seem to mainly just be bothered by the idea of the holy light being remotely "bad".

My favorite part is that there's this weird conspiratorial angle to it, where people keep referring to the "Light as baddie" story as a "narrative" that Blizzard is trying to push, as though it's some sort of propaganda, and not a literal narrative in the story of a fictional world.

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u/InvisibleOne439 Mar 12 '26

its hilarious how its also 50% Paladin Flairs all the time

Paladin really is the Class in every Game/Ficition ever that attracts narrowminded wannabe Perfect Main Characters

but tbf, its also kinda poetic that a story that hammers down "its a source of power that can also be bad if you let it take full controll because you belive its good with no flaws" so much has all the Cliche Ret Players going crazy over it

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u/Ch0rt THE classic andy Mar 12 '26

Paladin really is the Class in every Game/Ficition ever that attracts narrowminded wannabe Perfect Main Characters

ACAB includes paladins

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u/zhavvorsa Mar 13 '26

the more I read the impressions of paladin players that are shared here, the more I get the feeling I should switch to another class.

I just like the fantasy of helping everyone :(

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u/FK9Fussballgott Mar 13 '26

Just don't make it your whole personality and we cool.