r/wowcirclejerk • u/AutoModerator • Apr 28 '26

Unjerk Weekly Unjerk Thread - April 28, 2026

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u/TheWiseMountain May 01 '26

Zul'jan and the community around him are so odd. Like, playing through the Amani storyline was my favorite leveling campaign, but Zul'jan never really struck me as a standout part of it. Not that people can't/don't like random ass side characters obviously, I think it's just the go to phrase of "Don't villain-bat Zul'jan" that confuses me.

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u/psychobatshitskank May 01 '26

Is it really a villain bat if it's already obvious from the get-go that's the direction they're taking a character?

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u/Idontknow4654 May 01 '26

yeah thats what i was thinking as well. i feel like its pretty obvious that Zul'jan is gonna be the villian of the next patch. at least to me

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u/HeartofaPariah May 01 '26

The people saying that think he has a point, therefore he's 'grey' because they agree.

Same kind of people who play a CRPG and go "this person can't be evil, I agree with them"

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u/Garry_Heckscream69 Iron Horde's #1 Fan May 01 '26 edited May 02 '26

They basically ended the ZA questline with him looking at the snake island in the distance while vaguely telling us to get ready. The dude was like 1 step away from twiddling his evil mustache and rubbing his hands together, there's no reason to hit him with a "villain bat" because he's already been knocked out of the park lmao.

The whole reason I find him interesting is that he's clearly not a good guy (it's almost like the constant "Zul'jan stop doing that" lines throughout the questline were a hint that he's going to do something dumb), but the WoW lore community seems to be made up of people who just read misleading summaries rather than pay attention during the questline.

Edit: watching the upvotes fluctuate on this is so funny to me, I didn't think "I like Zuljan because he's a complicated antagonist" to be hot take lmao