#maybe LoA will get a fucking NAME too now that we’re at it
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“You wouldn’t actually want a 700 pg acotar spin off about Eris and the Autumn Court, would you?”
Me:
#i can explain AND I WILL#you can’t tell me this would be the PEAK of acotar politics plot and world building#what- stealing a book? using a fucking bathtub? no mama we are going to kill our own father#im tired of healing mental health let’s heal the broken bond between two brothers separated by familial conflict and duty#maybe LoA will get a fucking NAME too now that we’re at it#dogs gingers and Autumn why would you not want it?#acotar#acosf#eris vanserra#lucien vanserra#lady of the autumn court#autumn court
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suicide notes of beautiful girls, rp meme.
feel free to change pronouns or anything else to suit your needs <3
“ i’d forgotten what it would be like to be that alone. ”
“ oh my god. is it possible, medically, that i’m still hungover from tuesday? that was an entire two days ago! ”
“ i wouldn’t have thought you’d be dating someone so … normal. ”
“ i hope he’s at least secretly into something freaky. ”
“ my eyes are not ready for winking yet. ”
“ oh my god, that is so sad! ”
“ she always seemed sort of off the rails, like one of those famous people who do insane things. except not actually famous. well, maybe famous in her own head. ”
“ stop talking about her like that, just fucking stop it. ”
“ parents. fuck em’. ”
“ only boring people have perfect lives. ”
“ we’re not going anywhere, we’re just running! ”
“ shit, ___. why didn’t you tell me your love-ah was loa-ded? ”
“ i really, i mean, i really, really like these bunnies. ”
“ his friends have an extraordinarily low bar for what weird is. ”
“ guys at ____ are generally hotter. ”
“ well, you’ll just make out with one of the ___ boys then. ”
“ i can’t remember any of their names. it doesn’t really matter. ”
“ i’m her imaginary friend. ”
“ we have to go now. sorry, ___, my mom just realized we weren’t at home. she’s totally going to kill me. ”
“ parents, man. ”
“ it makes me look diseased, please save me. ”
“ fuck off, i was a boy scout, i have skills. ”
“ who were they to her? how well did they know her? how much do they care? ”
“ i’m ___, a friend. ”
“ i hate him, whoever he is. ”
“ i already went to the police, they wouldn’t listen. they pretended to humor me, then gave me some pamphlets on grief and sent me on my way. ”
“ we have to figure this one out ourselves. ”
“ this is how they’re saying she did it, by burning herself to death right here. ”
“ if i have a nightmare while you’re here, you must promise, promise you will come and wake me up. ”
“ there’s no way she did this. ”
“ i did something a few weeks ago that i’m not very proud of. ”
“ imagine floating off into that. if i ever get the chance to go to space, i’m definitely going. i’m serious, i’d do it in a second. everything down here is meaningless but nothing bad has happened out there yet. it’s all brand new. and if i go, you're coming with me. ”
“ you’re the sweetest little honey pie, until someone tells you that you can’t do something. ”
“ ah, i’m only messing with you, dolly. it’s the suit, right? makes me look like i make the rules. have a big ol’ blast! ”
“ and how may i help you, pretty girl? ”
“ i’m looking for something … fun. ”
“ i’m here because i heard there was a party. ”
“ i’m here because i want to know if you killed my friend. ”
“ i’m not threatening you, i’m just stating some facts. ”
“ having secrets make you real friends, secrets tie you together. ”
“ crazy how we have such messed-up families, and yet somehow we both turned out so awesome, right? ”
“ i need two glasses of water in case i dream about a fire. ”
“ friends aren’t ‘ just ’, dating is just. friends are the very highest thing. ”
“ no shit? but you two were always … all over each other. ”
“ i don’t … i just … this should not have happened like this. ”
“ ____, i was looking for you. you’re trashed. ”
“ you’ve done a lot of kissing. ”
“ i’m not your mother, ___, and you’re not mine. ”
“ say cheeeese. ”
“ not so fast, fucko. ”
“ what are you smiling about, smiler? ”
“ i didn’t even know i was smiling! ”
“ you don’t ever get hugged at home, and when i get hugged it’s creepy. but there’s a chemical that has a name i can’t remember, and it explains why hugging is so good with someone you love. ”
“ hey, i know a better game we could play. ”
“ and then you take a shot! you there! sir! take! a! shot! ”
“ i have no idea where i’m going, but i know i need to get away from here. ”
“ i was trying to protect her, or whatever, which is stupid. ”
“ she wouldn’t have … she was … she was scared of fire. ”
“ she was going to do what she was going to do, ____ always did. ”
“ come over, come over, come over, you’re the only one who loves me enough to saaaave meeee. ”
“ what the actual fuck? ”
“ just open up the back of your throat, anything will slide right down. no gagging, once you really learn how to do it. ”
“ sorry i had to beat up your boyfriend. ”
“ i don’t know, i’m trying to think about what the reasons would be if this was a movie or whatever. ”
“ it hurts a lot, i thought it would’ve stopped by now, but it hasn’t, and i don’t know what to do. ”
“ you really need to see a doctor about this, when did this happen? it’s much too severe to treat on your own. ”
“ ____ died in a fire. and ____ has a burned hand. ”
“ you’re always jumping to the wrong conclusions. ”
“ so you can clearly see no one has killed me, you can go back to your life. ”
“ do you need to be rescued? ”
“ seriously, go home, ___, forget about me. ”
“ once you get involved, once you know what happened, you won’t be able to un-know it, and you won’t be able to go back. ”
“ hey, lady. ”
“ lighting that match felt good. ”
“ i can’t be the kid, because i’m the damn adult here. ”
“ please, fucking god, come with us, come with me. after all this. please. ”
“ you’re really good at crying. ”
“ and yet you fucked him. ”
“ i bit until i tasted fucking blood. ”
“ where was your mom? ”
“ you love omelettes. ”
“ i mean, she’s my mother. she’s supposed to believe me, right? ”
“ ___, why would you liiiie like that? ”
“ oh my god, i am so, i am … i wish … ”
“ i thought about calling you. that was the very first thing i thought to do, but then i wasn’t sure if … ”
“ where’s the evidence? and who do you think they’d believe? ”
“ my friends were … you saw the kind of people they are. they thought i was fun to party with. they liked how i could drink and i was fun and crazy. they didn’t care about me. you’re the only one who ever really did. ”
“ sometimes i even surprise myself. ”
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Give and Take
The now revived Vol’jin has answered the call to a summit to prove his strength to the Loa once more. Unable to join, Orla stays behind and gains some perspective.
No warnings, though I apologize for the quality.
She floated softly behind him, holding her lips at the dip between his neck and shoulder. Her hands wandered over his chest lightly touching. Stroking and loving.
“…you have to go?”
He nodded solemnly, “I do.”
Her breathing hitched and she squeezed him tightly around his abdomen. “And I can’t come?”
The big blue troll sighed and pulled her around to his front. “No, Bal’a, this be for da chieftains. For da favor o’ da loa. Ya can’t interfere.”
Tears budded in her eyes but she blinked them away. “The fuck am I supposed to do if you-.”
“Ya don’t trust me? Mah skills or my devotion?” Vol’jin prodded defiantly, “ah be a shadow hunter. Ah be strong.”
“Skill is one thing, those backstabbing little shitfucks who don’t play fair are quite another.” Orla snapped, eyes sharp. “I don’t doubt you. I just don’t trust them.”
Vol’jin reluctantly fell silent. It was a fair concern. “I still intend to win, Bal’a. The loa will see. So will you.”
“We better,” she muttered.
“Good…now, can ah have ma glaive back?”
The woman grumbled, but snapped her fingers, allowing the glaive to pop back into existence. With a soft chuckle Vol’jin grabbed it from middair and strapped it to his back. He pulled her in for a kiss, humming against her lips.
“I will be back, Bal’a.” He said, bumping their foreheads together. “Take care o’ da place while ahm gone.”
“I promise,” she cupped his neck, “I love you.”
His ears flicked, flushed with a pretty purple hue. “I love you, too.”
She saw him off, keeping her sadness locked down as he mounted his raptor and gave one last wave before riding off to meet with the chieftains of the other tribes. Orla’s heart twisted painfully in her chest.
“He’ll be fine.” Zalazane said, clapping her on the back, “he be too clever fer his own good.”
“I hope you’re right.”
“And if ahm not?”
Orla glanced back to him, catching his careful gaze. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Ya gonna go after him, if he gets hurt?”
“Obviously.”
Zalazane shook his head. “Ya can’t, dat would upset the loa.”
“The loa don’t concern me. I’m not a troll.” She replied icily.
“But dey do concern the Darkspear.” He frowned, “ya gonna damn da village in ya anger?”
“If they loa hex Sen’jin village because of my actions then they’re idiots.” Orla snapped, “last I checked, I wasn’t Darkspear.”
Zalazane’s expression softened. “Of course ya Darkspear, quashi.”
Orla rolled her eyes. “And why do you think that?”
“Ya be mates with our chieftain-.”
“We’re not mates.”
“But-.”
“We’re not.” She stressed, rubbing her temples to pat down her annoyance. “If we’re following tradition, it’s up to Master Gadrin to declare us mates before the Loa. But he won’t. He still thinks I’m an alliance spy who’s…oh how’d he put it? Weaponizing my feminine wiles against his mind.”
Zalazane couldn’t quite stifle his laughter, earning him a sharp look from the mage.
“Look,” he snorted, squeezing her shoulder, “if da chieftain says ya be his mate, ya be his mate. Dat be all most Darkspear need. And Gad knows dat. He jus’ bein’ stubborn. He see Vol’jin as his own.”
Orla’s shoulders sagged as she sighed, “the way he’s talking he’d rather drown in the ocean than declare us mates.”
“Ya, he be stubborn like dat.” Zalazane said pityingly, patting her back. “but, ya got other tings ta worry about, like hostin’ da ambassador tomorrow. Dat’ll least keep ya mind off’a da summit.”
“Yeah…wait what?”
As it turns out, the ambassador was Vol’jin’s nephew.
He was a shaman named Zekhan. He seemed fairly young to be filling a roll like ‘ambassador’ but Orla wasn’t in a place to judge. She could see the family resemblance. He wasn’t quite the same shade of blue as Vol’jin, instead being a bit more purple in hue. Maybe Vol’jin’s sister took a bit more after Sen’jin.
She briefly wondered if Sen’jin had also been a redhead when he was younger.
Apparently his mother was doing business in Orgrimmar and his father had passed so he didn’t have any relatives to bunk with except Vol’jin. The hut his mother had been using had been delegated to a newly pregnant couple. A strange concept to the mage, but hell it made sense in a way.
“Sorry, I’d have been a bit more prepared for guests if I’d known I was having one.”
“Ah, sorry.” He chuckled, awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck.
“Don’t apologize. It’s not your fault.” She chastised gently, hanging a kettle over the firepit. “Vol’jin has been so busy preparing for the summit, he likely forgot to mention it.”
“I take it he left already?”
“Last night, yes.”
“Must be hard, ta see ya mate off.”
“Oh, we’re not…” she trailed off, giving him an awkward smile.
The poor kid’s whole body seemed to blush purple. “Oh, ahm so sorry. I jus’ assumed…”
“It’s alright. We might as well be after everything that happened. It’s just been…messy.” She waved her hand dismissively. “Nevermind all that. How long are you staying in Sen’jin?”
“But ya revived him?”
Orla stumbled putting the tea leaves in the pot, hastily snatching them back before the flames claimed them.
“I…yes, I did.”
Zekhan’s nose crinkled in confusion. “Den why it be messy?”
“I…by reviving him I made many people very angry.”
“Dat’s stupid.” He huffed, thumping the floor to accentuate his point. But Orla shook her head.
“They have a right to be angry.”
“Dey don’t!”
“But they do.” Orla argued softly. “Many argue that I’ve disrespected trollkind. Disrespected the Loa of Graves. Many are worried I’m going to bring hardship for potentially upsetting him. Others think it’s not even really Vol’jin, since his body was burned away. Even more think it is him, but I’m puppeteering his mind in the name of the alliance.”
Zekhan shifted uncomfortably, “oh.”
“Worse yet, they’re right to feel that way. Vol’jin had been dead for awhile. Rohkan was accepted as the new leader. And now he’s back out of nowhere with a human on his arm? I would be suspicious too if I were them.” Orla explained, but waved her hand. “Ah, forgive me, I shouldn’t be talking your ear off.”
“It’s okay, better den politics.”
Orla choked back a laugh, “I see.”
“Do ya want ta be mates?”
Orla raised an amused brow at the troll, “are you always so nosy?”
“Family is supposed ta be nosy.” He crossed his arms with a satisfied smirk.
Orla conceded with a laugh, “touché.” The woman wrung her fingers as she thought. “Before he was revived the answer would have been an easy yes. We grew really close over time. But now that he’s alive and reality’s hit us both…” she sighed, “there’s all these little caveats we didn’t think about. I still love him of course. But is that the best thing for him?”
“I think he be gettin ta decide dat too.”
Orla hummed, regarding his words. “I think I see why they made you an ambassador.”
Zekhan puffed a laugh, his cheeks flushing a little. “Ah, yeah…”
The mage removed the whistling kettle from the flames with a flick of her hand. “Who are you the ambassador for, if you don’t mind me asking?”
“I meet with da Zandalari on behalf o’ da Horde.” He replied, gratefully taking the cup of tea she offered. “Da queen is…apprehensive about allying wit dem.”
“Can’t imagine why,” Orla murmured, swirling her tea.
“Zandalari be a proud people.” Zekhan shrugged, “not used to needin’ allies on dat scale.”
The mage nodded but said nothing, opting to enjoy the sounds of the crackling fire. Zekhan left shortly after to meet with some friends he hadn’t seen in awhile, leaving her alone with her thoughts.
A part of her wondered if she was being rude by staying in the village. Staying by his side. Was it making it harder on him to reintegrate with his people? It certainly felt like it sometimes. Master Gadrin openly disapproved of her. Rohkan seemed wary at best, outright disgusted at worst.
Surprisingly, Ur’kyo seemed extremely interested in her, though not enough to get close.
Hell, children were steered away from her when she stepped foot outside the hut…that one actually hurt a little. Were the alliance races so bad to these people that they thought she would hurt a child? She figured, no, that was likely far from the reason. Probably instinct more than anything. She was an unknown to this village. All they knew was that she’d revived their shadow hunter. Their chieftain. And that said chieftain was more than a little fond of her. Suspiciously fond, depending on who you asked.
The mage downed the rest of the tea in the kettle, resolved to do something other with her day than mope. She placed the kettle in the sink. She'd deal with it later. It was a nice enough day outside and the ocean seemed calm. Maybe Zansoa would be willing to make good on his -likely sarcastic- offer to teach her to fish. She fought to keep the smirk of her lips. She surmised if he hadn't intended to keep his words, he shouldn't have said them. It's not like he had a good reason to tell her no.
A possible in with another adult in the village, a shopkeeper at that, and time to forge new skills? The sounds of perfect opportunity couldn't have rung clearer.
It was five more days before Vol'jin came back. He looked fairly ragged on his raptor, his hair all akimbo and his leathers disheveled. But the grin on his face was unmistakable. He was in good spirits if nothing else. A crowd gathered around him quickly, Rohkan and Gadrin helped him down down from his mount. Zalazane stood close by, directing one of the younger fishermen to put the mount away for their chieftain.
He thrust his fist into the air with a mighty battle cry, quickly letting the crowd know of his success. Orla managed to push to the front amidst the crowd's celebration, giving her mate a relieved smile. The Darkspear chieftain pulled away from Gadrin and Rohkan's questions, knelt down, and wearily threw is arms around the woman, roughly nuzzling his cheek against hers.
"Ah missed ya, mona." he rumbled, purring when she pressed a kiss to his temple. "Ah fought well. Da loa be lookin after da Darkspear, again. Dey be expectin' great t'ings from us."
"I don't doubt that one bit, my love." she murmured, pulling back to rub her thumbs over his cheekbones. Her eyes raked over his face. His war paint was splotchy and faded and he'd clearly taken a few blows to the face. But his eyes were as bright and clear as ever, shining like lumps of gold.
Gadrin loomed over them both, annoyance slipping into his smile despite his best efforts. "We be holdin’ a great feast tonight-."
"Would tomorrow night not be better?" Orla asked, her brow furrowed. "You can see as well as I can, he's exhausted. Give him time to recover before jumping back into another event."
Gadrin practically sneered at the woman, "dat hardly be ya decision ta make. Our chieftain be hardy, a shadow hunter-."
"A warrior who has more than earned his rest," she scowled, "or are you blind?"
"Ah dare ya ta interrupt me once more, human. Blind is the last thing-!"
"Enough, both o' ya." Vol'jin snapped, getting to his feet with a bit of a stagger. "we will celebrate tomorrow, once ah've rested.”
Gadrin's eyes narrowed, but he relented. He offered a curt parting nod. "As ya wish, chieftain."
Vol'jin raised a brow at the woman, wholly unimpressed as she helped him back to their home. "Ah hope ya two weren't..."
"What? Bickering like children the whole time you were gone? Of course not. I had far more important things to attend to."
"Oh?" he huffed, though a bit curious, "such as?"
"Fishing."
Vol'jin barked a heavy laugh, one that unfortunately devolved into coughs as they ambled up the stairs. "Zansoa finally agree ta teach ya?"
"Begrudgingly, but yes. You're lucky I don't smell of bait and tackle." she giggled, setting her mate down gently on a thick nest of pillows on the mat she had prepared.
The troll blinked, incredulous. "Where are these from?"
"Stole em' from the guest rooms in Stormwind." she shrugged, "don't worry. I'll put them back when we're done."
Vol'jin barely suppressed another case of the giggles, settling heavily into the pillows without any more fuss. He protested weakly when she returned to his side with a medical box, but she hushed his whining without a shred of sympathy.
"Ah will heal on my own, mona." he muttered. "Trolls be quick ta heal."
"I know, but you'll heal even faster if you aren't fighting off an infection." she countered, ignoring his hissing as she cleaned his wounds with a bitter smelling paste. "Just be grateful Azeroth hasn't discovered isopropyl alcohol. I'd actually be giving you a reason to be hissy."
“Iso…what?”
“Don’t worry about it.”
“Trolls have alcohol, mona.”
“Wrong kind of alcohol.”
“Dere only be da one kind.”
“You don’t drink this one.”
He scoffed. “O’course, only humans be makin’ spirits ya can’t drink.”
Orla side-eyed the troll but found him grinning practically ear to ear. She playfully smacked his chest, smirking when he yelped.
“You sure someone didn’t bust up your sense of humor like they did your face?”
“It be intact.” He drawled, though he looked almost pleased with himself. Coy perhaps. “Such a fussy mage.”
“Of course I’m fussy.” She sighed, looping a clean bandage around his knuckle. “I was worried sick.”
His expression softened to a genuine smile. He reached up and thumbed her cheek, chuckling when she leaned into his touch. "Ah be strong, mona. Ya not be needin ta' worry."
The woman caught herself, considering her words.
"I'm your mate." she countered, holding his gaze through lidded eyes. "I'm going to worry about you no matter what."
Vol'jin laid back and allowed the mage to finish wrapping his wounds. The familiarity of the crashing waves lulled him to sleep. Orla smiled, pressed a kiss to his knuckle, and snuck off to the kitchen to start dinner.
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About the C.Golden Novel
I’ve got 4 anons in the inbox asking me the same thing, “Do you think that something will happen in Before the Storm that will make Sylvanas’s actions more justified?” And... well, here are my thoughts
(if they’re al the same person, yeah, I got your message, but I need time to answer my friend xD)
#BFAspoilers
Ok, so first of all, something must have happened; In the recent scenarios, night elves are supposed to be sending a good chunk of their troops towards Silithus, to the point where Darnassus and Ashenvale’s only defense is Malfurion. Although the only big events that Blizzard is giving us are the Burning of Teldrassil and the Siege of Lordaeron, some big events that happen in the novels are never referenced in game (Garrosh’s trial, for one).
Anyway, my point, whatever happens, can’t be caused by the Horde. Not to justify Sylvanas’s actions, because, let’s be honest, she doesn’t need it. Whatever happens must justify the other Leaders of the Horde supporting her.
For one, Blizzard needs to convince us that Baine, an outspoken pacifist, someone that considers himself a friend to Anduin, someone that spoke up against Garrosh while he was doing this exact same shit, leader of a culture centered around the worship of a nature Goddes and pretty pacifists in general, and advised by a fucking Archdruid of the Cenarion Circle (Hamuul Runetotem, if you’re wondering) is not only going to be ok with these attacks, but is also going to actively collaborate. (And be ok with blightspreading, but that’s for another post, because thats a lot to adress, and include all the races)
Then, they have to give us a justified reason as to why would the Blood elves be willing to leave the Eastern Kingdoms for an All Horde Kalimdor, as Sylvanas wants. Because... What about the Sunwell? Do you really think that the Sin'dorei are going to leave their city, their fountain of Light that literally keeps them alive and sane, behind, so the Alliance has it? After all they fought to purify it, and Lor’themar had to kick out Alleria and the Void elves for the fear they had of it being corrupted? And we don’t even know if the Sunwell can be transported. We are talking about the purified heart of a Naaru mixed with Arcane energy and water resting/contained in a platform... I don’t know for sure if it can be moved or transported, but if the Elves could have done so during Arthas’s attack, they probably would have…. so I doubt the Sunwell is going anywhere.
Then, they have to convince us about the Darkspears. That one may seem simple, since Vol’jin was the one that wouldn’t have favoured war, and he is no longer amongst us, but, the current leader seems to be Rokhan, and he is of the same line of thinking as Vol’jin (in fact, on the recently datamined text about the Shalayn, “Sylvanas wants ta give 'em a chance. Dey got no home left. If dey can work with us, den dey got a home with da Horde. If not, dey be gone.” His attitude is very in character, considering he is from the “warcraft III to WoTLK Horde” way of thinking. He is also always described as a sweetheart, I’m kinda quoting Thrall). If you want to argue that Rokhan is not the leader of the Darkspear and that another member is, the only options left are Master Gadrin (whom, in all honestly, is more like one of the elders of the tribe and guides the youngsters, I have yet to see help in decission making or war planning or... away from Sen’jin village), or Zen’tabra, another Druid of the Cenarion Circle, and Vanira, a Shaman and member of the Guardians of Hyjal.
If you’re thinking about that Troll that appeared in the Horde end-of-Legion cinematic, her name is Bwemba and she is an emissary.
(all of these characters I’ve ust mentioned have models for 8.0.1, so one way or another, they’ll be making an appearence. Maybe even clear a bit of the confussion with the Darkspear leadership?)
And despite everything, if there is one thing that the Darkspears are never, ever, EVER going to be ok with, is raising someone into undeath. First, because of their beliefs and hinted relationship with the Loa of death, making undead triple the heresy for them, and second, because of what motherfucking Zalazane did to them ( and no one dare say he has no relevance anymore, he is making another appearence at BFA, and the shit he pulled cannot be forgotten so easily).
Maybe in a microcosmos where this is just another tribe of trolls, they wouldn’t have problem in attacking the Night elves, but they’re not just “another tribe of trolls” and this characters are not warmongers.
The huojin... I doubt that they would be willing participants. Pandaren are not known for their streaks of cruelty or interest in war. Yeah, the Huojin are kind of the “aggressive side”, but nowhere near the level of this. They’re a wild card, so let’s leave them at a “?”.
Then, we have the Orcs. Some must be already thinking that of fucking course the Orcs would be in favor of a war, but again, context. Saurfang and Eitrigg are on the hardcore side of Honor, and the Orcs that survived the Siege of Orgrimmar were against Garrosh’s methods, tactics and phylosophy. There are still those who don’t like the Alliance, obviously, and will fight if it means survival for their people (technically that’s the whole issue with Ashenvale since classic) but that is one thing, and what the novellas and scenarios are showing us is very different. And to go backwards on this characterization for no reason is... bad writting. Also, Saurfang starts the book with a “warning” for Sylvanas, and in Ashenvale he is supporting her so... SOMETHING must have happened that changes his mind, even if in the end he can’t take it anymore. And it is in character. Rembember that this guy has been in here since the begining, and he saw what the Horde had to do to survive once the Draenei were all “dead” and the resources started to scarce in Draenor. He more than likely doesn’t want to go through that again, even if hopefully it’s not what we’re going to do.
Then we have the Forsaken. I’m not going to get into how each person writes their forsaken characters, but let’s have a soft agreement that most of them would do anything Sylvanas says, because the ones that disagreed already left her comand (there are a few, examples, but I’m pretty sure we are all thinking about that NPC in the plaguelands, so let’s leave it at that). Although I would think none of them are too happy to be leaving Lordaeron (which, yes, I’m aware of the question, why is Sylvanas so fiercely defending the Undercity if she plans on moving the whole of the Horde to Kalimdor? No idea. I’d say she plans on killing the maximum number Alliance possible, and leaving the city unhabitable? But then we are fighting to get hold on some Eastern Kingdoms areas so... I have not enough data to answer that properly)
The Goblins.... to which, yes, there are exceptions, but if they’re under Gallywix’s orders and there’s profit, they’ll collaborate.
About the Allied races... I don’t want to go much into it, but if something happens that convinces the Tauren and Blood elves respectively, then the Nightborne and the Highmountain would be convinced too. Let’s leave it at that for now.
What kind of event must happen to fulfill this? Well, I’m not so sure. It isn’t about making the Alliance out of character either. It could be that the Alliance tests the Azerite and it’s much more powerfull than what they expected, so they destroy a Horde settlement
(I highly doubt it, because the synopsis of the book keeps painting sylvanas as the aggressor, but still, for the sake of speculating
) because there were too many Horde troops there, or by accident because they only wanted to scare them off, or, something. Or it doesn’t have to involve explossions; maybe specific characters make threats about recovering Lordaeron, or Quel’thalas, or to purge the Horde from the Eastern Kingdoms with the power of the Azerite, which makes Sylvanas go “
fine, then we all stay in Kalimdor, so fuck you
”, and the others leaders agree...?
I can’t tell you what happens because I don’t work at blizzard, but the point is that something is happening, and whatever it is, it should serve to “”justifie”” (as in, make the characters react accordingly) the actions taken by the Horde. Otherwise it is not only out of character, but also bad writting, especially if Blizzard wants to push that narrative of “After the big baddie is defeated, a war starts because we are our worst enemies” that they’re apparently so happy with, and then put one of the two factions as the clear bad guy, just to forgive everything when a bigger baddie appears, AGAIN. Like they fucking did with Grommash.
This is what I think. Hope the answer satisfies you anons!
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TT: Judas Contract Review
Beware spoilers along with rage and some positivity.
Okay I'm going to get this huge big thing out of the way and then go on with the mostly pleasantly surprised positive reviews towards just about everything else.
The Jericho-like character's sole purpose in this film is to demonstrate how Brother Blood's power su king/granting machine works. Does it on himself he comes out seemingly invulnerable and strong (doesn't feel getting hit by pipe and bends said pipe). Then once his services are done Mother Mayhem shoots him in the head...yeah I don't care if this wasn't a character I wasn't super invested in this is Grade A example of doing really disrespectful cameos of characters up there with BvS's handling of Jimmy Olsen. You got a hero, a disabled recently revealed to be bisexual in current comics hero, who was introduced in the original story to help save the day and his cameo in the story's film adaption is to aid the main villain and seemingly be killed off. A big hardy fuck you movie. BUT WAIT APPARENTLY I WAS TOO HASTY AS THE END CREDITS REVEALS JERICHO-LIKE CHARATCER IS ALIVE AND IS JERICHO AND THE MACHINE GRANTED HIM GLOWY GREEN EYES. So judging by the use of end credits indicating the next movie, Jericho is playing a role in the next TT movie. Or this is like Lex Luther recruiting Ocean Master at the end of ToA which we are still waiting for the pay off. Which is odd as I know I read somewhere that the hypothetical third TT movie will be focused on Kory and Blackfire. Or scarily we might get Titans Hunt but that story itself was a weaker retread of Judas Contract so maybe something remotely original.
So yeah, in a Judas Contract movie Titans who had less or diddly squat to do with the original story are handled more respectfully than Jericho. Goddammit, KEVIN SMITH'S CAMEO IS TREATED BETTER THAN JERICHO'S. ALSO HI YJ VOICE CAMEOS.
AND IT'S A DAMN SHAME THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE MOVIE (Except most of Slade's character but later) IS HANDLED REALLY WELL. It balances the various plot threads nicely between Kory and DIck's relationship on and off the team, Jaime's struggle with the scarab and of course Tara's character arc which is I am very happy with how they handled it. Ultimately, it's tragic and messy yes but in a more satisfying way I guess? They approach her as a multifaced character taking a lot from the original Terra but here she's an abrasive loner with a traumatic backstory that she flashes back when those memories are triggered. She's revealed happily working with Slade but being around people who are genuinely nice and care about her confuses her and if you weren't aware of versions of her story before it would keep you doubting. SHe's loyal to Slade for saving her life and thinks of him the only person she trusts and when he breaks it....she tries to break him. Not exactly another side change but her fighting because she's pissed off and she basically lost any trust and companionship she had especially from the one she thought she did love. And as a final act of fucking with the feels Tara saves Gar as rocks fall on her. I know many are going go argue about how evil Terra should be and how true this is to the original JC but this version succeeded in pulling of the "sucker punch" really damn well. Obviously, Slade/Terra is there but made clear they didn't "do it." I figured they'd want that uncomfortable aspect still in this version but didn't want to make their fanboy Assassin wet dream look that awful. He does tell Tara after they take care of the Titans they will be together but that can easily handwaived as him lying to use her. Ultimately, this version of Slade/Terra feel like a skeevy, manipulative version of Leon/Mathilda from the film "Leon the Professional" (high recommend plus proof that Gary Oldman could've been a good Joker as well as a good Commissioner Gordon). Gar and Tara's relationship is also handled well, sticking close to the original comic's version of it being rather one-sided and Gar being annoying but his behavior is called out by others and when he actually stops being a flirty jerk he's great and Tara honestly opens to him. There's even a nice reference to the TT cartoon BBT with the two sitting on the beach outside the tower complete with rock skipping.
Also about shipping, HALLELUJAH NO TRACE OF BBR ANYWHERE IN THIS MOVIE. Unless you count them standing next to one another, exchanging dialogue about how clueless Gar is, and basic human compassion as BBR hints than yes. Also Traci 13! Or at least a girl named Traci with 13 on her shirts.
In other terms of adapting, there were plenty of lines and scenarios lifted from the book from how the Titans were taking down (Gar's is still hilarious, Jaime basically got Vic's, and sadly we were cheated out of a Terra vs Raven fight with just seeing Tara standing over Raven) to even Slade hitting on Starfire almost word for word. Of course with out Joey or Addie Dick is the one to single handedly infiltrate the HIVE/Blood Cult to rescue them because he's Dick Grayson :/ It's impressive but also makes the big deviations with the Wilsons more annoying.
Next to Joey, the other character to get cheated here is Slade sans not committing statutory rape in this version. Of course we're stuck with the Slade who's main reason for capturing the Titans was avenging his son. Here it's for money and the only family is the LoA that Damian "stole" from him. Really there isn't even any hints about other family here even with Joey in the damn film....if Joey is utilized again here how will they explain that? It didn't even seem that hard to adapt some kind of Wilson family drama into this movie with the time they're given. They missed out on what could've been a poignant scene if instead of money Slade gave HIVE Terra to take Nightwing's place in the power sucking machine it was him choosing his son and being a semi-decent father. But nope this Slade is a petty, boring sleazy bastard just caring about power AND money. Because we needed Damian to have something cool to do and take out Slade's eye and make him a generic assassin more tied to the Bat family because yes the Bat Family needs more interesting villains. Yes I'm still pissed at that and safe to say this is another reason I'm ranking Damian low on "Favorite Robins" lists.
However, we still get "A new Titan takes Terra's place on team and hints at hopeful future" with.....Donna Troy! As one of the Titans cursed to be deaged to Damian's age group because we're ignoring Cassie who comics are doing that anyway. Here it seems no one in Tim's generation existed anyway. Really I'm happy Donna gets to be animated with the Titans but given she probably never was part of the Fab Five and instead Damian's "generation" now and how this is another reason they could've given Joey a more faithful role...the excitement was kind of nulled.
Other than all that, the animation at the end seemed....odd. Like trying to over-emote and drive home how intense the scenes were especially with Terra and Brother Blood.
Overall, as a Terra fan I am actually satisfied yet still sad but as a Jericho fan I am frustrated and worried for the future. Even when I'm starting to warm up to this version of Titans despite trying to recreate the 03 cartoon around Damian there's always a bit in these movies that's going to massively disappoint me and ruin almost everything else about the movies. Last time was how they handled Raven and Arella's relationship in one of the worst ways possible here it's spitting on Joey's contributions and maybe bringing him back as a villain...god please let that not be the case.
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