It’s become clear to me that the delay in the Sylvanas book is because they haven’t decided how to resolve her in game. I can’t believe people are excited about a book written by someone who is partly responsible for the narrative we’re in now. Golden is not pro women. I wish more people read her works to see she has a pattern of failing female characters.
Here's what I have learned being in various Discord servers where I've met a wide range of people and read their takes on this whole mess:
Some people like this story and are excited for it.
Some people think this is the best character development Sylvanas has ever had and are excited for the conclusion.
Some people are such huge fans of Golden's works that she can write Sylvanas being brutally butchered down and will still praise it and say she's done good by Sylvanas.
Some people have unquestionable faith in the staff and the story and think it'll check out once it's all out in the open and we "look back."
Some people are simply trolls and will vouch against your views just to fuck with you.
Some people want to work at Blizzard so badly and are ass kissing as much as possible, befriending voice actors, devs, writers, etc. for the chance to weasel their way into the company they dream of getting checks from. They're building a public pro-Blizzard persona so that it looks good on their resume.
Some people actually hate Banshee Sylvanas—but liked who they think she was in life and are waiting for that Sylvanas to come back and see the current plot as a chance; they'd love nothing more than Banshee Sylvanas being a separate, evil side that has nothing to do with the Ranger-General.
Some people have not yet perceived their internalized misogyny and are okay with so many things they shouldn't be okay with because they do not see it as problematic; they haven't assessed that side of themselves. And it's always a work in progress—for all of us. I am also not perfect and sometimes I fall into that internalized mindset.
As for Golden, I have no opinion on her as a writer beyond the scope of WoW since she's never appealed to me in a way that would make me want to buy/read her other works. Like I said, before I realized her culpability in the current plot, she was a writer who made me feel nothing. She was never able to move me or make me have "feels."
Now after BtS/BfA/SL, I appreciate her even less, when I know she's partly responsible for where we stand now with Sylvanas. As such, I would prefer not to get anymore asks about Christie Golden.
I don't want to border on "author hate" and it's difficult not to appear that way when I have lost all respect for her contributions to WoW. I have nothing positive to say about her take on Sylvanas. At this point this is really beating over a corpse. I hope you all can understand.