You know, Iāve been reading up a lot on Garrosh in the build up to fighting him as a raid boss. Weāre talking a laawwwwwt of reading over a tuuuuuhhhn of perspectives on the fellow, and up until this point, Iāve been able to squint my eyes and ride along as Garrosh has pitched himself into the suddenĀ villainĀ that we all love and hate.Ā
In the grand scheme of things, I havenāt been playing World of Warcraft very long. Iāll be celebrating two years of it come September, in fact. My first introduction to Garrosh came within my first 20 minutes of gameplay, where I sat on Mudmask and watched as Vol'jin crabbed at him for being violent and then threw in a death threat.Ā
āOkay,ā I decided. āIām a troll and Vol'jinās my leader and I guess if this guy doesnāt like the new Warchief Ā then I probably donāt like him either.ā Except Chris and I would talk about Garrosh now and then, and a lot of the time it would be stuff like āYou know, the guy isnāt THAT bad, I mean, I see where heās coming from.ā and āJust because heās not Thrall doesnāt make him a bad Warchief."Ā
And then MoP happened. And then Garrosh brought the hammer down on my people and I was all "Dammit! Garrosh, what the fuck?ā But itās not like Vol'jin didnāt necessarily deserve theĀ assassinationĀ attempt - I mean the guy pretty much told Garrosh that he was going to kill him so I can see that. And I can⦠sorta see the mentality that the Horde neededĀ possessionĀ of that damn bell on the grounds that we didnāt want the Alliance to have it. And, as a troll, who am I to care about how heās treating the blood elves? A pox on them anyways. Destroying Pandaria? Oookā¦aay. Ignoring the fact that the bell was making orcs go crazy and just continuing to use it anyway? Well⦠Theramore? UMMM. Aaaand so on.Ā
BUT WHO AM I, in the grand scheme of things to challenge whatās going on here? Thereās so much lore Iāve yet to learn about. Shit, Iām only just beginning to learn to not suck at being a feral druid. Iāve gotten through all of this by just accepting the Garrosh storyline is just a shitty thing that is happening and thereās nothing I can do about it.Ā
And yet, Iām reading all these wonderfully written articles about why Garrosh shouldnāt die, and how if he doesnāt own up to his actions that it negates friggin all of his character development over the years. I have honestly NEVER been one to get upset at the writing faults of the Blizzard staff, nor have I ever felt disappointed with my game play experience. So much of my enjoyment of the game comes from the individual journey Iāve taken as Mudmask, anyways, that I spent my first year playing and having virtually NO idea why I was doing half the things I was doing (lore wise).Ā
If Garroshās madness turns out to be at the hands of the Sha, if he dies without acknowledging his actions, if his sudden change in characters goes unexplained or has a cop-out of anĀ explanationĀ - I am legitimately going to feel disappointed over this. Like, Iām gonna get BUMMED. Oh, Iāve gotten bummed from playing before, but it was always caused byĀ anotherĀ player being a dick, or by me sucking at being a kitty. Itās never been because of something the game has done.Ā
Whatās going to happen has already been written. I may not like what that turnout is, and no doubt I wonāt be the only one. Iām just⦠worried, I guess, because whenever anyone rips on World of Warcraft I sorta⦠kinda⦠ignore those opinions because I. Frigginā. Love this game. But I donāt think I can ignore them if Garroshās take down isnāt handled with the respect it needs. ā¦And that sucks. ā¦Because it makes me a fantastically huge nerd. And I feel like my fears are going to come all sorts of true.Ā
I suppose weāll see. In the mean time - Vol'jin for Warchief, mon.Ā