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PETITION new races should choose faction
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434731
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Post by
DSitC
How about a petition to auto-delete postings with the word "Petition" in the subject? :)
That's the only petition worth it's bytes of database space that I can think of... ;-P
Post by
Kailhun
The problem here is that there are no new races that can join the Alliance. The alliance consists of the pretty-do-gooder races: humies, stunties, twiggies, footballs and space-goats.
No other race in the Wow-universe fits in the Alliance; Everyone else in the universe are all monsters, weird, scary and/or ugly. The Alliance won't accept the undead because they look like monsters. They won't accept Trolls and Orcs for the same reason. Why would the Alliance accept Worgen? Aren't werewolves monsters too?
The Horde consists of the put-upon monsters who just want to get along. They work together because together they can defend themselves against Alliance speciesm. Considering what the Worgen are, there is no way the Alliance would except them. it is much more logical for the Worgen who wish to just get along to join the Horde.
Goblins and the Horde? Makes sense. Ghosts and the Horde? Works. Dragonkin and the Horde? Sure. In the same vein: Worgen and the Horde? Logical. Worgen and the Alliance? Doesn't work.
The out-of-character problem then arises that Blizz has no new race for the Alliance. So the poor Worgen have been forced into the Alliance and will be taunted with all the dog jokes.
How was your day? Ruff?
Look, an undead. Full of marrowbone jelly!
Walkies!
Alliance: pretty on the outside. Ugly on the inside.
Sad, sad, sad.
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57248
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Post by
xaratherus
The Alliance won't accept the undead because they look like monsters.
I thought it had far more to do with the fact that they're soulless monsters who have fallen out of the natural cycle of life and death, and who work to "make themselves a place in Azeroth", i.e. slaughter the living. Silly me.
The Forsaken are a bad example because according to accepted lore (established in the WoW tabletop books) they
are
mostly evil. They're disconnected from life, and thus they hate it - even their Horde allies. They only forged a "trust" with the Horde because they knew they would not be able to take out the Alliance on their own - and they can't take out the Horde's races until the Alliance is gone.
They won't accept Trolls and Orcs for the same reason.
The Trolls fell prey to the expansion of the Night Elves which resulted from their discovery of the Well of Eternity. Just as in many real-life cases, the concept of "manifest destiny" caused much bloodshed. Since the Night Elves and High Elves were allies of the humans, humankind also came to fear and hate the Trolls.
On the part of the Orcs: Given that the original game is called "Warcraft: Orcs and Humans", it's not surprising that the two hate each other. Of course, it doesn't help that the Orcs were used by nefarious forces, resulting in the slaughter of countless humans - and that prejudice is still around. Old hatreds die hard.
Physical appearance has very little to do with why the Alliance and the Horde are at war.
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Post by
Wildhorn
This is not WoW official forum. Petitions not allowed here (neither is on wow forums).
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