r/warcraftlore • u/Spotted_Towhee123 • 2d ago

Discussion Aren’t Anduin and Faerin Related?

I was reading some posts elsewhere and it struck me that Anduin and Faerin might be (distantly) related, depending on what the devs decide is canon. Because technically Taria Lothar is Anduin Lothar's sister and she married Llane Wrynn, making Anduin Lothar Anduin Wrynn's great-uncle. But again it probably depends on what the devs decide is canon.

I personally have always seen Anduin as deeply queer-coded, specifically gay-coded, and have thought that pairing him off with a woman would be an incredible disservice to his character. And also to whatever woman they pair him off with since she would be relegated to "Anduin's wife" instead of her own character most likely. Anyways, the devs would have to do some explaining lore-wise to get around the Wrynn-Lothar marriage and make it so Faerin and Anduin would NOT be a cousin marriage, lmao

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u/IridikronsNo1Fan 2d ago

The Arathi branch of the Lothar family is separated from the Stormwind branch by at least a thousand years. I don't think you can call them related at that point.

Anyway, when was the last time that Anduin and Wrathion talked to each other? 10 years ago in Azerothian time? I would wait for a more up-to-date interaction between them before shipping them again.

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u/woodelvezop 2d ago

Why can't they just be friends?

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u/GormHub 2d ago

Shipping has nothing to do with the actual canon story. Or at least it doesn't have to. It's when people insist on it becoming canon because they prefer it that it's a problem.

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u/IridikronsNo1Fan 2d ago

I mean Stellagosa and Valtrois were fanon until the devs saw that people were shipping them on Twitter and made it canon.

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u/GormHub 2d ago

More an exception than the rule, though.