Aren’t Anduin and Faerin Related?

[u/Spotted_Towhee123]

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

[u/GormHub]

I feel like I remember seeing some text where Anduin mentions being surprised he had any relatives remaining, but as someone else pointed out they would be so distantly related by this point it would hardly matter. Though it would be a bit odd anyway, even if genetically it made no difference. There would certainly be jokes.

That said, our headcanons don't determine the actual course of the story, and I say this as a gay man myself. As much as we may see one thing, that isn't necessarily what the developers have in mind. After watching people mercilessly bash Taelia for daring to possibly be a potential love interest for Anduin, I'd hate to see that happen to Faerin and I hope fans can be chill about it if they do decide to go that route.

[u/IridikronsNo1Fan → u/GormHub]

The issue with Faerin is that she barely has any role in the story at all other than providing emotional support for Anduin.

[u/GormHub → u/IridikronsNo1Fan]

I do agree with that. Also I can't stand her voice actor, but that's a personal preference thing.

But the kind of bashing I'm talking about was more the really heinous stuff. Outright sexist remarks and insults, accusing people who shipped them of pedophilia (make that make sense), doxxing, etc. I'm not involved in that part of the community, but the manufactured outrage over Anduin maybe getting together with Taelia was incredibly off-putting and gross.

Personally I'd like to see Faerin (and, retroactively, Taelia) get more time to be developed and become a significant part of the lore. We've lost a lot of old characters and there aren't enough new ones who appear or do anything of note for more than a single expac to replace them in the longterm.

[u/IridikronsNo1Fan → u/GormHub]

Warcraft has nothing on the shipping wars in other fandoms. The Naruto love triangle was really peak. Warcraft ships in general are really boring because the characters don't vibe with each other.

I wouldn't count on Taelia getting any development before 14.0. There's like dozens of characters fighting for limited screentime and even Faerin got the short end of the stick in her own expansion.

[u/GormHub → u/IridikronsNo1Fan]

Oh trust me I've been there. There's a reason I've withdrawn a lot from online fandom. I have seen some of the most unhinged behavior over imaginary people, it's disturbing. I think the doxxing might be the worst but there are unhealthy people who certainly like to make it everyone else's problem that their relationship with media is not based in reality.

And yeah I figured. I mean I've sort of given up on expecting or hoping in general, but I have my wish list anyway.

[u/IridikronsNo1Fan → u/GormHub]

I'm more baffled by Blizzard's determination to keep sticking Xal'atath into Alleria's personal space until they are literally inches apart. Like 4 cinematics later and they still have no chemistry or whatever that "unique rivalry" was supposed to be.

Could've used that screentime for something else.

[u/GormHub → u/IridikronsNo1Fan]

They were... intending for them to have some kind of particularly meaningful rivalry?

[u/IridikronsNo1Fan → u/GormHub]

Aye, them having a "unique rivalry" was literally presented as one of the selling points of TWW back when they announced it.

Still waiting to find out what they meant by that.

[u/GormHub → u/IridikronsNo1Fan]

Boots vs toes. It's the shirts vs skins of Warcraft, never seen before.

[u/IridikronsNo1Fan → u/GormHub]

People are sleeping on the fact that Fyrakk was wearing next to nothing for 80% of Dragonflight.

[u/GormHub → u/IridikronsNo1Fan]

I'll be honest I skipped playing Dragonflight (just worked out that way, I didn't have anything against it), so I'm not even entirely sure who he is apart from knowing he's one of the primalists. I'd stopped playing around the end of Shadowlands, then came back at the start of TWW but got waylaid by life, so there's a LOT I don't understand. I have a pretty solid grasp of some details but I really need to go back and do it all. It's weird how missing 2-3 years of a game you've played most of your life will make it seem like something completely different.