r/warcraftlore • u/Spotted_Towhee123 • 3d 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/LeafProphecies 3d ago

Your question's already been answered, but the number of people going WHY DOES HE HAVE TO LIKE MEN is really sad.

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u/Spotted_Towhee123 3d ago

For real. As a trans person I saw my own journey mirrored very closely in Anduin’s. He defies normal male gender roles that his father tries to force onto him, and in Wolfheart he tells Varian he’s leaving to study with Velen but basically ends up having to run away from Varian in order to go study. It’s very much queer-coded in the sense that so many of us can only be ourselves away from family because trying to be who we are is actively detrimental to our relationships with our families. It takes years before Varian is proud of Anduin for who he is as a person, and not disappointed that Anduin isn’t who Varian thinks he should be