Jolio

Jolio

@jolio.bsky.social

27 yr old sapphic queer audhd artist who really likes Anduin Wrynn and Dragons. Plays WoW and FFxiv. @druidonity on twitter

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completely unrelated but before Anduin regained the light i kept thinking that it would be interesting to see him continue to heal by working as a medic/nurse. He never needed magic to save people's lives. (sadly as we all know all the First Aid trainers died in the Legion invasion rest in peace)

Jolio@jolio.bsky.social

THATS MY KINGGG!!!!!!!!

'theres dragons and demons and creatures of the old gods, and also this guy hes actually really nice when you get to know him'

lol i guess you can manipulate the diablo store by clicking on something a million times???? wow store would nEVER

Jolio@jolio.bsky.social

Saw a shop outfit that fit my anduin necromancer perfect but prices are absurd so ill draw him in it instead.

The fact he is unchanged aside from the nzoth slime makes it look like it took very little effort on the old god's part to corrupt him.

Saw a shop outfit that fit my anduin necromancer perfect but prices are absurd so ill draw him in it instead.

I lied im talking about it more. They want Arator to earn his "The Redeemer" title and are having him fight for people's second chance including ex scarlet. Which unfortunately was also Anduin's whole life mission. Bro was annoying about it. The Horde, Moira, Garrosh, Saurfang, your mom.

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And I think the sad thing is that kind of character worked back when not every main character had peace in their eyes. Arator trying to redeem a scarlet when they're allowed to just go chill at the table (sunwell) doesn't hit as hard. Anduin only worked cuz other characters told him off for it.

i liked Arator defending Decimus in the Voidstorm quests. i like the idea behind having him earn his title rather then just have it. but outside that idk. I feel like theres a more unique story somewhere in that a better writer would piece together.

I lied im talking about it more. They want Arator to earn his "The Redeemer" title and are having him fight for people's second chance including ex scarlet. Which unfortunately was also Anduin's whole life mission. Bro was annoying about it. The Horde, Moira, Garrosh, Saurfang, your mom.

Every other second Anduins like "That guy you hate? What if you put ur knife down and heard them out? Huh what's the worse that could happen??" Which worked sometimes and blew up in his face other times. Not that we should call him Redeemer God No but this is a story played out better before.

Like. Anduin's belief in people no matter what was one of his strengths AND major flaws. Sylvanas in BFA is the first time we really see him step away from it. Threatening to kill her ("surrender...or die") was a huge moment for his character who not long ago was trying to fix Garrosh at the trial.

ok last thing ill say on it but werent we at the start of Midnight talking about how Arator was speedrunning Anduin's backstory? feels like they gave Arator a rundown of Anduin's childhood to set him up for the plotlines Anduin was set up for...instead of allowing Arator to be his own person.

I know blizzard writers are known to rewrite the same stories over and over but like. damn. you know when ppl draw characters dying in a glue trap? thats kinda how i feel right now.

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Zul'jan willingly takes on Ula'tek's curse to hold her power within himself. Remaining on the island to guard her and care for her Children, he seeks redemption by aiding his sister and fighting for the Amani when needed 💚 #zul'jan • #amani • #worldofwarcraft • #warcraftart • #skymagpieart

No but actually i think the most vile thing about their treatment of Anduin's character is that they said full chest 'We understand how important Arthas is and we won't misuse him in Shadowlands! Promise!' knowing full well they planned to use Anduin as their loophole.

Jolio@jolio.bsky.social

I think when they first plot out Shadows Rising, including the scene of him with the void around his hand, there was a disc priest story in mind for him, or a void arc. Which got ran over by 'We told fans we wont mess up Arthas in SLs, so lets turn Anduin into the Arthas nostalgia bait loophole!'

We promise not to mess up Arthas by using him for nostalgia bait!!! But we will run over the character we've been developing for 16 years, just so we can still have Arthas nostalgia bait at all.

If you see me drawing Mawduin its because ive adopted him and im using my powers as an artist to make the most of a terrible story direction. he exists so might as well have some fun with him.