Originally Posted by
DFu4ever
Sylvanas is nothing like Garrosh and is arguably more loyal to the Horde than he currently is even as its warchief. If you aren't an orc, Garrosh could give two shits about you. He already tried to assassinate Vol'Jin, and he is purposely sending Blood Elves into really dangerous areas without regard for their lives (to the extent that Lor'themar was ready to leave the Horde). And as shown in Silverpine and her short story, Garrosh has no problem throwing Forsaken forces into the blender rather than commit his own people to battle. How infuriated would you be if someone told you that not only were they going to lead your troops to a pointless slaughter, but also that you couldn't use the one tool available to you to replenish your numbers?
I like Sylvanas because she has very clear reasons for doing the things that others consider evil. In Gilneas the Forsaken wanted to use the plague to cut down on their losses at times. The apothecary Lydon(?) begs Garrosh to let him use the plague, even a just a little, just to cause panic in the Gilnean troops so the Forsaken wouldn't have to spearhead Garrosh's dumbass frontal assault strategy. He was denied. It wasn't until Sylvanas herself showed up and told Garrosh to stuff it that her people stopped being misused.
And, as far as I can tell, Sylvanas has only been a serious aggressor within the boundaries of what the Forsaken consider to be their own territory (Lordaeron). The Alliance may disagree with this, but they shouldn't blame her when their forces are melted or converted after infiltrating what is considered by her to be sovereign territory. Southshore and the assorted human outposts in Hillsbrad pre-Cata were Alliance, and thus it should shock nobody that they eventually got steamrolled. Also, I doubt she has ambitions or world domination at this point. Yes, she finally has a way to replenish her people, but she is down to what...5 Val'kyr left?