Originally Posted by
Qualia
I'm not quite sure what made you thought that I didn't read a comment multiple times before replying to it. If you read my post carefully, you'd have noticed that my arguments have very little to do with Chronicle. My point was - if it escaped your notice somehow - the theory was always that if the Old Gods are *killed*, then Azeroth is doomed. It started from the Tribunals of Ages event in Halls of Stone in WoTLK, which went like this
As you can see - that's the theory which everyone and Blizzard knew. That Azeroth would be doomed if the Old Gods are *dead*, not if they are re-imprisoned or damaged. The guy asked about that theory specifically, it's obvious that "were dealt with" and "down" were being understood as "dead" since that's how the theory went. While "dealt with" indeed has multiple meaning, in that case you can't claim that "dealt with" could've been interpreted differently there because the questioner were specifically asking about this theory of what happens when the Old Gods are dead / killed. Just because you are trying to play with semantics doesn't mean Blizzard were doing it as well, and if you aren't intentionally trying to warp the word, you'd need to look at the context of the question instead of focusing on one or two words. All in all, that's why the quote pretty much told you that the C'Thun and Yogg are dead. They were replying to the theory of what'd happen if the Old Gods are killed, unless you are trying to say that Metzen and Afrasiabi had no clue of this theory and never bothered to correct it (which would be quite laughable argument), or that there was a theory of Azeroth being doomed if the Old Gods are re-imprisoned / damaged (feel free to link me basis of that theory from official source).
Come on. We were finally free of this headcanon about we weren't killing the Old Gods for a while. And now suddenly it appeared again? Imagine a bunch of ant get into your head and eat your brain, would you still be alive? The comic said that C'Thun are dead. In-game quests said that they are dead. Blizzard said in the Q&A section that their deaths caused the Cataclysm. What more do you people need? Whether they can return or not isn't related here, they are dead, but like everything in WoW, they can be resurrected. No, they aren't recovering, neither do they have different manifestations.
The later part or your post is true, however, the Void Lords can always throw more Old Gods around. They are just mass produced disposable cancer cells, in a way.