I can't believe "shipping" is a thing. Nerds and their weirdo stuff ... appalling.
Illidan is still obsessed over his brother's wife. The worse thing is it was entirely one-sided from the start.
That was whitewashing. In the book, the actions reflected that he craved power at no heed to the cost even if it's lives. The quest in Legion gaev him justification which made the actions not entirely bad thus making Illidan not an asshole. The legion quest had him do what he must.
It's a whitewashing retcon. Just accept it.
Last edited by Wildmoon; 2016-10-02 at 03:22 AM.
If you believe this then you haven't been paying attention to previous accounts of lore involving Illidan. He was anything but that. That was precisly why he was a character I liked. Not every character that is on our side needs to have good intention.
There's a character called Alarak in the latest expansion of SC2. That's a good example of how Blizzard should write this kind of character.
Illidan is walking down the same path as Kerrigan did in SC2 which players reacted very negatively to. At least Kerrigan's crimes weren't retconned and given justifications.
Last edited by Wildmoon; 2016-10-02 at 06:05 AM.