Originally Posted by
ravenmoon
I think you're presenting the blood elf point of view and it's designed to justify the compromise because they aren't going to beat themselves up about taking fel.
It was presented to us as a bad thing, not a good thing in WC3, using fel - regardless of the motives behind it, whether end result/goal was a good one like it is for Demon hunters (destroy the legion) or survival/self preservation (which it was for Kael/blood elves) we knew it was a bad thing. The whole point of the blood elves was that sometimes people do bad things for good reasons or at least it's hard to condemn them when it was a pressing need that resulted in it and they were suffering, we're meant to empathize with that, not conclude that it's right.
It brought the other side some semblance of humanity at least, one we could identify, a bit of weakness, compromise but for a good reason. The sad thing is that I notice some people now thinking it was okay, and now viewing the high elves refusing to compromise as a bad thing or crazy thing. When did knowing what is right and sticking to it become a bad thing? Let's not dance about it, in the same way it was cowardly for the nightborne to hide behind the shield and while we understand the fears etc it was a wrong thing, we can't think, no matter how much we like them, that the blood elves did a good thing, or that the high elves did bad for refusing to. That's will screw up your moral compass so bad and fast it's not worth it.
Let's level. High elves have the moral high ground there at least, they are meant to, it's what makes them high elves - now you may criticize them for being foolish etc for putting principle so high, but it's sad if you think that is wrong. What are we but our principles? Given how painful we know it was to abstain, and how tempting it was to do something or partake in something that would help but corrupt you and not wanting to do so even on pain of your own death, to me that is admirable.
It's good to do so, not compromise to evil or corruption especially when it's you you're putting on the line, not anyone else. Each elf made their own decision, we are given the reasons for them, you can be like me, and like the blood elves inspite of it, but not accept that it was some heroic thing they did or good thing, because it wasn't.