I think they should have kept vol'jin as a warchief
I am acknowledging all of that, which is why I am calling her a beast. She is pragmatic and cold to the core, but she goes overboard. Sylvanas has some great qualities that would need to be tempered. But the way she is right now is just too cold. A mixture of Sylvanas and Saurfang would make an excellent leader, willing to adhere to principles, but not upholding them at any cost.
I ABSOLUTELY love it when people try to match real world events and politics to that of a fantasy land where gnomes block attacks from a mountain and trees birds shoot Lazer beams from the moon.
Blood Elves were based on a STRONG request from a poll of Asian players where many remarked on the Horde side that they and their girlfriends wanted a non-creepy femme race to play (Source)
1) Blizzard or his writers have never been good at wide-scope stories. Their quests stories can be great, but as soon as the scope gets bigger, or longer in time, they screw up miserably. Example in Legion : the last part of the DK class hall campaign and its absolute lack of consequences... thanks for the consistency !
2) Once again, you have to *buy* a book to know what happens between expansions. I absolutely loathe this.
All this only draws me further and further away from lore, enjoying the game mostly through the social part of being in a friendly mature guild.