I don't disagree she didn't care that much. I don't think anyone is that deluded, except maybe a couple of posts up. But it is indeed an outright change that she was behind it vs. the idea that it just aligned with her goal and had collateral damage from another set of intentions. It being a retcon is a fact.
No, you don't seem to understand. It is a retcon. Right here: Steve Danuser said "There was a long term strategy where Sylvanas would put herself into a position where she could take up the mantle of Warchief and she couldn't do that if she was aggro and everyone was against her, so she had to bide her time, and now we're seeing the fruition of that in Shadowlands."Probably because pushing her into the spotlight is not what she wanted and as she's said herself, she prefers to stay in the shadows. Jailor or somebody whispered to Vol'jin for Warchief position gives her more to deal out death. We also don't know the details of why she aligned herself with the Jailer. Sylvanas is not a servant type of character and we will learn more in Shadowlands so we can't say for certain there is retcons.
So immediately after Vol'jin dies, and Sylvanas says "Grrr, curses, I wanna be in the shadows, booo," this internal monologue runs contrary to what the devs have now expressed was a distinct intention of hers.
So no, the story changed. It's a retcon. It's OK to admit it.
It's not, on its own. It's the two different ways the stories were told that contradict one another. Not the content of the story itself.I don't see this as an issue, people wanted to believe Sylvanas was just at the wrong place at the wrong time and some third party started it but no, she did it on her own. Its not so crazy to believe she would do that or that her character is inconsistent. Unstable and emotionally driven(When she loses her shit).
That's about the only thing you can explain it away with - is that she can kill more people with an army of Forsaken. But then you have the whole "she gave them free will" wrinkle, which obviously later was no longer the case. So did she not intend to do all of that until Legion? Then why did she raise Forsaken after Legion that did have their own wills, like the Dark Rangers that openly denounce her after 8.2.5?Because with no army she can't kill more people and she can't keep herself alive either. Sylvans cares more about preventing her final death, far more then the Forsaken's fate. That has never changed, she was willing to kill some of her own Forsaken when some were gaining hope to see their familes in before the Storm(Again more little nods to hope which....was mentioned more then once).
Nobody's scoffing at that. You seem to misunderstand as if I'm defending her and anything outside of that is a "retcon." I agree the malice has always been there. But there's direct contradictions in the delivery method that make the character both inconsistent and frustrating in her sheer omnipotence mixed with incompetence that doesn't carry any REAL long-term consequences.The Lantern and what it's purpose was is unknown and you can scoff at it and find it bullshit all you want but if you noticed, she was able to use the Horde for her own ends in whatever plan she has going on.