Didn't you hear? If their souls aren't fucking DESTROYED, and their essences still exist, then they're OBVIOUSLY alive...
Makorus, you should know by now that people have such limited mortal perceptions of what Death is by now lol!!! They're dead, yes! Their essences still making noise means nothing.
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Why would we apply Death of the Author here when the Old Gods ARE "dead", it's shown to us that Death has different meanings compared to the views of mortals.
I didn't forget. Also, I'm pretty sure I haven't brought up Tinkers in this entire discussion.
No, but the Circle of Stars, Ulduar, and Uldir were Titan tech, and they did imprison Old Gods.Titan technology would be Mimiron's. Did he imprison the Old Gods?
Just like that border "imprisons" the twilight/void in that logo.
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You seem to be very heavily misunderstanding what I'm saying. What I'm suggesting is that the seventh force will be very disinteresting.
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That's precisely what I'm saying. There's no way to handle Le Seventh Force without going in that direction, and I doubt the writers have the talent to do so.
Kek! Man I even made it 1:1 with SL's so that it was the dead ringer it's not real, and labeled those on imgur "not real."
Lol, my thanks.
Your examples highlight something important though,
the only reason EoD is being taken remotely seriously is BECAUSE it's faked with that precise logic in mind.
After Shadowlands, people will only be fooled by completely original logo artwork, (whether or not Blizzard follows this trend we'll see) and that's why that's ALL EoD is. It's designed to be the LAST fake-able option.
I'm no painter, so my technical skill isn't quite where it ought to be to make something like that myself, but we all know a talented Digital Painter, and there are SO many out there who are diehard WoW fans.
Whoever put it together knew damn well that the days of people believing simple Photoshops would be over, and that they're painting talent would somehow be the only trick.
However, for one of Blizzard's painted pieces, it would be lacking severe polish compared to SL.
I'm seriously dying for an artist more talented to just make a fake painted logo for us, to put EoD to rest as people's snap-to.
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First impressions are essential. If this is true, then Blizzard has decided to try to attract players by... inviting them to explore the most bland fantasy landscape possible. Showing off literally any other feature of the expansion, like 4th specs or a new class, would be more effective at drawing people in.
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Also, as much as people push for Dragon Isles as the next expansion, I just don't think it's likely. The writers seem to be more interested in their "What if the angels were actually baaaaad, and the cthulu void lords weren't actually evil? OOOOOHHHH!", and they already did a dragon heavy expansion with Cata. WoW isn't a stranger to retreading expansion themes (BC being an expansion about fighting green lava demons, and then the Legion expansion. BFA being a retread of the Cata/MoP faction war. Shadowlands retreading Scourge aesthetics), but at least those themes were at least somewhat popular. The dragon subplot was a major part of the first half WoW, and yet I hardly see anyone reminisce about it. People aren't really nostalgic for the Dragonflights. I do believe that an expansion does have to be somewhat appealing to get approval by the marketing department, and pretty much any other idea has more appeal than generic dragons. So I sorta doubt this is real.
I would be interested in an expansion where Titan facilities were turned on us, and we had to stop an Ultron-type adversary hellbent on exterminating all organic life on Azeroth because it views it as a threat, and corrupted by the Old Gods. Kind of like a more scary, determined, sentient, and dangerous version of Mother.
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That's the crux of it. So many of these "leaks" are written while paying close attention to the lore of the universe, and progressing those narratives respectfully. The current WoW team does neither. Like all too many people who enter a well-established workplace, the current team seems to be engrossed in "making their mark" rather than actually picking up the reins. Some of these leaks need to start stroking their own ego a little if they want to be seen as legitimate.
They need to make retcons. Ignore inconvenient plot points, or simply forget them entirely. Take credit for the well-received bits of history within the universe with a new OC. This is the only way to make it believable.
I disagree. The best leaks are the ones that are vague, but still seems like it wants to present the story like it's the second coming of Christ.
Merely being dismissive or praising it into high heavens is a dead giveaway of it being fake. You need that specific blend of humblebrag.
The world revamp dream will never die!
They are as dead as Y'shaarj was during MoP. Which is pretty fucking dead. Y'shaarj was considered dead after being plucked.
Old Gods can still exert some type of influence (Qiraji still being active, saronite still having effect, Sha still spawning) while dead, but they are dead.
It's not easy for them to come back else Cho'gal wouldn't have tried so hard to resurrect C'thun. They are dead. The fact that cultists try to bring the Old Gods back kind of implies that they are dead.
There is nothing indicating that they are alive. There's quest text, dialogue (such as Yogg literally saying that the shadow of corpse will choke the land) and developer interviews that indicate that they are dead.
The Old Gods are dead. Just because they are called "Old Gods" does not mean that they aren't killable. We didn't destroy an "avatar" of them, we didn't just "put them to sleep", they are dead.
Can they come back? Sure. Blizzard can think of a million ass pulls to bring them back. Death is meaningless. But as of at the moment, they are dead. They are as dead as Uther or Draka or Vashj are. They are as dead as Kil'Jaeden or Archimonde are.